Piedirosso is a type of red wine that was probably cultivated by the Romans. It is a southern Italian variety. The columbina purpurea mentioned by Pliny the Elder appears to be the current Piedirosso. The name means red foot and is derived from the red wood of the vine trunk. The variety is widespread in the Italian region of Campania and is approved there in the provinces of Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Naples, Salerno and the Apulian metropolitan city of Bari. It is contained in the red wines of the DOC appellations Falerno del Massico, Campi Flegrei, Capri, Ischia and Vesuvio.
