During the meal, however, he drank 12 bottles of wine followed by a Tokay, a Paphos, a Madeira, and a Falernian with the fruit. |
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These actions led to perhaps the most famous encounter between Fabius and Hannibal, at the hill boundary of the Falernian Plain in Campania. |
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They favored the vineyards along the coast north of Naples where Falernian, the most treasured wine of the empire, was grown. |
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Falanghina, which seems to have been the base of the white version of Falernian, has become the region's fastest spreading variety. |
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A town of the ancient Volsci people, it was later taken by the Romans and became a popular Roman summer residence noted for the Caecuban and Falernian wines. |
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The ancient Romans drank white wines, too, though Horace and company reserved their greatest praise for the red Falernian and Caecuban-which were grown along the coast in southern Latium and Campania. |
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