Vineyards close to Rome like the Cantine Eredi dei Papi are a beautiful place to visit, taste some wines, and meet the delightful owners who love what they do.
The area around Rome has a lot to offer the traveling wine lover. I hope this guide will encourage you to experience the best Italian wines that Lazio has to offer. Not to be missed is the wine from the Cantine Eredi dei Papi vineyard. Originating from the vineyards inherited from their grandfather, their obvious passion for the fantastic wines of Lazio and with the goal of showing the potential of the region, the brother/sister pair of Chiara and Lorenzo Iacoponi continue to drive the success of this vineyard.
Any discussion of Italian wine should begin with a little bit of history. In the ancient Roman culture, Liber was a god of viticulture and wine, male fertility, and freedom. A festival in his honor was held on March 17th, which became associated with free speech and the rights of adulthood. Interestingly, although the holiday isn’t known in modern times, March 17th is now St. Patrick’s Day, which by US standards is celebrated as a day of bacchanalia.
