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Ancient inland

Irpinia,
our territory

Irpinia, a historical region of the Campanian Apennines, is a unique vine growing and wine producing territory, where vineyards have always coexisted with fruit trees, woodland, olive trees and herbs: a rugged and yet gentle territory with a strong and genuine identity.

Irpinia is an ancient inland whose vineyards were even described by ancient authors such as Pliny, Columella and Strabo. The Irpinia region is very varied, with a succession of mountains, hills and plains with rivers and streams in between.

The territory’s orography causes a system of winds that gives the region good rainfall and creates a microclimate that sets it apart from the other Campania areas: vegetation is varied and thick; the short winters are extremely cold and snowy, while the summers are mild and long.

This is not Campania, it’s Irpinia!

Our story began in 1986 in Irpinia, in the central Campania region, mountainous, rainy, and often snow covered in winter. A South different from the traditional stereotypes with a great winemaking heritage and soils rich in minerals. Here, Feudi di San Gregorio has founded its narrative on the promotion of extraordinary and still little known indigenous grape varieties Greco, Fiano, Falanghina, Aglianico and monumental vines over two hundred years old. It has done so with a strongly contemporary, inquisitive spirit, open to fusion with the worlds of creativity, such as design and art.

We believe in the value of long lasting beauty that is born of a combination of aesthetic vision and responsible commitment. We have transformed Feudi di San Gregorio into a benefit company, achieved Equalitas certification and obtained B Corp certification for the entire group. Today, investing in environmental, cultural, social and economic regeneration is the only possible way to pursue our business mission.

In fact, this has given rise to many initiatives, such as our Winegrowing Protocol, developed with cutting edge research institutes with the aim of protecting the biodiversity of our territories and cultivating our vineyards in a sustainable manner, and our programme for winegrowers. Last but certainly not least, there are our actions to minimise the consumption of resources that include the full use of renewable sources for our energy needs, the recovery and recycling of rainwater, reducing the environmental impact of our packaging, and our aim to become climate neutral.

Finally, we pursue a vision, i.e. that art and culture can bring about positive territorial and social change. The new work by Pietro Ruffo, exhibited at Feudi di San Gregorio, and part of our programme for the San Gennaro Foundation in Naples, is tangible proof of this.

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Campanian viticulture is the combination of many “short stories”, stories of populations who have preserved the most ancient traditions, piecing together a mosaic of communities, valleys, hills, memories and cultures that history has consolidated over time. Wine is not a mere product but is testament to life on a territory.

Every wine speaks of the hills from where it originated, it tells stories of the people who created it generation after generation. The FeudiStudi wines descend from our aspiration to share these stories, stories reflected in Pierpaolo Sirch’s uncompromising wine making and ageing choices, stories about the richness of our most expressive vineyards, selected every year among our 700 vineyards depending on the vintage.

Thanks to this practice, year after year we produce unique limited edition wines (about 2.000 bottles) that are not sold through traditional channels. For this line of production we chose an exclusive bottle, a re-edition of the first Bordolesi of the 17th century, and started with two iconic Fiano vineyards. In the years that followed, we also identified other Greco and Aglianico vineyards that could be integrated in this project.

Another exclusive curiosity isSirica, the fruits of an ancient vine which had disappeared before Feudi di SanGregorio rediscovered it and vinified it pure.

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Irpinia is the historical name of the Province of Avellino in Campania, one of the largest and most populated regions of Southern Italy.

Irpinia is an area with a deeply rooted agricultural tradition, where some of the most original and enduring European wines are born, such as the red Taurasi and the whites Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo.

Irpinia is a truly unique territory under many aspects: Mediterranean latitudes, mountain viticulture, fresh rainy climate, with wines that for their style and character are very different from classic “southern” stereotype.

This is why the best Irpinia bottles are regularly equalled to the noble wines from more northern areas: Langa, Rodano, Bordeaux for the reds, Chablis, Loira, Rheingau, Wachau for the whites.

Irpinia is the next big thing on the international winemaking scene.
Irpinia is a jigsaw puzzle to be pieced together piece after piece, hill after hill, cru after cru.
Irpinia is a journey full of surprises and FeudiStudi is its most up to date gps tracker.

Click on Irpinia's areas to discover the wines produced in each of them.

¹Fiano di Avellino

²Greco di Tufo

³Taurasi

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