This Italian white wine made with the Pecorino grape variety shares the name of a tasty Italian cheese made with milk from a type of sheep called a Pecorino. Now while many grape varieties are named after some visual characteristic (their colour, shape of the bunch of grapes) it seems that the Pecorino grape got its name from being associated with shepherds who knew that the sheep particularly liked the taste of the grapes and so would use them to persuade the sheep to follow them to pastures new. Well that’s the story. But what of the wine? Sweet apple and melon flavours have a richness that is cut through with lemon and celery dryness. A wine to match hearty meals like chicken in sage sauce.
