The uncertainty regarding the origin of the word “Lambrusco” has given rise to two interpretations: according to the first, the name derives from “labo” (I take) and “ruscus” (that pricks the palate), referring to its being “brusco”, a typical trait of young wines; according to the second interpretation, the most credited one, the name instead derives from “labrum” (field margin) and “ruscum” (wild plant), thus referring to the spontaneity with which the plant grew marginally in the vineyard and to the consequent randomness of its discovery.