In this excerpt from his forthcoming book, Barolo MGA Vol. II, Alessandro Masnaghetti discusses the birth of the Barolo Appellation. A stunning work of historic significance, Barolo MGA Vol. II includes never seen before research on harvest dates, the Barolo 1970 map that compares vineyard areas of present day to those of 1970, a case study of Vigna Rionda and the first English translation of Ferdinando Vignolo-Lutati’s groundbreaking 1929 essay On the Delimitation of Wine Zones of Typical Wine.