Bacchus

This white grape variety Bacchus was not named after the Roman god of wine Bacchus for nothing. Bacchus is a favourite wine. The cross between Silvaner and Riesling and Müller Thurgau was bred in 1933 by Peter Morio and Bernhard Husfeld at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Vine Breeding.

It has been entered in the list of varieties since 1972. The grape variety is also known as "Frühe Scheurebe", although this is rarely used. Bacchus was common among the Romans as the name of Liber pater, the original Italian god of wine and fertility. This is derived from Bakchos (caller, shouter), as he was called due to the noise caused by his boisterous entourage. Bacchus is also the god of fertility, ecstasy and wine.

In any case, a temple was built to him in ancient times:

The temple complexes of Baalbek contain some of the largest and best-preserved examples of imperial Roman architecture in the Middle East and are comparable to the ancient cities of Palmyra or Gerasa in terms of their artistic and cultural-historical significance. They were built between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD and are located in the city of Baalbek in Lebanon. The temple complexes include the enormous sanctuary of Jupiter, but above all the exceptionally well-preserved so-called Temple of Bacchus and the round temple with its unique design.