muscato

Updated: May 12, 2025

Great bushes of flowering rosemary scented the air, and a fine cassia tree, from which I plucked blossoms, yielded a subtler perfume. Our lunch was not luxurious; I remember only, as at all worthy of Sybaris, a palatable white wine called Muscato dei Saraceni.

George Gissing - By the Ionian Sea : Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy