Falernian Wine

Falernian Wine, so called from Falernus Ager, the district in which it was grown—and which lay in the northern portion of Campania, between the Massican Hills and the northern bank of the Vulturinus—was one of the favourite wines of the Romans. It is described by Horace as, in his time, surpassing all other wines then in repute. In the time of Pliny, however, Falernian wine had already, owing to a want of care in its cultivation, begun to decline in quality.