{{Short description|Variety of grape}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox grape variety | name = Falanghina | color = Blanc | image = Falanghina di Bonea.JPG | caption = | species = ''Vitis vinifera'' | also_called = See list of synonyms | origin = Italy | hazards = | regions = Campania }}
'''Falanghina''', also called '''Falanghina Greco''', is a variety of wine grape, ''Vitis vinifera,'' used for white wines. It is an ancient grape variety which may have provided a basis for the classical Falernian wine, and has considerable character.<ref name=OCW-fal>winepros.com.au. {{Cite web|last=The Oxford Companion to Wine |title=Falanghina |url=http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_entry.jsp?entry_id=1143 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012072228/http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_entry.jsp?entry_id=1143 |archivedate=2009-10-12 }}</ref> It is cultivated on the coast of Campania north of Naples,<ref name=OCW-fal/> and frequently consumed in southern Italy along with seafood.<ref>Bonné, Jon, ''San Francisco Chronicle'': The Cellarist (March 30, 2009). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090414041235/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/wine/detail?blogid=54&entry_id=37704 Falanghina, reconsidered].</ref> The name for the wine appears to derive from the Latin ''falangae'', or stakes for supporting the grapes in a vineyard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.viviwine.com/falanghina.html |title=ViviWine|website=ViviWine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415155010/http://www.viviwine.com/falanghina.html |archive-date=15 April 2017 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> In November 2014 Falanghina was approved as a recognized varietal by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for use in the United States.
==Synonyms== Falanghina is also known under the synonyms Biancazita, Biancozita, Biancuzita, Falanchina, Falanchina Bianca, Falanghina Verace, Falenghina, Falernina, Falerno Veronese, Fallanchina, Fallanghina, Folanghina, Montecalvo, Montellese, and Uva Falerna.<ref name="VIVC">[http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=4049 Falanghina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506234837/http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=4049|date=6 May 2012}}, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, Retrieved 15 July 2010.</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Italy|Drink|Wine}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falanghina}} Category:White wine grape varieties Category:Wine grape varieties of Italy