3 Grignolino - TABLE XXI Synonyms Barbesino, Verbesino, Nebbiolo rosato, Province of Alessandria, Balestr in the Tortona area where it is cultivated. In the Asti area, Grignolino rivals Barbera in maintaining the high reputation of the wine production of that zone intensely devoted to vineyards and satiskes, li:e it, the numerous group of the most demanding consumers divided into two well-separated campsb to it those who favor full-;odied, colored wines ;oth for ;ottle and for mealsG to qrignolino those who prefer more gentle, smooth, light and almost spar:ling wines ;ut with eCual alcoholic value and conservation merit if well made. It especially occupies the territories Han:ing the Tanaro in the stretch that runs from Asti towards the Alessandria countryside ;ut is also widespread in the Sasale area, somewhat throughout the Province as it is also cultivated in the Tortona area and :nown also in the Province of Turin and others. Rowever, the cultivation of qrignolino is not increasing ;ecause cold years in spring and therefore unfavora;le to the complete evolution of grape vegetation necessary to achieve perfect ripeness, which have alternated for several years now, invite winema:ers to restrict rather than increase the cultivation of late-ripening grapes li:e this. Nome have o;served that in the Asti area grape seeds are called grignole and that the name qrignolino came to this grape, certainly indigenous to the Asti area, from the a;undant