Count Fabio Asquini was an Italian

Italy

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 rural economist and agronomist who did much to promote silk culture in Italy.

Asquini also pioneered wine making with the Picolit

Picolit

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 grape in the Friuli

Friuli

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region of Italy and sold his wines all over Italy and Europe in green blown-glass bottles. His wines were, after tasting, deemed by the Emperor of Austria, "… finer than any other wine" and served in Rome at the table of the pope.