In his book Vintage: The Story of Wine, Hugh Johnson noted that Pliny the Elder and Columella did not recommend that "first-growth wines" like Falernian, Caecuban, and Alban be smoked.
Hugh Johnson, in his book "Vintage: The Story of Wine," stated that Pliny the Elder and Columella did not advise smoking wines like Falernian, Caecuban, and Alban.