Malvasia
Like Trebbiano, the Malvasia species of vine is one that has many different subspecies throughout all of Italy. It is an old vine as well, thought to have been brought over thousands of years ago by the Greeks. The grape is seen in a similar light as Trebbiano, not highly interesting on its own, and so is almost always blended with Trebbiano throughout Italy, including Tuscany. It appears that Malvasia and Trebbiano have indeed found themselves a great marriage in Central Italy. The most famous wines produced from Malvasia are again the Vin Santo wines of Tuscany (See Trebbiano above). Still white wine versions are produced, but are increasingly rare and usually only available locally around the town of their production.
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