▁called ▁" The ▁Bar olo ▁of ▁the ▁South " ▁() ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁ability ▁to ▁produce ▁highly ▁ref ined , ▁complex ▁fine ▁w ines ▁like ▁the ▁famous ▁P ied mont ▁wine , ▁Bar olo . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁The ▁orig ins ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁v ine ▁itself ▁and ▁its ▁name ▁are ▁unclear . ▁Trad itionally , ▁the ▁v ine ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁origin ated ▁in ▁Greece , ▁first ▁cultiv ated ▁by ▁Pho ci ans ▁from ▁an ▁un ident ified ▁ancest ral ▁v ine ; ▁it ▁was ▁then ▁brought ▁to ▁C um ae , ▁near ▁modern - day ▁Poz zu oli , ▁by ▁Greek ▁sett lers ▁in ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁century ▁B CE , ▁and ▁from ▁there ▁it ▁spread ▁into ▁southern ▁Italy . ▁However , ▁modern ▁DNA ▁analysis ▁of ▁Ag li an ico ▁does ▁not ▁support ▁this ▁view , ▁reve aling ▁little ▁relation ▁to ▁other ▁Greek ▁gra pe ▁vari eties . ▁Its ▁parent age ▁also ▁remains ▁unknown , ▁imp lying ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁en demic ▁to ▁its ▁region . ▁If ▁Ag li an ico ▁was ▁imported ▁to ▁Italy ▁from ▁Greece , ▁no ▁original ▁Greek ▁plant ings ▁have ▁pers isted . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁print ▁as ▁the ▁femin ine ▁pl ural ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 5 2 0 , ▁and ▁several ▁et ym ological ▁theories ▁persist . ▁The ▁name ▁may ▁be ▁a ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁ ▁( ), ▁or ▁of ▁, ▁the ▁Latin ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁southern ▁Italy ▁in ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁ancient ▁Rome .