Calabria, which forms the toe of the Italian boot, is a predominately mountainous region with marked variations in microclimates between the sunny coastal hills along the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas and the chilly heights of the Sila and Aspromonte massifs. Two grape varieties of Greek origin dominate, Gaglioppo in red wines, Greco in whites, though the types of wine they make can vary markedly from one place to another.

Calabria's best-known wine is Cirņ, which grows in low hills along the Ionian coast between the ancient Greek cities of Sybaris and Kroton (Sibari and Crotone today). Local legend has it that Cirņ descended directly from Krimisa, the wine Calabrian athletes drank to celebrate victory in an early Olympiad.

Regional Wine Appellations:

DOC
Bivongi
Cirņ
Donnici
Greco di Bianco
Lamezia
Melissa
Pollino
San Vito di Luzzi
Sant'Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto
Savuto
Scavigna
Verbicaro

IGT
Arghilla'
Calabria
Condoleo
Costa Viola
Esaro
Lipuda
Locride
Palizzi
Pellaro
Scilla
Val di Neto
Valdamato
Valle del Crati