Campanica | Monitoring Italy's Campania region around Naples

UNADULTERATED VOLCANIC WINES Things have quieted down over the millennia in the area known as the Phlegraean Fields. Legends suggest winegrowing might have begun in the Campi Flegrei as far back as 730 BCE. At the time, the Greek methods kept the plants on or near the ground, but the Romans were able to improve quality by lifting the vines up on vertical wooden stakes - the phalanxes - and planting the grapes in orderly rows. The region’s primary native white grape, Falanghina, derives its name from this ancient formation of stakes. The Wines of the Flaming Fields | Vinography