Think of Naples and your mind conjures up images of Vesuvius, Pizza Margherita, and of course Espresso Coffee. Kimbo, a company which has been established for over 50 years by the Rubino brothers, started their business in their father’s bakery in Naples. Word soon spread that a delicious coffee…

Campania Wines would like to introduce you to two special wines, whose resemblance to the wines, enjoyed by the ancient Romans, are available for you today from the Villa Matilde Winery. Villa Matilde Wines began in the 1960s, when Francesco Paolo Avallone, a lawyer with a passion for ancient…

Social distancing, wearing face coverings, and cancelling your holiday due to local lock downs, and not knowing when things will get back to some sort of normality. We too at Campania Wines were looking forward to a few weeks on the Amalfi Coast this year, sipping an after dinner…

We at Campania Wines pride ourselves in ranging only authentic products from the Campania region of Italy. And one of the most prestigious distillers of the region, producing a variety of liqueurs and baba’s is The Antica Distilleria Petrone . Petrone was officially founded by Domenico Petrone in the…

It all began with Nonna Benigna. As a young girl during the Second World War, she did not want to follow her parents’ simple country life, but to manage their property through her love of nature, she conserved and looked after the un-grafted grape vines that Sorrentino Vini treasure…

Introducing Piennolo; totally tasty tomatoes from Campania Have you ever wondered why many supermarket-purchased tomatoes in the UK are so tasteless?  You know what it’s like – you go on holiday somewhere in the Mediterranean, (the Campania region of Italy is our preference, of course!) There you are, on…

It’s said that when Jesus ascended into heaven from the Mount of Olives, he looked down upon the world he’d left behind and his eyes were drawn to the Bay of Naples. Such was the beauty he saw laid out before him that he was moved to tears which…

Today’s red wine we will be focussing on is called Stregamora which is a real hidden gem of Italian viticulture. It is a wine obtained from 100% Piedirosso grapes, a typical Campanian grape variety, which is also known in local dialect as “Per’ e palummo”, which describes the grape…

Lapilli works with local communes centred around the town of Avellino and dotted about the hills of Lapio, Forino and Candida. They listen carefully to the families who’ve toiled on the land for generations and know how to coax the very best out of the soil. Together, on small…