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> While looking up the use of Concord grapes in wine, I ran across an
> Italian wine -- now apparently banned -- made with American grapes
> (Isabella), which gave it a strawberry flavor. Fragolino is now
> apparently simulated with Vitis vinifera wine and strawberry flavor.
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> Does anyone know more about why the original wine was banned?

It isn't banned per se, they just have to call it a drink (bibita) and not
wine (vino). I read an explanation, but don't recall what it was.