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Sanginella Bianca
San Pietro
where it's found:
Campania.
national reg-
istry code number:
not registered.
color:
white.
Also known (depending on where it is
grown) as Regina Bianca, Sanginella Grossa,
Sanginella di Napoli, Sanginella di Salerno,
Sanginella di Eboli, Sanginella Bianca may be a
family of grapes rather than just one. Univer-
sity studies are under way to determine if some
Sanginella
varieties are in fact altogether differ-
ent grapes. A
Sanginella
was fi rst described in
1804 by Nicola Columella Onorati; by 1825
Acerbi listed four different
Sanginella
s (Sangi-
nella, Sanginella Vera, Sanginella Barietà , and
Sanginella di Salerno). It is rare today, found
only around Salerno and in the Val del Calore,
which is strange enough since historically it
doubled as a very good table grape as well. The
bunch is medium-sized, conical-pyramidal,
with a large, oval, yellow-green berry.
where it's found:
Campania.
national reg-
istry code number:
not registered.
color:
white.
San Pietro is a very rare variety that lives
only in old vineyards of the Caserta area,
between Monte Maggiore and the Roccamon-
fi na volcano. According to Manzo and Monaco
(2001) it is genetically distinct from other Cam-
panian grapevines, but little is known about it
relative to its fi ne winemaking potential. The
bunch is conical or pyramidal, with two wings,
and the berries are round.
Santa Maria
where it's found:
Emilia-Romagna.
national
registry code number:
340.
color:
white.
Excellent when employed as an air-dried
grape to make sweet wines, Santa Maria is
found today mainly around Piacenza, where it
is used along with the similar (but distinct)
Melara variety to make the DOC Vin Santo di
Vigoleno. The bunch is small, cylindrical or
shaped like a truncated cone, and short; the
berry is more or less oval, medium-sized, and
yellow-green. It ripens early, in the fi rst two
weeks of September.
San Lunardo
where it's found:
Campania.
national reg-
istry code number:
220.
color:
white.
Most likely, this variety was named after
either a place or a person (in fact it is also called
Don Lunardo), as was often the case with variet-
ies grown on Ischia. The most common hypoth-
eses refer to a Don Lunardo, former priest on
the island, and to Saint Leonard, the patron
saint of Panza. On the island of Ventotene, San
Lunardo is known as Bianca. Though basal fer-
tility of its buds is low and it is only a medium-
vigorous variety, productivity is good and
dependable. It is also a variety that despite its
compact bunch, has good botrytis resistance.
The bunch is pyramidal and the oval berries a
very pretty pale green. San Lunardo was fi rst
described by D'Ambra in 1962. In 2010 Cipri-
ani proposed that San Lunardo is an Albana
Bordini × Biancolella crossing; Albana Bordini
is a very rare red-berried variety possibly from
Emilia-Romagna (Cipriani, Spadotto, Jurman,
Di Gaspero, Crespan, Meneghetti, et al. 2010).
Sant'Antonio
where it's found:
Campania.
national reg-
istry code number:
not registered.
color:
white.
Sant'Antonio is a very little-known grape
found in the Caserta area, in vineyards of the
township of Galluccio. The grape was docu-
mented in this area in the early twentieth cen-
tury, and presents ampelographic traits and
genetic data that differentiate it from other
known Campanian varieties. It has a large,
conical-pyramidal bunch and round berries. It
ripens late in September or in the fi rst week of
October. Very vigorous, it offers abundant
yields and its thick-skinned berries make it
