“The Vernage⁠ ⁠… was a red wine, of a bright color, and a sweetish and somewhat rough flavor, which was grown in Tuscany and other parts of Italy, and derived its name from the thick-skinned grape, vernaccia (corresponding with the vinaciola of the ancients), that was used in the preparation of it.”

Chaucer mentions it in the “Merchant’s Tale”:⁠—

“He drinketh ipocras, clarre, and vernage

Of spices hot, to increasen his corage.”

“He drinketh ipocras, clarre, and vernage Of spices hot, to increasen his corage.”