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ISCHITANI, CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND The amphitheatre of high clifftop vines on the east coast of Ischia hasn't change since 700 BC. "The magic of these vines is their intimacy with the sea and our soils, where every 100 feet of altitude changes the taste," says Antonio Mazzella, patriarch of one of Ischia's most important cantinas for Biancolella, a white wine known for its inaccessible vineyards and "heroic" winemakers who harvest grapes at the top of ladders. Neapolitan Islands | Condé Nast Traveller