Continuing our exploration of the Wine Month regions, we move across the border from Abruzzo, to its neighboring country to the north, Marche. It’s name is derived from marca or territory, refers to its long history of Royal feuds and Papal political battles. In ancient history, the Greeks, the Romans, and the French had all staked the land, because of its coastal capital city, Ancona and its access to the Metauro, Potenza, Tronto, and Nera rivers. Most of Marche is hilly and mountainous except for a narrow coastal strip along the Adriatic Sea, and has four main commercial and fishing ports in Pesaro, Fano, Senigallia and Ancona.
This central location isn’t the only reason that makes the rest of Italy “green” of the Marche region. The native Verdicchio white wine grapes, named “verde” for their green colored skin, produces that distinctive golden emerald color hue in white wines. […]
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