Collection: Campania

Campania is a wine region in southern Italy where viticulture stretches all the way back to the Greek colonists. Ischia and Capri were among the earliest Greek colonies in Italy, and today the region stands as the most important treasure trove of wine history in southern Italy. The name itself derives from the Latin Campania Felix, the happy land, a tribute to the area's legendary fertility, which beyond wine also yields tobacco, citrus, chestnuts and hazelnuts.

What makes Campania so fascinating is the range in landscape and climate. From the coastal zones around Vesuvius and the Amalfi coast, where the Mediterranean climate resembles that of Sicilia and Calabria, the region extends into the cooler mountain areas around Avellino and Benevento. Here the vineyards can lie at over 600 metres in altitude, and the climate can almost be compared to Piemonte, with up to ten degrees of difference between coast and interior. This gives the wines a rare breadth of expression within one and the same region.

The soil varies accordingly. Around Tufo you find tufa-rich stone with clay and sand, in Taurasi volcanic deposits mixed with calcareous marls, and in coastal zones such as Falerno del Massico pure volcanic ash. The grapes reflect the long history. White Greco and red Aglianico, both with roots in Greek antiquity, remain among the region's defining varieties. Aglianico is behind the structured, age-worthy reds, while the white varieties give fresh, mineral wines. If you want to follow this trail further, you can explore our collections of Fiano and Greco.

Campania produces a fair amount of wine in volume and ranks ninth nationally by total quantity, while only around seven percent is classified as DOC. At Copenhagen Wine, the majority of our Campania selection naturally comes from precisely this corner of southern Italy. If you want to explore more widely, you will find further options in our collection from Italien.