June 18, 2025 • 19 mins
Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples in Campania, has been dormant since 1944. Here one can hike the volcano and visit the ruins of Pompeii, a city destroyed by an eruption on August 24 79 AD. Thanks to its nutrient-rich volcanic soils, Vesuvius DOC is home to many wineries and unique wines. One example is Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio (“Tears of Christ”). Fearless Fabulous You Host Melanie Young explains the story of Lacryma Christi wines and recommends wineries to visit.
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Speaker 2 (00:41):
Welcome to Fearless Fabulous You. I am your host, Melanie Young,
and I love taking you around the world with me
as I travel, which I'm doing frequently. I hope to
make women like you feel empowered and confident in the
choices you make in life and enjoy life to the fullest.
So come along with me and hopefully you'll expand your
(01:01):
comfort zone and live life on your terms. As I
always say, you only have one life, living on your terms.
So I've been traveling a lot to Italy. I'm so
blessed as a writer and podcast hosts for another show
that connected a table to go to Italy frequently. Today
I'm going to take you to a region that I
recently went to, have been several times. It is so
(01:22):
beautiful and I don't think enough people really explore it
to its fullest. But I'm really going to speak about
one area because it's a large area. The region we're
talking about is Campania. Where is Campania. Copania is in
southern Italy. Its main city is Naples, So to get there,
(01:42):
you can fly into Naples, or you can fly to
Rome and fly down to Naples, but the main city
is Naples, which is known for Napoleon pizza, Napoleon and
pizza and wonderful food. Many food lovers visit Naples in
Campania to try the World Pizza. You can even see
people at the airport eating their first slices of pizza
(02:05):
from large boxes after you leave the arrival area. However,
there's so much more than that, and so many regions
to explore. A lot of my friends like to go
down to the Amalfi Coast because you see these beautiful
turquoise waters, and there's cliffs and beaches, and you can
have Limnchella, which is one of the signature drinks of
the region from these beautiful Sorrento Lemons. But I'm going
(02:28):
to talk about a very historic area. Of course, all
of Campania is historic, but we're taking you to the
slopes of Mount Vesuvius. It is a volcano in the
largest volcano without the only volcano in Campania, and it's
very famous because many, many, many centuries ago it exploded
(02:49):
and completely buried the historic city of Pompeii. Actually the
date was to be specific August twenty four, seventy AD,
so August twenty four seven, the city of Pompeii was
destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption that basically annihilated the
entire city and its population. Today is a sacred museum,
(03:15):
and Vesuvius remains the largest active volcanic region in Europe.
It has been dormant since its last eruption in nineteen
forty four. Now I'm saying that, but when we were
there in May of twenty twenty five, we actually hiked
up through the national park which it is now to
a cald era that was still burping and smoking. So
(03:38):
Vesuvius may have been dormant since its last eruption in
nineteen forty four, but we're still in the Hey, you
never know, period of volcanoes. Very recently we were in
Edna and a few days after we left erupt it,
so you never know. But one of the reasons I'm
taking you to Vesuvius besides, it is a great place
(04:00):
to visit and see this historic city of Pompeii, which
is now a museum, and you can see there the
vestiges of an ancient judicial court, the lozzos of the rich,
storefronts and taverns, even a brothel with phallic signage etched
in the stones to point how people live millennium ago.
It's a fascinating museum. And you know what's even more
(04:24):
bizarre and amazing as you'll even see ghosts like petrified
human bodies, even a dog who literally were preserved in
their last final stages of trying to escape, you know,
the volcanic eruption, and they're contortin you can see the
terror in their bodies and it's all there to see
(04:45):
this ancient city that was destroyed so long ago by
a volcanic eruptions. It's totally worth a guided tour because
you want to have someone point all this out. And
it's a great day trip from Naples, So I know
you probably want to go and sun yourself and overlook
(05:06):
the turquoise seas of the coasts. But going inland to
capture this amazing chapter of history is important. But here's
another reason you want to go to Vesuvius. Pompei may
be ancient history and Vesuvius may be dormant for now.
