Dionysus bringing vines to Sicily is mythology, not a historical event. The Apianum-Fiano link is explicitly tentative. Area/production superlatives, appellation rules and origins of names are dated secondary assertions; no claim of direct soil-mineral flavor transfer is adopted.
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Maps accompany Campania/Basilicata Fiano, Greco and Aglianico, Puglia's Primitivo/Negroamaro/Nero di Troia, and Sicilian Nero d'Avola, Frappato, Nerello Mascalese, Catarratto and sweet-wine grapes. Both local/local and local/international blends are described.
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Southern Italy and Sicily add local-variety and volcanic-region comparisons
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Maps accompany Campania/Basilicata Fiano, Greco and Aglianico, Puglia's Primitivo/Negroamaro/Nero di Troia, and Sicilian Nero d'Avola, Frappato, Nerello Mascalese, Catarratto and sweet-wine grapes. Both local/local and local/international blends are described.
Context and limitations
Dionysus bringing vines to Sicily is mythology, not a historical event. The Apianum-Fiano link is explicitly tentative. Area/production superlatives, appellation rules and origins of names are dated secondary assertions; no claim of direct soil-mineral flavor transfer is adopted.
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