Editing Verdicchio (section)

==History==
Verdicchio has had a long history in the Marche region of central Italy with documents noting its presence there since at least the 14th century. Despite its sensitivity to climate conditions and propensity to produce variable [[Yield (wine)|yields]] of variable quality wine, Verdicchio was a very popular planting in central Italy with an estimated 65,000 [[Hectare|hectares]] planted in the mid-1980s. These figures made Verdicchio the 15th most planted variety of any grape in the world, ahead of well-known varieties like [[Chardonnay]], [[Pinot noir]], [[Sauvignon blanc]] and [[Sangiovese]].<ref name="Robinson"/>

While [[Ampelography|ampelographers]] believe that Verdicchio is probably [[Native species|indigenous]] to the Marche, there appears to be a genetic relation to [[Trebbiano]] and [[Greco (grape)|Greco]] grape varieties. In particular, the clones of Trebbiano grown in [[Lombardy (wine)|Lombardy]] and [[Soave (wine)|Soave]] show very close similarities to Verdicchio while genetic evidence has shown that Greco was probably an ancestor vine to nearly all of Italy's native white grape varieties.<ref name="Vino Italiano">J. Bastianich & D. Lynch ''Vino Italiano'' pg 244–246 Crown Publishing 2005. {{ISBN|1-4000-9774-6}}.</ref>