Frascati, an italian white wine, takes its name from the town of frascati, located 25 km southeast of rome, in lazio, italy. archeological discoveries from the ancient town of tusculum, now frascati, demonstrate the cultivation of grapes for wine since the 5th century bc. frascati was one of the preferred wines of ancient rome, of renaissance popes, of poets and artists visiting in the grand tour (1700s and 1800s), and of the la dolce vita generation in the 1960s. made from malvasia di candia, malvasia del lazio, grechetto, bombino bianco, and trebbiano grapes, frascati gained denominazione di origine controllata (doc) status in 1966 and docg status in 2011, making it one of italy's firs...

Source: Wikipedia