Possible Clues:

• Place giving name to German shepherd dogs
• Dog with no tail in area around Whitefriars, once
• Old name of London's Whitefriars district
• Old French region
• After bottling Asti, new / old wine-growing region
• Former haunt of thieves and debtors around Whitefriars in London
• Part of the Roman Empire in modern-day NE France
• Region of France, in Roman times
• Named after a region of France, a lawless area of historic London
• Island on a lake, perched near area in old Gallic region