Falernian wine

Falernian (Latin: Falernum) was a strong white wine highly prized in the classical Roman periodon the slopes of Mount Falernus (now Monte Massico) near the border of Latium and Campania. Falernian wine was of at least two types, one relatively dry and the other sweet . It is impossible to know what grapes were used to make Falernian wine as several grapes are mentioned in the extant literature, none of which are cultivated today under the same name. It has been suggested that Aglianico was one of the grapes used but this is unlikely given that Aglianico is a dark skinned grape. Pliny the Elder in his Natural History offers a survey of the main ancient vine varieties but it is not possible to identify these with modern vine cultivars, any such identification is merely conjecture.

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