(05:27):
And it's also a great hike if you want to
go up to the park. But what's really active and
amazing are the vineyards and wineries that are in the
Vesuvius area, and they are incredible places to visit. You
get these beautiful lines that are blessed with vineyards that
grow in the mineral rich volcanic soils. They're so striking
(05:50):
to see. They're this amazing dark gray brown color and
it's just beautiful. And I had the great pleasure of
visiting this area twice and tasting several wines. But the
wine I'm going to talk about the day is when
you may or may not be familiar with. It's one
of the star wines of Vesuvius. End's only may in
(06:13):
this area of Vesuvius. It's called Lachrama Christi. Lacrama cresty
means the tears of Christ. Now you're wondering what does
that mean. Well, I'm going to tell you here's the
legend of Lacrama Christie. The origins of Lacramacreesty del Vesuvio
(06:34):
vary depending on who you speak with. The most common
story is that when Jesus Christ first laid eyes on
the Bay of Naples, he cried tears of joy over
its incredible beauty, and I can vouch for that. However,
others say he cried tears of pain after Lucifer the Devil,
(06:57):
the angel of evil, was expelled from Paradise and stole
a piece of heaven to form the Bay of Naples.
Some say he cried tears of relief because Luffer, Lucifer
the Devil was finally removed from heaven and sent to Hell.
So whether it's tears of joy, tears of pain, or
tears of relief, the story still ends the same. Christ's
(07:19):
sweet tears landed on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius and
nourished the soils from which vineyards blossomed. Okay, that's a
great story, right, So we're talking about Vesuvio doc. Okay,
So a doc is a domination denomination origin contro lata,
which means it must follow strict guidelines for production of
(07:43):
specific wines, down to how much, what type of grape,
the aging, how much wine can be produced in grapes
can be grown. It's a designation of quality okay, designation
of quality of control quality lack the creasy wines or
a sub zone of the Suvio DOC. The DOOC, by
(08:05):
the way, was established in nineteen eighty three, so even
though wine has been produced in this area for millennia,
the DOC was established in nineteen eighty three. As I
said earlier, the volcanic soils wherever I travel are very unique,
usually the very dark and sandy and filled with fossils
and minerals because every time a volcano erupts, it spreads
(08:28):
lava flow and particles from the belly of the volcano
which basically belches up and new particles come over and
just basically cover the slopes of asuvius or I've also
seen this in that now, where you just see lava
flows that just change and shape the land. The good
(08:48):
news about that is that these are very mineral rich,
with fossils and minerals including potassium and iron and something
called lepidouli or little pebbles and other organic matter, the
ash that's settled for years of eruptions. This creates nutrient
rich soil composition which is immune to one thing that's
very important, phulacro, which is a common blight that affects
(09:10):
fine sandy soils. Help protect the vines against this terrible filacra,
which is a blight that actually ruined much of European
Europe's vineyards in the nineteenth century. So today, as a result,
many wines are grafted from other rootstock to protect them,
(09:31):
very commonly California rootstock. But here you have old vines
that have been protected because of those incredible volcanic sandy soils.
Now the DOC guidelines for lack of mccreasy require that
white wines, because it's white and red, be made from
a minimum of thirty five percent and maximum eighty five
(09:51):
percent of a grape co Cooda de volpi. This is
a unique wine grown in the area of Vesuvius. It's
named Coda divolpi, which means tail of the fox. It
is a full bodied, floral of variety wine and the
name references the length and shape of the grape clusters,
(10:12):
which looks like the tail of the fox. The other
grapes that comprise Lachryma chrissie. White wine is phil Angina,
which is a very citrusy, beautiful citrus blossom fresh wine,
very light and delicate, and the third wis called Capratoni.
It is a white wine exclusively to vesuvius and used
(10:33):
for blending. So the white wines are made with the
coda divolpi and the remain that's eighty five percent and
the remaining are filingina are greco bianco. And then the
red wines are petoso peerosu means red feet because they're
earthy blacks and grapes, and Olavella, which is named after
(10:58):
the small all of it looks like black olives. So
you can get lacher macresti bianchi or white Laca macristie
rosso red. The grapes are very local to this area. Okay.
The wines are very refreshing and fruity, and some call
them pizza wines because Naples home to some of the
(11:20):
worlds most famous pizza and it's natural pairing. However, I
like these wines with seafood, and I've done tastings with
incredible eggplants, in particular, the red wines with cappanata and
plants very popular down in this area, and wonderful light
(11:40):
soups and fish stews. I've talked to a number of
some ways about these wines, which some people have called
the nectar of the gods, and honestly, I think they're
very special. If you can find a laclan m Christie
and I'm a spell for you, lac r y m
(12:01):
a and the second word is criasty like christ c
h r I s t I. If you can find
lacrum with creasty Delvisuvio from Campana in your local wine shop,
ask or ask your wine salesperson to help you. So
many that I interviewed about these wines sometime ago said
the whites have a delightful tropical not It's nice citity
(12:23):
and minerality, so minerality a city means Christmas and freshness,
which we all love on was hot summer days. I
tend to personally prefer them when they're drunk, uill use refresh.
They make a great at parativo. I like them with sushi, tuna, tartar,
avocado toast, really really wonderful. The reds are a little
(12:46):
smokier and earthier and really rich tannin, so they really
go well with barbecue, grilled meats, hamburgers, pasta with tomato sauce,
and eggplant parmesan. Those are some examples. Again, the wine
is called Lacrama Cristi Dilbilsuvio Lacrama Christi del Visuvio from
(13:08):
the region of Campagna in southern Italy. Really, if you
go there, you'll be moved to tears because this is
such a historic area and there's so many amazing wines.
I highly recommend visiting Thesuvio area. We tasted some incredible foods.
One of the newer things that they've introduced are these
amazing chestnuts in Finlandino wine or in Atlanica wine. They're
(13:34):
are just divine. We brought them back for friends to
taste for dessert. A lot of the wines have a
wineries there, welcome visitors and have really incredible hospitality programs.
I'm going to mention a few that I would recommend
and I have personally visited. So again, if you go
to Campania, you'll go to Naples first, and then you
(13:56):
can hire a tour guide, which I would do, or
a driver to take to Vesuvia. There are many tours,
But if you really want to explore and see the
different wineries, you're gonna need a driver or you need
to rent a car, and from what I understand now,
to rend a car in Italy through a European car
rental you need an international driver's license, So do check
(14:16):
to make sure you have an international driver's license and
all your insurance in place if you decide to do
this trip. Wineries that I recommend that are all family run.
The first is Bosco de Medici. Bosco means Forest de
Metici is like a very famous Florentine family. Actually, this
(14:38):
winery has a resort in restaurant and you can have
some terrific wines, and as you are there, you'll see
Mount Vesuvius right there. The other one I recommend, which
makes a sparkling lack of maccreasty called Bolleccini, which I
highly recommend, is Sorrentini Vini. Sorrentinivini is lovely. There's two
(14:59):
sisters to run it again, family owned. Highly recommended. One
that I recently visited and some friends are going as
a result is Cantina del Vesuvio. This winery wiggily you
can sit on the patio with Vesuvius in the background
and the sea in front of you. It's the terraining
(15:22):
and sea in front of you. And have an amazing
tasting and pairing of their wines, and not just the
lacer of Maccreaesti. You will also try some other wines
really fantastic. I also recommend some reds in the area
that made wonderful Laca Maccreesty, some other wins and the
whites I mentioned Serenti Vini. I do recommend also Cantina
(15:46):
Villa D'orovigna Volcano, lacram Cristi and Cantina Olavella. They all
make Lacer Maccreesty wines. A very famous producer that is
in actually the Avellino region, but also makes a lack
of from as massive Bandino. Again, macolm Cristy used tears
(16:06):
of Christ. It is produced exclusively in the doc of Vesuvio,
which was established in nineteen eighty three in the region
of Copaya. It has an amazing history, so if you
go to Pompeii you should visit the wineries, spend the
day doing it, and then go back to Naples to
(16:27):
spend the night and enjoy pizza and more Campania wines,
but I highly recommend this as a trip. You know,
when you visit a place and you want to you know,
your inclination is to go to the main city and
then hug the coats and go to the beach. But
sometimes the most beautiful places can be found inland and
they're less crowded and potentially new discoveries. Now that said,
(16:51):
you know, it is a very populive place to go
in the summer, and I have been there in May
and June and it is getting quite crowded. So it
can also be very hot. So another time that I
would recommend going to Campania when it could be cooler,
is it's September when it's harvested quite beautiful, or October
or even November. I've been to Campania November and it
(17:12):
was fantastic weather. I've also been to Campania in April May.
