Italian wines Calabria

Viticulture in Calabria arises even before the Greek colonization. In the eight century BC, with the arrival of the Greeks, the techniques were modernized and refined. Not by chance, the region was called Enotria, linked to the word "wine" (oinos). Many towns in Calabria became very important points of trade of wines and the fields cultived with vineyards became a considerable investment.


Calabria, therefore, is a land where the culture of Italian vine blends with the Hellenic one with harmony and balance.

The importance of the vineyards in the area is also demonstrated by the Krimisa wine, produced in the past where today Cir is made: it was the drink offered to the winners of the Olympics.


The most suited areas for the cultivation of vines are those close to the coast. At the Ionian Sea: Cir, Melissa, Sant'Anna and Bianco with his Greco, from which we obtain an interesting raisin wine. On the Tyrrhenian coast, instead, we find Lamezia, Savuto, Scavigna and Verbicaro. The grapes vinified in Calabria today are Magliocco and Gaglioppo from red grape varieties, and Greco Bianco and Mantonico Bianco from white grape varieties. Moreover, interesting is the combination of denominations with typically Sicilian grapes, such as Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio. We can really consider these two varieties as the most important wine-making rediscovery of the last two decades, along with Aglianico di Taurasi.