Taurasi is a town and municipality in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.

According to the epitaph on the sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, consul of Rome in 3 BC, he captured Taurasia (and Cisauna) from the Samnites.

In the three succeeding years, the wine can be tasted in the fullness of its quality and is particularly good as an accompaniment to roasted red meats.

The variety of grapes it is made from, Aglianico, is believed to have been introduced by Hellenic peoples around the time of the foundation of Cumae.

It is found in virtually the whole of southern Italy but the wines produced from it are considerably different, depending on the places where the vines grow.