It's really beautiful there as well. So there's lots of
options with this incredibly beautiful place to visit. So again
we've been talking about Laco Macristi. The Tears of Christ
wine is exclusively from the doc Vesuvio in the region
(17:34):
of Campania in Italy. Go explore and try the wines
if you can get to this region for a vacation,
and it's great to take your kids as well. It's
a great educational experience. Do it. But back home, go
to your local wine shop and say I'd like to
try some Campania wines and specifically do you have any
(17:56):
from Vesuvio That said, Campanya makes wonderful wines throughout the region,
and I've been blessed to go to many regions in
Campanna and we'll be doing more stories on that down
the road. You can also learn more if you follow
me at the Connected table dot com where I have
a show, the Connected Table podcast, and we do more
(18:18):
in depth stories on wine and food. Okay, I'm going
to wrap it up for now. Save travels, enjoy your summer.
Remember do your homework. Step outside your comfort zone and
try to enjoy everywhere you go by talking to locals,
tasting the local wine and food, really stepping outside and
(18:42):
exploring beyond your comfort zone. You will have a greater
experience by doing that. I also recently interviewed a wonderful woman,
Jackie Lapan, who is an owner and founder of the
Historic Traveler dot com. I had a great interview with
her you can find it on Fearless fact. She has
some wonderful guide books and a blog on historical facts
(19:05):
and references to stories about regions, including Naples, which is
why I'm bringing it up because you might want to
check that out as well. Anyway, happy travels, and as always,
you can choose life on your terms or on somebody else's.
Choose your terms, always say fearless and fabulous. I'm Melanie Young,
following me at Melanie Fabulous. Check out my blog at
(19:27):
the Connected table dot com on substack at Melanie Fabulous,
and thank you again. Happy travels,
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solely those of the hosts and their guests, and not
those of W four WN Radio It's employees or affiliates.
We make no recommendations or endorsements for radio show programs, services,
or products mentioned on air or on our web. No liability,
explicit or implied shall be extended to W four WN
Radio It's employees or affiliates. Any questions or comment should
(00:20):
be directed to those show hosts. Thank you for choosing
W four WN Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Welcome to Fearless Fabulous You. I am your host, Melanie Young,
and I love taking you around the world with me
as I travel, which I'm doing frequently. I hope to
make women like you feel empowered and confident in the
choices you make in life and enjoy life to the fullest.
So come along with me and hopefully you'll expand your
(01:01):
comfort zone and live life on your terms. As I
always say, you only have one life, living on your terms.
So I've been traveling a lot to Italy. I'm so
blessed as a writer and podcast hosts for another show
that connected a table to go to Italy frequently. Today
I'm going to take you to a region that I
recently went to, have been several times. It is so
(01:22):
beautiful and I don't think enough people really explore it
to its fullest. But I'm really going to speak about
one area because it's a large area. The region we're
talking about is Campania. Where is Campania. Copania is in
southern Italy. Its main city is Naples, So to get there,
(01:42):
you can fly into Naples, or you can fly to
Rome and fly down to Naples, but the main city
is Naples, which is known for Napoleon pizza, Napoleon and
pizza and wonderful food. Many food lovers visit Naples in
Campania to try the World Pizza. You can even see
people at the airport eating their first slices of pizza
(02:05):
from large boxes after you leave the arrival area. However,
there's so much more than that, and so many regions
to explore. A lot of my friends like to go
down to the Amalfi Coast because you see these beautiful
turquoise waters, and there's cliffs and beaches, and you can
have Limnchella, which is one of the signature drinks of
the region from these beautiful Sorrento Lemons. But I'm going
(02:28):
to talk about a very historic area. Of course, all
of Campania is historic, but we're taking you to the
slopes of Mount Vesuvius. It is a volcano in the
largest volcano without the only volcano in Campania, and it's
very famous because many, many, many centuries ago it exploded
(02:49):
and completely buried the historic city of Pompeii. Actually the
date was to be specific August twenty four, seventy AD,
so August twenty four seven, the city of Pompeii was
destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption that basically annihilated the
entire city and its population. Today is a sacred museum,
(03:15):
and Vesuvius remains the largest active volcanic region in Europe.
