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| Wines of the Campania Region |
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| There are many
opportunities to sample local and regional wines in Sorrento, be it in the restaurant, the
wine store, or visits to vineyards and local produce festivals. This page will give an
idea of the names of the regional wines to look for in the wine lists and on the shelves.
It offers no views on the wines themselves but provides the visitor with information to
source and sample locally produced wine and liqueurs. |
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| Wines |
The main DOC wine producing areas in Campania are listed below and their location
shown on the wine map. However, as a starting point
for visitors, some of the more well known names from the region include:
Taurasi Riserva. Red
Greco di Tufo. White
Fiano di Avelino. White
Lacrima Christi (Tears of Christ). White
From Sorrento itself, the Penisola Sorrentina (DOC) area offers three subcategories
of wine appellations:
Lettere, Gragnano and Sorrento. |
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| DOC
wine producing areas in Campania |
Aglianico del Taburno (DOC)
Asperinio di Aversa (DOC)
Campi Flegrei
Capri (DOC)
Castel San Lorenzo (DOC)
Cilento (DOC)
Costa d'Amalfi (DOC)
Falerno del Massico (DOC)
Fiano di Avellino (Apianum) (DOC)
Galluccio (DOC)
Greco di Tufo (DOC)
Guardia Sanframondi or Guardiolo (DOC)
Ischia (DOC)
Penisola Sorrentina (DOC)
Sannio (DOC)
Sant'Agata dei Goti (DOC)
Solopaca (DOC)
Taburno (DOC)
Taurasi (DOCG)
Vesuvio (DOC)More information, such as details of
the grape varieties in each wine producing area, can be found on specialist websites such
as: www.winecountry.it |
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| Liqueurs |
| In addition to Wines there are
several famous liqueurs made in the Campania region. Limoncello is
produced from the skin of locally grown lemons and Nucillo e Curti is a
walnut infused liqueur made in the Vesuvius area. Both are regarded as having excellent
digestive properties. There are also liqueurs using fruits such as oranges, mandarins,
melons and strawberries. A herb based infusion from Benevento,
called Strega, is used as a flavour for desserts or as an after dinner
drink. |
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| Wine
and Liqueur tasting opportunities |
Even if you are
unable to visit some of the vineyards, particularly those further away from Sorrento, you
should still be able to source the majority of the Regional wines and liqueurs in Sorrento
itself. The Vizi & Sfizi shop on Via Fuoro offers a range of wines,
liqueurs and other products. The Grotta del Vinarium on Corsa Italia is
another location for a good wine selection.
There are several establishments in Sorrento where the production of Limoncello can be
viewed and the results sampled. For example, I Giardini di
Cataldo on Via Fuorimura, and Limonoro on Via San Cesareo.Local produce
events and wine festivals also provide an opportunity to sample wine produced locally and
some of these events are listed on the Calendar page under
Local Festivals. The Priora Grape Festival for example which takes place
in the first week of October, Priora is a small hamlet only 4km from Sorrento along the
Amalfi Coast.
During the Festival look out for sparkling wine using Ambiccato which is
traditionally made, by crushing the grapes by feet through cloth containers,. This is
added to wine, 1 litre of Ambiccato to 25 litres of wine, and left to rest for two months
at least to produce a sparkling wine.
Organised wine tasting tours are also available from half day visits to full tours of the
region. In the meantime, Cin Cin ! |
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