Caecuban wine (Latin: Caecubum, Greek: Kaikoubos) came from a small territory, ager Caecubus, at Amyclae in coastal Latium (in the region known today...
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extensively about the first growths of Rome—most notably Falernian, Alban and Caecuban wines. Other first-growth vineyards included Rhaeticum and Hadrianum from...
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Elder rated Alban wine third in reputation after Caecuban wine and Falernian wine. (Natural History Book XIV) Pliny described the wines as "extremely sweet...
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Conditum (redirect from Wine of spice and surprise)
Attic honey, and four or five sextarii of old white wine, be mixed. Aromatised wine Caecuban wine Conditum Paradoxum Archived 2018-03-08 at the Wayback...
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Abbuoto (category Red wine grape varieties)
used to provide the famous Caecuban wine mentioned in the odes of Horace and Pliny the Elder. However Caecuban was a white wine, which following a standard...
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in the Roman Empire Baking in ancient Rome Wine in Roman culture Alban wine Caecuban wine Falernian wine Education in ancient Rome Athenaeum Paedagogus...
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well: dry, sweet, and light. Other famous wines were the sweet Alban from the Alban Hills and the Caecuban beloved by Horace and extirpated by Nero. Pliny...
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Shortages of vin ordinaire were rare. Regional varieties such as Alban, Caecuban, and Falernian were prized. Opimian was the most prestigious vintage. The...
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Fumarium (category Ancient wine)
The Story of Wine, Hugh Johnson noted that Pliny the Elder and Columella did not recommend that "first-growth wines" like Falernian, Caecuban, and Alban...
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