The Italian physician, philosopher, naturalist and writer Andrea Bacci (1524-1600) came from Sant'Elpidio a Mare in Marche (province of Ascoli). He studied medicine in Siena and Rome, where he was mentored by Modestino Cassini, the personal physician of Emperor Maximilian II (1527-1576). From 1567 until his death, he held the chair of botany at the University of Sapienza. Bacci later became the personal physician of Pope Sixtus V (1521-1590). He particularly recommended the wines from Liguria, for example the Rossese variety, to whom he attributed almost magical powers and said " that they could even make stones blossom". He wrote numerous works.
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The glossary is a monumental achievement and one of the most important contributions to wine knowledge. Of all the encyclopaedias I use on the subject of wine, it is by far the most important. That was the case ten years ago and it hasn't changed since.
Andreas Essl
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