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Feudi di San Gregorio Winery Guide

Winery Overview

The Feudi di San Gregorio wine estate has a well-deserved reputation as one of the Campania wine region’s most exciting and dynamic wineries, focusing on innovation and a keen eye for quality. Ironically, this forward-thinking estate is located on some of Italy’s most ancient wine-producing lands; records show wine being made here in this part of the Irpinia region as early as 590 AD. Irpinia is a mountainous and lush wine region in Avellino province inhabited since the Ancient Romans.

Husband-and-wife team Enzo Ercolino and Mirella Capaldo founded Feudi in the mid-1980s. Over the past two decades, it has won over wine classicists and modernists by taking novel approaches to the region’s unique volcanic terroir while respecting the essence of indigenous grape varieties like Fiano, Aglianico, and Greco di Tufo. These days, the ever-expanding winery in the village of Sorbo Serpico offers a wide range of excellent white, red, and sparkling wines and is one of the region’s best-loved brands.

The estate’s Taurasi, a complex red wine whose first vintage was in 1991, is Italy’s most elegant and powerful wine. Feudi di San Gregorio’s Fiano di Avellino is lauded as one of Italy’s best whites. Beyond these regional classics, the winery also produces custom boutique wines, like the luxuriant Cutizzi Greco di Tufo or the Fiano di Avellino Pietracalda, which use a bit of late-harvest fruit to add complexity. Another highly sought-after creation is Serpico, a robust Aglianico.

Star winemaker Riccardo Cotarella has teamed up with the ultra-superstar French Champagne maker Anselme Selosse to create unique and high-end sparkling wines for Feudi di San Gregorio, including the Dubl Falanghina, Dubl Rosato di Aglianico (pink bubbles), and most recently the sparkling Dubl Greco. These wines have been highly praised in the specialized wine press, and the Dubl Greco, in particular, is a stunning wine.

The beautiful Feudi di San Gregorio vineyards are spread out over lush and gentle hills in Sorbo Serpico, about an hour from Naples and Mount Vesuvius. This area’s unique volcanic, sandstone, and marly soil lends the wines their tell-tale cherry, cinnamon, and aniseed aromas. The winery has its roots in Campania’s ancient varieties and traditions, but this is by no means an artisan business. Each vineyard is closely monitored with a meteorological station. The new state-of-the-art wine cellar technologies ensure that each vintage comes as close to perfection as possible.

One word to describe the multi-million euro wine facility – spectacular! A Milan-based Japanese architect designed the modern winery, and it is seriously stylish with a dramatic and atmospherically lit barrique cellar, a wine tasting room, a glamorous shop, an elegant wine bar with leather sofas, and landscaped gardens with roses and herbs.

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Genevieve Mc Carthy

Genevieve, originally from San Diego, California, has spent the last 25 years living in Europe, primarily in Spain, Ireland, and Italy. She has a background in the wine industry, having worked for a top wine importer in Ireland and a prestigious winery in Italy's Franciacorta region. In 2003, Genevieve founded Cellar Tours, a boutique wine tours company based in Madrid, Spain. She holds wine education credentials from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) in London and has a strong network within the European wine industry. Genevieve's specializes in organizing VIP tours to exclusive wineries that are not accessible to the general public. With a passion for food and wine, fluency in multiple languages, and expertise in luxury travel and tourism, Genevieve has built a successful career in creating unique wine experiences.

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