It has been dormant since its last eruption in nineteen
forty four. Now I'm saying that, but when we were
there in May of twenty twenty five, we actually hiked
up through the national park which it is now to
a cald era that was still burping and smoking. So
(03:38):
Vesuvius may have been dormant since its last eruption in
nineteen forty four, but we're still in the Hey, you
never know, period of volcanoes. Very recently we were in
Edna and a few days after we left erupt it,
so you never know. But one of the reasons I'm
taking you to Vesuvius besides, it is a great place
(04:00):
to visit and see this historic city of Pompeii, which
is now a museum, and you can see there the
vestiges of an ancient judicial court, the lozzos of the rich,
storefronts and taverns, even a brothel with phallic signage etched
in the stones to point how people live millennium ago.
It's a fascinating museum. And you know what's even more
(04:24):
bizarre and amazing as you'll even see ghosts like petrified
human bodies, even a dog who literally were preserved in
their last final stages of trying to escape, you know,
the volcanic eruption, and they're contortin you can see the
terror in their bodies and it's all there to see
(04:45):
this ancient city that was destroyed so long ago by
a volcanic eruptions. It's totally worth a guided tour because
you want to have someone point all this out. And
it's a great day trip from Naples, So I know
you probably want to go and sun yourself and overlook
(05:06):
the turquoise seas of the coasts. But going inland to
capture this amazing chapter of history is important. But here's
another reason you want to go to Vesuvius. Pompei may
be ancient history and Vesuvius may be dormant for now.
(05:27):
And it's also a great hike if you want to
go up to the park. But what's really active and
amazing are the vineyards and wineries that are in the
Vesuvius area, and they are incredible places to visit. You
get these beautiful lines that are blessed with vineyards that
grow in the mineral rich volcanic soils. They're so striking
(05:50):
to see. They're this amazing dark gray brown color and
it's just beautiful. And I had the great pleasure of
visiting this area twice and tasting several wines. But the
wine I'm going to talk about the day is when
you may or may not be familiar with. It's one
of the star wines of Vesuvius. End's only may in
(06:13):
this area of Vesuvius. It's called Lachrama Christi. Lacrama cresty
means the tears of Christ. Now you're wondering what does
that mean. Well, I'm going to tell you here's the
legend of Lacrama Christie. The origins of Lacramacreesty del Vesuvio
(06:34):
vary depending on who you speak with. The most common
story is that when Jesus Christ first laid eyes on
the Bay of Naples, he cried tears of joy over
its incredible beauty, and I can vouch for that. However,
others say he cried tears of pain after Lucifer the Devil,
(06:57):
the angel of evil, was expelled from Paradise and stole
a piece of heaven to form the Bay of Naples.
Some say he cried tears of relief because Luffer, Lucifer
the Devil was finally removed from heaven and sent to Hell.
