Brewer's: Falernian

the second best wine in Italy, was so called by the ancient Romans because it was made of grapes from Falernus. There were three sorts—the rough, the sweet, and the dry.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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