Campania presented a united front at the 35th Merano WineFestival through Campania.Wine, a joint project supported by three wine-protection consortia: Sannio, VitiCaserta and Vita Salernum Vites. At the center of the presence was Casa Campania, a shared venue for tastings, professional meetings and public discussion of Campania's wine territories.
The festival took place in Merano from 6 to 10 November 2026, according to the official festival programme. The Casa Campania programme presented its main activities from 6 to 9 November.
A shared house for three consortia
Rather than appearing as separate stands, the three consortia used Casa Campania as a common base. The programme combined open tastings with networking sessions, B2B meetings, masterclasses and talks.
Two scheduled discussion formats illustrate the approach. One was the talk "La Campania vitivinicola: territori, identità e futuro," focused on Campania's wine territories, identities and future. The other was a masterclass dedicated to Campanian rosé wines.
The format matters for readers following the Sorrento Peninsula wine scene: the emphasis was on territorial presentation alongside professional exchange, bringing producers together with hospitality operators, importers, retailers and restaurants.
Which denominations were presented
The participating consortia presented denominations from the Sannio, Terra di Lavoro and Salerno areas. The names listed in the coverage include:
- Sannio DOC
- Falanghina del Sannio DOC
- Aglianico del Taburno DOCG
- Aversa Asprinio DOC
- Falerno del Massico DOC
- Costa d'Amalfi DOC
- Cilento DOC
For readers, that list is a practical reference. If you want to follow what Campania brought to Merano this year, those seven names are the denominations documented as part of the joint presentation.
Eleven regional companies in the wine selection
Separately, the Campania regional authority published a selection notice for the wine-production section of Merano Wine Festival 2026 naming 11 participating companies.
The notice places those companies across provinces including Avellino, Naples, Salerno and Caserta. The available sources do not clarify which of those 11 companies appeared specifically at Casa Campania as opposed to other festival sections, so the list should be read as the regional wine-sector selection rather than a Casa Campania attendance list.
Campania Gourmet: wine alongside food
A second documented strand was Campania Gourmet, which linked wine to regional gastronomy promotion.
Its 2026 programme involved 40 companies and three protection consortia, with four days of cooking demonstrations alongside the wine programming. It also included a white-wine masterclass featuring Falanghina, Fiano, Pallagrello Bianco and Biancolella, focused on the ageing potential of Campania's white wines.
The official festival programme also lists Gourmet Campania showcooking among the Campania.Wine-related activities. Together, the tastings, masterclass and showcooking show how the regional presence paired wine presentation with food promotion and hospitality outreach.
What this edition signals
What is documented is the scale and structure of the effort: a multi-consortium project, a dedicated Casa Campania venue, scheduled masterclasses and talks, a separate gastronomy programme with dozens of companies, and direct contact with trade categories including importers, retailers, restaurants and hospitality professionals.
What is not documented in the sources should not be overstated. The sources do not provide audited attendance figures, sales results or confirmed commercial agreements from the event, and they do not establish that specific Campanian labels received Merano WineHunter awards. The regional notice also does not resolve how the 11 selected wine companies were divided between Casa Campania and Campania Gourmet.
For local readers, the useful takeaway is simpler: Campania used Merano 2026 to present Sannio, Caserta-area and Salerno-area denominations together, explain them through masterclasses and a territories talk, and connect them to Campania food through four days of demonstrations.
