If we\u2019re not wrong, your first geographic work on wine was actually a map of the Barbaresco zone?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThat\u2019s right. It was a crazy undertaking that Luigi Veronelli and I attempted in 1994. We were pioneers in this project, and maybe it was for that that it was a commercial failure unlike any other. However, that experiment still represents my first geographic work and it was the initial spark that made me fall in love with a certain way of describing wine. What\u2019s more, that map has a definite archival value, such that I carried it over in the new book to highlight the changes made in over 20 years of history.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why did you start with the Barolo crus? <\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThe fact that BARBARESCO MGA comes after BAROLO MGA is purely by chance. In fact, I wanted to make just one book, but its publishing costs would have exceeded beyond any reasonable limit. So I decided to focus first on Barolo because I had more up-to-date data and could finish the book in a more reasonable amount of time. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n
How do you work on a project like that?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cYou have to visit vineyards and meet with producers, have a good eye, and the right amount of passion. You work with land registries, historical maps, and aerial photographs. But above all, you have to dedicate a lot of time. Just to give you an idea, BAROLO and BARBARECO MGA together took about eight years of work. Work that included visiting about a hundred wineries between January and December. One by one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Which sources\u00a0did you consult?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThey were few and hard to come by, because they were all from the past. Renato Ratti\u2019s maps are always essential, and then as I said there is the meticulous, monumental work of Veronelli, who was always looking for a true classification of the crus. <\/em>Finally, there was the invaluable book Italy’s Noble Red Wines<\/em> by Sheldon and Pauline Wasserman: a rich manual of information created out of a true passion and curiosity for Italian wines. I highly recommend it, even with its many errors.\u201d<\/p>\nDid you intend for your book to be a snapshot of the current situation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cYes, exactly. It is a snapshot of what Barbaresco is today, which with time, I hope to join to other snapshots and therefore create a complete route. Something that stands the test of time. Without opinions but full of information. A book to consult.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"Cattura](\"http:\/\/brunorocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Cattura-Mga-barbaresco-970x568.png\")
<\/p>\n
An encyclopedia?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cYou could say that\u2026in fact, that is the subtitle of the first two books. And the MGA are described in alphabetic order with an essential box of information. Nothing poetic but lots of data, information, and maps that give you the chance to explore the territory while sitting on the couch.\u201d<\/p>\n
What part did you enjoy writing the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThe Chronology of vintages <\/em>and the Index of names. <\/em>In the Chronology, menzione <\/em>by menzione, <\/em>I indicated the wines that first used the menzione <\/em>names and the year they were used. Some of the wines are forgotten, made by producers that today many people don\u2019t remember anymore. The Index is a section dedicated to the names and their relative explanations, their place names that have been created in the folds of everyday life. I really like that chapter.\u201d<\/p>\nHow much does geography matter in a wine?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cIts provenance is the starting point of any wine. Because we begin by telling people where we are: in the hills, the plains, mountains, by the sea, in Italy, France, or Spain\u2026And with this information, you can pull out many other arguments: the variety, the terrain, the productive techniques, the traditions. An infinite number, or just about.\u201d<\/p>\n
One last question. What can you tell us about the cru <\/em>of your family, Rabaj\u00e0?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cSpeaking in a gourmand\u2019s vocabulary, we could say it\u2019s all filet, a MGA without a crumb of \u201cwaste.\u201d And those who cook it well, and there are many, can\u2019t do other than producea great wine.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nuclear engineer, wine taster, Veronelli\u2019s student, journalist, gastronome. One could use dozens of adjectives to describe Alessandro Masnaghetti, but the most accurate remains one and one only: \u201cWine geographer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[18,19,20,21],"yoast_head":"\n
Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all "filet" - Bruno Rocca<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alessandro Masnaghetti - the wine geographer - returns with a new book: BARBARESCO MGA, and speaks about Rabaj\u00e0, our "family cru"...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all "filet" - Bruno Rocca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alessandro Masnaghetti - the wine geographer - returns with a new book: BARBARESCO MGA, and speaks about Rabaj\u00e0, our "family cru"...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bruno Rocca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/roccarabaja\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-13T06:52:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-18T15:00:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rabaja_res.