Mastroberardino
Mastroberardino winery is one of the oldest and most important production realities in Campania, whose history is intertwined with that of a family of entrepreneurial winemakers who have become a benchmark in the Italian wine scene. The origins of this family business date back to the mid-18th century, and the winery was officially founded in 1878 in Atripalda, near the town of Avellino, by Angelo Mastroberardino, great-grandfather of the current owner and Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
From the late 19th century, after the phylloxera disaster that destroyed part of the vast vineyard heritage, the family embarked on a long process of rediscovery and enhancement of native grape varieties and the typical characteristics of Irpinia. Antonio Mastroberardino, awarded the title of Knight of Labor in 1994, earned the nickname "archaeologist of grape varieties." The same commitment and passion now drive the work of his son Pietro, who reaps the benefits of over a century and a half of research invineyard and winery, driven by the desire to best express territorial excellence and the genius loci. If today Irpinia, with its typical grape varieties such as Aglianico, Fiano and Greco di Tufo, is known and appreciated worldwide, it is thanks to this family of winemakers, to whom an important and significant historical merit is attributed.
Today, Mastroberardino is a major production reality known worldwide, structured into several estates totaling 250 hectares of vineyards. The main estates are: Montemarani, where Taurasi is born; San Michele and Montefalcione, home to excellent expressions of Fiano; Montefusco, cradle of Greco; Mirabella, where Falanghina is produced. The company's mission still focuses on the maximum enhancement of Campania's typical grapes: Greco di Tufo, Fiano, Falanghina, and Aglianico, with a special preference for the expression of Taurasi, of which the familywas the first major promoter worldwide, taking on a pioneering role in its rediscovery. The desire to rediscover the origins of Campanian tradition led the family, starting in the 1990s, to undertake the project called "Villa dei Misteri," aimed at studying the winemaking methods of ancient Pompeii and cultivating a vineyard near the archaeological excavations. The passion, the desire to rediscover their roots, and to translate this research into results of excellence have remained the fundamental criteria of all production, the result of an extraordinary combination of history, legend, tradition, and modernity.
Mastroberardino winery is one of the oldest and most important production realities in Campania, whose history is intertwined with that of a family of entrepreneurial winemakers who have become a benchmark in the Italian wine scene. The origins of this family business date back to the mid-18th century, and the winery was officially founded in 1878 in Atripalda, near the town of Avellino, by Angelo Mastroberardino, great-grandfather of the current owner and Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
From the late 19th century, after the phylloxera disaster that destroyed part of the vast vineyard heritage, the family embarked on a long process of rediscovery and enhancement of native grape varieties and the typical characteristics of Irpinia. Antonio Mastroberardino, awarded the title of Knight of Labor in 1994, earned the nickname "archaeologist of grape varieties." The same commitment and passion now drive the work of his son Pietro, who reaps the benefits of over a century and a half of research invineyard and winery, driven by the desire to best express territorial excellence and the genius loci. If today Irpinia, with its typical grape varieties such as Aglianico, Fiano and Greco di Tufo, is known and appreciated worldwide, it is thanks to this family of winemakers, to whom an important and significant historical merit is attributed.
Today, Mastroberardino is a major production reality known worldwide, structured into several estates totaling 250 hectares of vineyards. The main estates are: Montemarani, where Taurasi is born; San Michele and Montefalcione, home to excellent expressions of Fiano; Montefusco, cradle of Greco; Mirabella, where Falanghina is produced. The company's mission still focuses on the maximum enhancement of Campania's typical grapes: Greco di Tufo, Fiano, Falanghina, and Aglianico, with a special preference for the expression of Taurasi, of which the familywas the first major promoter worldwide, taking on a pioneering role in its rediscovery. The desire to rediscover the origins of Campanian tradition led the family, starting in the 1990s, to undertake the project called "Villa dei Misteri," aimed at studying the winemaking methods of ancient Pompeii and cultivating a vineyard near the archaeological excavations. The passion, the desire to rediscover their roots, and to translate this research into results of excellence have remained the fundamental criteria of all production, the result of an extraordinary combination of history, legend, tradition, and modernity.
