Lazio

A region of west central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, and Marche to the north, Abruzzo and Molise to the east, Campania to the south, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west
The region of Rome, capital of Italy
About 95 per cent of wine production here is white (including Trebbiano and Malvasia)
White wines of this region are conventionally made sweet but are now moving to a more crisp and dry style
Although white wine accounts for an overwhelming share of the region’s production, certain of Latium’s red wines seem to be more convincing to connoisseurs
Up an coming with reds including Cabs, Merlots and Syrahs and even excellent blended wines (excellent in their volcanic soils)
The most well known red variety, Montepulciano, is famous and having a good quality
Home of the legendary wine: ‘Est! Est! Est!’ (Light wine made with Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes)
The story goes: “In 1111 a German bishop (Johann De fugger), travelling around the Roma’s countryside, sent his servant -Martinus- to taste wines in every village before he arrived. Martinus was to write on the door of every small vineyard ‘Est!’ (meaning, ‘there is!’) if they stocked good wine, and ‘Est! Est!’ if there was very good wine. Martinus was so impressed with the wine of Montefiascone, he wrote ‘Est!Est!Est!’’