Abstract
The second book of Vergil's Georgics is dedicated to Bacchus, god of the winepress. Much of the book contains highly poetic instructions on the cultivation of the vine, and particularly of the vines of Italy. Included also in this book is the earliest extensive list of preferred wines in antiquity, many of them personified according to their special qualities. This paper examines Vergil's list of wines and his method of conveying the individual personalities of the vine-plants and their products.