Thousands of hectares of vineyards from Taburno to the Telesina valley, from the slopes of the Matese to the Caudina valley.

Egg white, honey, hazelnuts and almonds. These are the basic ingredients of one of Benevento excellences, so old that the Roman poet Martial already mentioned it among the characteristic products of the city.

It is with the autumn equinox that the time for the apples arrive in the valleys of the Lower Samnium.

Every year, in autumn, in Vitulano, the protagonist returns, the real lady of the mountains.

Many vineyards, but also many olive groves surround the Samnite hills, protagonists of knowledge and traditions that merge with the most ancient presences of man in this land that is always generous with those who respect it.

We start from the peppers, which are the small, round, sweet and fleshy papaccelle, typical local production.

The summer sun envelops the plants from every direction since early morning. This way, the grains get bigger in the still green bunches, but which are already distinguished among the dense foliage. The long rows accompany the way in a sequence that unravels from hill to hill. Only interrupted by the silvery green of strong olive trees, another constant presence in the Samnim countryside. After having passed the red heights of Torrecuso roofs, dominated by the profile of the Caracciolo-Cito palace, the vineyards

According to Titus Livius, it was a Samnites invention. Then the Romans admired it to the point that they make its name, cupedia, derive from the verb cupio, in other words “wish”.

The green Irpinia: chestnuts and hazelnuts, wines and olive oils and many other delights