The Barolo zone Barolo saw the light within the area comprising the villages of Barolo and Serralunga (the Marquisate of Falletti), Grinzane (Count Cavour), and Verduno (the Savoy dynasty) and these remain the key production zones. Obviously, the demarcation of a 'typical' zone raises the problem of who merits its inclusion and who is to be excluded - a fundamental dilemma for Barolo. At the beginning of the 20th century, producers were already preparing to defend their boundaries to protect their unique product from counterfeiting and, in 1924, plans were begun for the formation of the Consortium for Protection Against Fraud and False Information, which eventually came about in 1927. In June of the same year, the Italian Official Gazette published the 'Decree on Typical Wines', defining the Barolo zone. This included the entire communes of Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga, Castelletto and Perno (the last two later incorporated within the commune of Monforte) and parts of the communes of La Morra, Monforte, Verduno and Grinzane. As can be seen, this map corresponds to the present-day one and was confirmed by the DOC regulations of 1966 with expansion into the communes of Roddi, Diano d'Alba, Novello and Cherasco, to include vineyards traditionally planted with high-quality Nebbiolo. This enlargement of Barolo's territory was of minor importance, however, leaving the traditional Barolo zone pretty much intact. We can conclude that the zone received its true definition with the decree of 1927 and there is no reason to believe that it will be modified in any substantial way in the future. At the time of this demarcation there was, however, disagreement on the part of the populations of the villages of Barolo and Castiglione Falletto, who protested that the area had been over-expanded and that their zones were the only authentic ones. To placate them, a proposal was made to divide the zone into 'Barolo classico', or 'Classic Barolo', to be reserved for the villages of Barolo and Castiglione and 'tipo-Barolo', or 'Barolo-like wine' for all other zones. Fortunately, for the image of the area, the proposal was not accepted. Barolo castle with its little historical centre surrounded by splendid vineyards.