Vernaccia Di San Gimignano - Vernaccia in Literature

Vernaccia in Literature

Vernaccia is mentioned by Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio XXIV) as leading to Pope Martin IV's gluttony. He ate Bolsena eels pickled in the wine.

:ebbe la Santa Chiesa in le sue braccia:
dal Torso fu, e purga per digiuno
l’anguille di Bolsena e la vernaccia.

Vernaccia was also praised by Francesco Redi in his work, "Baccio in Toscana" (1685)..

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