So whether it's tears of joy, tears of pain, or
tears of relief, the story still ends the same. Christ's
(07:19):
sweet tears landed on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius and
nourished the soils from which vineyards blossomed. Okay, that's a
great story, right, So we're talking about Vesuvio doc. Okay,
So a doc is a domination denomination origin contro lata,
which means it must follow strict guidelines for production of
(07:43):
specific wines, down to how much, what type of grape,
the aging, how much wine can be produced in grapes
can be grown. It's a designation of quality okay, designation
of quality of control quality lack the creasy wines or
a sub zone of the Suvio DOC. The DOOC, by
(08:05):
the way, was established in nineteen eighty three, so even
though wine has been produced in this area for millennia,
the DOC was established in nineteen eighty three. As I
said earlier, the volcanic soils wherever I travel are very unique,
usually the very dark and sandy and filled with fossils
and minerals because every time a volcano erupts, it spreads
(08:28):
lava flow and particles from the belly of the volcano
which basically belches up and new particles come over and
just basically cover the slopes of asuvius or I've also
seen this in that now, where you just see lava
flows that just change and shape the land. The good
(08:48):
news about that is that these are very mineral rich,
with fossils and minerals including potassium and iron and something
called lepidouli or little pebbles and other organic matter, the
ash that's settled for years of eruptions. This creates nutrient
rich soil composition which is immune to one thing that's
very important, phulacro, which is a common blight that affects
(09:10):
fine sandy soils. Help protect the vines against this terrible filacra,
which is a blight that actually ruined much of European
Europe's vineyards in the nineteenth century. So today, as a result,
many wines are grafted from other rootstock to protect them,
(09:31):
very commonly California rootstock. But here you have old vines
that have been protected because of those incredible volcanic sandy soils.
Now the DOC guidelines for lack of mccreasy require that
white wines, because it's white and red, be made from
a minimum of thirty five percent and maximum eighty five
(09:51):
percent of a grape co Cooda de volpi. This is
a unique wine grown in the area of Vesuvius. It's
named Coda divolpi, which means tail of the fox. It
is a full bodied, floral of variety wine and the
name references the length and shape of the grape clusters,
(10:12):
which looks like the tail of the fox. The other
grapes that comprise Lachryma chrissie. White wine is phil Angina,
which is a very citrusy, beautiful citrus blossom fresh wine,
very light and delicate, and the third wis called Capratoni.
It is a white wine exclusively to vesuvius and used
(10:33):
for blending. So the white wines are made with the
coda divolpi and the remain that's eighty five percent and
the remaining are filingina are greco bianco. And then the
red wines are petoso peerosu means red feet because they're
earthy blacks and grapes, and Olavella, which is named after
(10:58):
the small all of it looks like black olives. So
you can get lacher macresti bianchi or white Laca macristie
rosso red. The grapes are very local to this area. Okay.
The wines are very refreshing and fruity, and some call
them pizza wines because Naples home to some of the
(11:20):
worlds most famous pizza and it's natural pairing. However, I
like these wines with seafood, and I've done tastings with
incredible eggplants, in particular, the red wines with cappanata and
plants very popular down in this area, and wonderful light
(11:40):
soups and fish stews. I've talked to a number of
some ways about these wines, which some people have called
the nectar of the gods, and honestly, I think they're
very special. If you can find a laclan m Christie
and I'm a spell for you, lac r y m
(12:01):
a and the second word is criasty like christ c
h r I s t I. If you can find
lacrum with creasty Delvisuvio from Campana in your local wine shop,
ask or ask your wine salesperson to help you. So
many that I interviewed about these wines sometime ago said
the whites have a delightful tropical not It's nice citity
(12:23):
and minerality, so minerality a city means Christmas and freshness,
which we all love on was hot summer days. I
tend to personally prefer them when they're drunk, uill use refresh.
They make a great at parativo. I like them with sushi, tuna, tartar,
avocado toast, really really wonderful. The reds are a little
(12:46):
smokier and earthier and really rich tannin, so they really
go well with barbecue, grilled meats, hamburgers, pasta with tomato sauce,
and eggplant parmesan. Those are some examples. Again, the wine
is called Lacrama Cristi Dilbilsuvio Lacrama Christi del Visuvio from
(13:08):
the region of Campagna in southern Italy. Really, if you
go there, you'll be moved to tears because this is
such a historic area and there's so many amazing wines.
I highly recommend visiting Thesuvio area. We tasted some incredible foods.
One of the newer things that they've introduced are these
amazing chestnuts in Finlandino wine or in Atlanica wine. They're
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are just divine. We brought them back for friends to
taste for dessert. A lot of the wines have a
wineries there, welcome visitors and have really incredible hospitality programs.
