Italy - South Italy Flashcards
What type of business is key in Campania? What are examples, and what did they achieve?
Large private companies that have vineyards across multiple denominations and provinces.
Mastroberardino played a significant role in the recovery and commercialisation of the Campanian varieties, Terredora is an off shoot of the same family.
Feudi di San Gregorio has done much to update the image of Campanian wine
What role do co-operatives play in Campania?
Very important in some provinces, eg, La Guardiense in the province of Benevento is a 1000 member co-operative that produces roughly 15% of the entire provinces production.
What is the state of exports in Campania?
Increased significantly in the decade to 2019, at more than twice the rate of Italian exports as a whole in the same period.
What is the division of sales for Aglianico del Vulture?
Divided by Italy and exports, with key markets being USA, Japan, China and Northern Europe.
Who is a group of young growers who have joined together to promote their region and it’s wines in Basilicata?
Generazione Vulture, who have joined forces to promote their wines together.
Who are key producers in Basilicata?
The long-established Paternoster (now owned by Tommasi from the Veneto), d’Angelo and Elena Fucci.
What is the breakdown of production in Puglia, in terms of the quality hierarchy?
Bottom-heavy.
‘Wine’ is 60%, and less than 10% is PDO.
What role do co-operatives play in Puglia?
Very important. They invest in winemaking equipment and the largest have the scale to market their wines throughout Italy and abroad (eg Cantina Due Palme with 1000 members and access to 2500ha of vineyards).
What has driven a rise in quality in Puglia in recent decades?
A combination of local companies and investment by well-established Italian wine companies, eg, Antinori at Tormaresca.
Which type of wine business is key in Sicily?
Unusually, a small number of large and influential private companies (eg, Planeta, Donnafugata and Tasca d’Almerita).
What role do co-operatives play in Sicily?
There are important ones, such as Settesoli, which, with 2000 growers and 6000 ha, it has access to 7% of all Sicilian vineyards.
What percentage of wine is bottled on Sicily?
Only 20%, as it plays a key role in bulk wine production where previously the majority was transported in bulk to Italy to add alcohol and body to wines from cooler regions, or to be bottled closer to the market.
What wine styles has Sicily become known for, beginning in the 1990s until now?
A range of inexpensive to super premium wines.
Wines mainly became better known through 2 main varieties, and beginning in the 90s Nero d’Avola sales increased massively, though the boom was short lived due to a drop in quality in the wines on offer.
In this century, Etna Rosso has created great interest in markets with SWR and bars.
Which organisation plays a key role in Sicily?
Assovini Sicilia, of which 70 businesses representing 80% of bottled wine by value are members, promote wines around the world and organise the annual tasting of newly released wines (Sicilia En Primeur).
What change has Sardinia had to make recently?
From being a seller of bulk wine for blending to creating a distinctive identity around its most important varieties.
