Albana di Romagna
The origins of Alban di Romagna date back to such distant times, that history is mixed here with legend. According to legends, w 435 of the year Gall Placida, beautiful daughter of the East Roman Emperor Theodosius II, she arrived in the early morning on a white donkey to a small village in Emilia Romagna. The inhabitants, delighted with the princess' beauty, offered her a welcome to the locals, Alban sweet wine, by serving them in a terracotta jug.
Delighted with the taste of the drink, Galla Placida was to say the following: “You don't deserve to drink you from such a meager vessel, only the golden cup is worthy of your delicate taste!”.
From these words spoken by the princess (on. berti in gold) this place was called Bertinoro. At the court in Ravenna, wine was served only in vessels made of precious metal. Today Bertinoro is an important center of Alban wine production.
The emperor Frederick Barbarossa was also said to be an admirer of this wine, who was passing through at the court of Princess Frangipane in Bertinoro.
However, let's leave the legend aside. The first historical records of Albana di Romagna come from the thirteenth-century treaty on agriculture by Pierre de’ Grow up. For the first time, the treatise contains a description of the wine and information on the area of its production: “An intense and strong white wine with a noble aroma, quite subtle in taste…the best grapes for this wine come from grapevines grown in the vicinity of Forli’ and throughout Emilia Romagna.”
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