The Greeks first planted the vines nearly 3,000 years ago. By now, of course, the wines are wholly Italian - the Roman emperors drank them with snow, and during the Renaissance they made it an even more splendid tipple.
This week, the territory will be able to sample wines made with the original grape varieties introduced by the Greeks in Campania in 1,000 BC.
'The Romans were barbarians then,' explains Carlo Mastroberardino, whose family produces the wines being served at the Grand Stanford Hotel as part of a promotion to introduce the food of Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi.
'So when the Greeks came they planted the vines in Campania because this is where the sun and the climate allowed them to grow.
'By the time of the Roman empire, the vines were still called 'Greco', and that is what we have here,' he said.
The Mastroberardino family records go back to 1580, when a vintner called Berardino was noted as harvesting the original grapes in the area. He was later declared a master of wines, and 'mastro' was added to the family name.