I'm going to mention a few that I would recommend
and I have personally visited. So again, if you go
to Campania, you'll go to Naples first, and then you
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can hire a tour guide, which I would do, or
a driver to take to Vesuvia. There are many tours,
But if you really want to explore and see the
different wineries, you're gonna need a driver or you need
to rent a car, and from what I understand now,
to rend a car in Italy through a European car
rental you need an international driver's license, So do check
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to make sure you have an international driver's license and
all your insurance in place if you decide to do
this trip. Wineries that I recommend that are all family run.
The first is Bosco de Medici. Bosco means Forest de
Metici is like a very famous Florentine family. Actually, this
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winery has a resort in restaurant and you can have
some terrific wines, and as you are there, you'll see
Mount Vesuvius right there. The other one I recommend, which
makes a sparkling lack of maccreasty called Bolleccini, which I
highly recommend, is Sorrentini Vini. Sorrentinivini is lovely. There's two
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sisters to run it again, family owned. Highly recommended. One
that I recently visited and some friends are going as
a result is Cantina del Vesuvio. This winery wiggily you
can sit on the patio with Vesuvius in the background
and the sea in front of you. It's the terraining
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and sea in front of you. And have an amazing
tasting and pairing of their wines, and not just the
lacer of Maccreaesti. You will also try some other wines
really fantastic. I also recommend some reds in the area
that made wonderful Laca Maccreesty, some other wins and the
whites I mentioned Serenti Vini. I do recommend also Cantina
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Villa D'orovigna Volcano, lacram Cristi and Cantina Olavella. They all
make Lacer Maccreesty wines. A very famous producer that is
in actually the Avellino region, but also makes a lack
of from as massive Bandino. Again, macolm Cristy used tears
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of Christ. It is produced exclusively in the doc of Vesuvio,
which was established in nineteen eighty three in the region
of Copaya. It has an amazing history, so if you
go to Pompeii you should visit the wineries, spend the
day doing it, and then go back to Naples to
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spend the night and enjoy pizza and more Campania wines,
but I highly recommend this as a trip. You know,
when you visit a place and you want to you know,
your inclination is to go to the main city and
then hug the coats and go to the beach. But
sometimes the most beautiful places can be found inland and
they're less crowded and potentially new discoveries. Now that said,
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you know, it is a very populive place to go
in the summer, and I have been there in May
and June and it is getting quite crowded. So it
can also be very hot. So another time that I
would recommend going to Campania when it could be cooler,
is it's September when it's harvested quite beautiful, or October
or even November. I've been to Campania November and it
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was fantastic weather. I've also been to Campania in April May.
It's really beautiful there as well. So there's lots of
options with this incredibly beautiful place to visit. So again
we've been talking about Laco Macristi. The Tears of Christ
wine is exclusively from the doc Vesuvio in the region
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of Campania in Italy. Go explore and try the wines
if you can get to this region for a vacation,
and it's great to take your kids as well. It's
a great educational experience. Do it. But back home, go
to your local wine shop and say I'd like to
try some Campania wines and specifically do you have any
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from Vesuvio That said, Campanya makes wonderful wines throughout the region,
and I've been blessed to go to many regions in
Campanna and we'll be doing more stories on that down
the road. You can also learn more if you follow
me at the Connected table dot com where I have
a show, the Connected Table podcast, and we do more
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in depth stories on wine and food. Okay, I'm going
to wrap it up for now. Save travels, enjoy your summer.
Remember do your homework. Step outside your comfort zone and
try to enjoy everywhere you go by talking to locals,
tasting the local wine and food, really stepping outside and
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exploring beyond your comfort zone. You will have a greater
experience by doing that. I also recently interviewed a wonderful woman,
Jackie Lapan, who is an owner and founder of the
Historic Traveler dot com. I had a great interview with
her you can find it on Fearless fact. She has
some wonderful guide books and a blog on historical facts
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and references to stories about regions, including Naples, which is
why I'm bringing it up because you might want to
check that out as well. Anyway, happy travels, and as always,
you can choose life on your terms or on somebody else's.
Choose your terms, always say fearless and fabulous. I'm Melanie Young,
following me at Melanie Fabulous. Check out my blog at
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the Connected table dot com on substack at Melanie Fabulous,
and thank you again. Happy travels,
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