Wine
Many wines from Campania match very well to the local cuisine. Among white wines the most famous are Greco di Tufo, Falanghina, Fiano di Avellino and Asprinio di Aversa, while the most famous red wines are Aglianico, Taurasi (vino) (it), Campi Flegrei Piedirosso (it) also known as pere 'e palummo, Solopaca, Lacryma Christi from Vesuvius, that is produced both white and red.
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—Chinese proverb.
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—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
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