The history of Falanghina has deep roots in the Campi Flegrei. According to tradition, the vine arrived in Italy through the port of Cuma, the ancient Greek colony founded around 700 BC at the foot of this volcanic territory. The Greeks cultivated vines by allowing them to trail along the ground, but local climatic conditions made this system unsuitable, encouraging the development of mould. The first winegrowers therefore began to raise the vines from the ground, training them on wooden stakes known as phalangae. From this practice came the Vinum Album Phalanginum, considered the ancestor of today’s Falanghina. Colle Imperatrice draws on this historical and cultural heritage, translating it into a contemporary, terroir-driven interpretation of Phlegraean Falanghina, directly expressing the soils and climate of the Astroni area.