This brand-new book is a huge work with its more than 530 pages, a real “bible” of Barbaresco. The new tome by Ian D’Agata and Michele Longo, ‘Barbaresco Terroir: Grapes Crus People Places’ (amazon books; www.amazon.com) is the fruit of an infinite number of visits to the areas of Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso, and San Rocco Seno d’Elvio, interviews, and tasting notes.

Specifically, the book includes:

• More than 30 years of interviews collected by Ian with local producers (not just with those making wine today, but also with their parents and grandparents, many of whom Ian met in person)
• Michele’s exceptionally complete and accurate compilation of climate data pertaining to Barbaresco and its communes
• A detailed analysis of the history of Barbaresco, its towns and wines
• A complete breakdown of the 66 Barbaresco crus (MGAs or Additional Geographic Mentions)
• The total hectares, the actual hectares in production and those declared
• Over 150 maps, tables, and graphs
• A multitude of tasting notes and commentaries

PLUS two huge scoops and first time ever published information on:

• The first ever compilation of all the Nebbiolo Rosé vineyard holdings in Barbaresco (this has never been done before)
• The definitive summary of the first vintage releases of the Produttori del Barbaresco winery’s Barbaresco Riserva bottlings (in accordance with Aldo Vacca and Luca Cravanzola of the cooperative, with whom this list was discussed, modified and approved)

Barbaresco Terroir: Grapes Crus People Places represents the ideal follow-up to Barolo Terroir: Grapes Crus People Places that preceded it back in 2022. Just like the latter is rightly viewed as the complete information source on Barolo, this new book entirely dedicated to Barbaresco is already held to be by the wine professionals who have been able to read and study it in advance releases as the definitive guide to the wine. Simply put, this book is the “bible” of Barbaresco.

At around 540 pages, ‘Barbaresco Terroir’ is even longer than ‘Barolo Terroir’, so that tells you just how much work went into it. The authors hope that this brand-new book will help tell the uniqueness of Barbaresco’s great wines great wine and its territory, as well as of the uniqueness of the Nebbiolo grape with which the wine is made. It’s really a book not to be missed by anyone who loves Barbaresco, its wines, people and the amazing region that is at the heart of it all.

(Available now at Amazon Books.)