he vineyards of the province of Aversa, in Campania, offer a sight that is unlike any that can be seen elsewhere in the world: The vines here are "wedded" to poplar trees, on whose trunks they climb to the incredible height of up to 45 feet, thus forming spectacular, green barriers hung with grape bunches. Needless to say, the farmers here are forced to perform acrobatic numbers at harvest time.But this is only one of the peculiarities that make a unique wine of the matchless Asprinio di Aversa. Italian writer Mario Soldati used to call this wine "the little great wine." "It is so difficult to find a sibling, a cousin, some distant relatives to this wine," he wrote, "There are no whites in the world that are so absolutely dry as the Asprinio. None. It's hard to imagine this unless one has tasted this wine."
Asprinio grapes are grown only at Aversa. It is a zesty, light wine, whose characteristics are even more accentuated in its sparkling version. It is an elegant and exceptionally good wine.
The production area is quite restricted although it extends over the territories of 22 municipalities in the provinces of Caserta and Naples. The grapevines, moreover, have a very low yield because of the way they are grown. This means that in spite of the rising market demand, production cannot be increased. Asprinio di Aversa is thus destined to remain a wine for the few.
