The Trebbiano is a large family of wines, very similar to each other, but that through a great adaptability to the land and the climate from which they originate, develop typical characteristics that differentiate it according to the various territories.
It is an ancient vine variety / wine certainly of Etruscan and Roman origin. Already Pliny the Elder, in his Naturalis Historia, mentions a wine called Trebulanum produced in the agro Trebulanis, the current Capua. In the 1500s Andrea Bacci, in his De Naturali Historia Vinorum, writes about a Trebbiano wine that originates in the Etruscan city of Luni. And so ampelographers, experts and producers from the ‘200 to’ 900 always speak of Trebbiano wine referring to various areas of Italy. The name is uncertain and seems to derive from the river Trebbia, where it has always been cultivated, and in general from the many places in Italy called Trebbo or Trebbio.
There are several types of Trebbiano; the best known are Trebbiano d ‘Abruzzo, Spoleto, Giallo, Modenese, Romagnolo, Toscano, Soave or Lugana. For this physiognomy Family and attitude to be productive and strong Trebiano is the most common white grape variety in Italy. It has a bad reputation for the great super-productions aimed at simple table wines but, precisely because of its proverbial eclecticism, it has been the subject of high quality productions.
