Why Ca' di Bacco

The etymology of the word Ca' di Bacco is obvious: it means Bacchus' house (casa di Bacco). Bacchus is the name of Greek god Dionysus, a name given him during the Hellenistic-Roman age. Dionysus was the son of Persephone and Zeus (or Zeus Katachthònios = Zeus subterranean); according to an ancient tradition, he was killed and then eaten by the Titans. When Zeus knew about this fact he struck the Titans and the eaten up body of Bacchus that was into them. From the ashes of his body arose the wine-tree. So the presence of this name means that in past times in this hamlet the viticulture was practised with success.

Today around the house there are wine-trees not tilled to produce wine but to have delicious eating grapes of black and white Muscat quality. The grapes can be tasted from the end of August to last days of September. This hill is between two zones of production of Umbra high-quality wine, D.O.C. genuine: on westward the Trasimeno Hills zone, and on eastward the High Tiber Valley production zone. 50 km far from here, in Torgiano there is the Museum of Wine managed by Lungarotti family, telling 5 thousand years of wine's history, from the Roman amphoras to the engravings and pictures of famous artists.