Inimitable Negroamaro
Puglia
Vino
Magazine: August 2007
On the southern tip of Apulia where Italy ends, there is land where the seas meet and the coastal landscapes are evocative and bewitching. It Is Salento! The cultivation of the Negroamaro grapes dates back to the Greek colonization era (7th century B.C.). Despite the farming diffi culties caused by its earliness and very thin peel, it has always been the treasure of the Salento wine-dressers. Alessandro Candido of the Candido Company tells the story. “The Negroamaro grapes were like daily bread to the vine-dressers of Salento. Every Monday morning the portion of grapes was transported in wagonloads by rail along the Galliano-Canosa iron steps. When the market began turning to the bottled wines”, explains Gino Vallone of the Valle dell’Asso company, “many farmers gave up their vineyards in order to receive the explantation subsidy. The damage to the area was incalculable, since no other type of agriculture replaced the vineyards”.
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