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3103\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1746\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Well Com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@roccarabaja\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@roccarabaja\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Well Com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Well Com\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/person\/350351ddce60c323bf0c6d5a50f925e6\"},\"headline\":\"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all “filet”\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-13T06:52:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-18T15:00:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/\"},\"wordCount\":820,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Barbaresco\",\"MGA\",\"Rabaj\u00e0\",\"vigne\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Vigna\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/\",\"name\":\"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all \\\"filet\\\" - Bruno Rocca\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-13T06:52:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-18T15:00:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"Alessandro Masnaghetti - the wine geographer - returns with a new book: BARBARESCO MGA, and speaks about Rabaj\u00e0, our \\\"family cru\\\"...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all “filet”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/\",\"name\":\"Bruno Rocca\",\"description\":\"From Barbaresco the great wines of the Langhe\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Azienda Agricola Rabaj\u00e0 di Rocca Bruno\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/logo-marchio-bruno-rocca.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/logo-marchio-bruno-rocca.png\",\"width\":440,\"height\":210,\"caption\":\"Azienda Agricola Rabaj\u00e0 di Rocca Bruno\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/roccarabaja\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/roccarabaja\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roccarabaja\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/person\/350351ddce60c323bf0c6d5a50f925e6\",\"name\":\"Well Com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df4f3b2d16b3bc3b6f81a993e61645f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df4f3b2d16b3bc3b6f81a993e61645f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Well Com\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/author\/well-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all \"filet\" - Bruno Rocca","description":"Alessandro Masnaghetti - the wine geographer - returns with a new book: BARBARESCO MGA, and speaks about Rabaj\u00e0, our \"family cru\"...","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all \"filet\" - Bruno Rocca","og_description":"Alessandro Masnaghetti - the wine geographer - returns with a new book: BARBARESCO MGA, and speaks about Rabaj\u00e0, our \"family cru\"...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/","og_site_name":"Bruno Rocca","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/roccarabaja","article_published_time":"2016-04-13T06:52:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-18T15:00:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":3103,"height":1746,"url":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rabaja_res.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Well Com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@roccarabaja","twitter_site":"@roccarabaja","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Well Com","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/"},"author":{"name":"Well Com","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/person\/350351ddce60c323bf0c6d5a50f925e6"},"headline":"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all “filet”","datePublished":"2016-04-13T06:52:13+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-18T15:00:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/"},"wordCount":820,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#organization"},"keywords":["Barbaresco","MGA","Rabaj\u00e0","vigne"],"articleSection":["Vigna"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/","url":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/","name":"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all \"filet\" - Bruno Rocca","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-04-13T06:52:13+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-18T15:00:53+00:00","description":"Alessandro Masnaghetti - the wine geographer - returns with a new book: BARBARESCO MGA, and speaks about Rabaj\u00e0, our \"family cru\"...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/vigna-en\/il-rabaja-e-tutto-filetto\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rabaj\u00e0? We could say it is all “filet”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/","name":"Bruno Rocca","description":"From Barbaresco the great wines of the Langhe","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#organization","name":"Azienda Agricola Rabaj\u00e0 di Rocca Bruno","url":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/logo-marchio-bruno-rocca.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/logo-marchio-bruno-rocca.png","width":440,"height":210,"caption":"Azienda Agricola Rabaj\u00e0 di Rocca Bruno"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/roccarabaja\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/roccarabaja","https:\/\/twitter.com\/roccarabaja"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/person\/350351ddce60c323bf0c6d5a50f925e6","name":"Well Com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df4f3b2d16b3bc3b6f81a993e61645f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df4f3b2d16b3bc3b6f81a993e61645f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Well Com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/author\/well-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunorocca.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Masnaghetti\"](\"http:\/\/brunorocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Masnaghetti.jpg\")
<\/p>\n