Wines from Molise
Molise is a small region in the south of the Italian peninsula, with a short coastline on the Adriatic Sea. Viticulture has an ancient history here: thanks to Greek colonisation, the practice of domesticating and growing vines had spread to most of the regions of southern Italy, and the Samnites were familiar with the vine even before the arrival of the Romans. Since the fall of the Roman Empire, wine-growing in Molise has experienced a long period of progressive decline. It was only during the Bourbon domination that vineyard management and production resumed vigorously, although it came to a halt towards the end of the 19th century with the arrival of phylloxera. Today, the wines of Molise represent excellence, with a production chain that has managed to preserve ancient traditions and the cultivation of some rare native vines that are capable of producing very interesting wines.