THE CHAMPAGNE NAME GAME: ASPRINIO IS INDEED THE FIRST SPUMANTE IN ITALY A place with a deep, rich history of winemaking, Champagne’s viticulture goes back 2,000 years. Romans planted vines there around 57 B.C., and they gave the area its name: Campania, Land of Plains. These early wines were meant to be still, and it would be centuries before Champagne became synonymous with sparkling wine. Who put the bubbles in Champagne? | National Geographic

CAMPANIA IS WHERE THE BUBBLES WHERE BORN An ambitious project was born for the rediscovery and enhancement of Asprinio, a native vine of Aversano with a unique story, which is intertwined with that of Anjou but also with that of champagne and Greco di Tufo. With its cellar, – in homage to the Norman count Rainulf Drengot, who founded Aversa in 1030 – today Alberto Verde produces three excellent wines, based on Asprinio from the family’s over one hundred year old vineyards. Drengot: the Asprinio renaissance | Winefully