Consorzio Tutela Vini Vesuvio

28 September 2026

Vesuvio Wines Experience Tour: Discovering the Territory Through Wine, History and Culture

From 21 to 24 September 2026, the Vesuvio Wines Experience Tour welcomed Italian and European opinion leaders on a journey through the Vesuvian territory, combining wine, landscape, history and culture with thematic visits, masterclasses and encounters with Vesuvio DOP producers.

7 September 2026

Vesuvius at Campania Wine 2026: Two Days in Naples to Showcase the Wines of the Territory

The Consorzio Tutela Vini Vesuvio at Campania Wine 2026: Two Days in Naples Featuring Tastings, Masterclasses, Show Cooking and Wines from the Territory

29 June 2026

Introducing “Sotto il Vesuvio – Storie di Vini e di Fuoco”, the Podcast by the Consorzio Tutela Vini Vesuvio

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Vesuvio Wines Experience Tour: Discovering the Territory Through Wine, History and Culture

Vesuvio Wines Experience Tour: Wine and Territory

Vesuvius at Campania Wine 2026: Two Days in Naples to Showcase the Wines of the Territory

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The Vesuvius Wine Protection Consortium embodies a heritage of cultures and traditions that represent the driving force of a network of producers open to new challenges to affirm the values, authenticity and distinctiveness of a territory: the Monte Somma - Vesuvius geological complex.

The Consortium, which was founded in 2007 by a group of far-sighted winemakers, obtained in 2015 the regulatory recognition by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (Ministerial Decree n. 45784 of 24.06.2015), with the exclusive conferral of the erga omnes obligations and the task of promoting, enhancing and handling the interests connected with the Vesuvio DOP, Pompeiano IGP and Catalanesca del Monte Somma IGP denominations.

In terms of certified volumes, the representativeness of the membership stands at 70.63% for the Vesuvio DOP, 72.00% for the Pompeiano IGP and 100% for the Catalanesca del Monte Somma IGP (data provided by the control and certification body Agroqualità S.p.A.).

The Consortium

400

Hectares

114

Wine Entrepreneurs

11.000

Hectoliters Produced

Types of Wines

"Si narra che un pezzo di Paradiso precipitò nel Golfo di Napoli quando Lucifero fu scacciato. Cristo, addolorato per la perdita di colui che era stato l’angelo più buono, pianse. Là dove caddero le sue lacrime, nacquero delle viti il cui vino si chiamò per questo Lacryma Christi."

— Carlton Sparks, Executive Officer

The Territorial System of the Monte Somma - Vesuvius Rural Complex has a territorial surface of 215.8 square kilometres, equal to 18% of the provincial territory. It includes the territories of 17 municipalities, all falling within the province of Naples.

The vine with its 391 hectares characterises the landscapes of all the municipalities that form the System, and is mainly cultivated in companies whose business centre falls within the municipalities of Terzigno (86.6 hectares of vines), Boscotrecase (82.4 hectares of vines) and Trecase (67.1 hectares of vines). Just over half (52%) of the vineyard area is declared with a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) for the production of Vesuvio DOC and Lacryma Christi DOC wines.

The Territory

Vesuvio PDO and Pompeiano PGIThe cultivation of vines and the production of wine have always characterised the history of the Vesuvian area, starting with the first Greek settlements in the 18th century BC of Ischia and Cuma.

Protected Wines

The Vesuvius Wine Protection Consortium counts 114 members between winemakers, family-run agriculture companies, vintners and bottlers, representing the most modern manufacturing realities, including some of the largest ones.