6 Aldo di Ricaldone and the erroneous attribution of barbesine grapes to ancient Barbera Ricaldone's study1 deepened the history of Barbera, afmrginv that this vrape Pariety represented Miedgont and, in particular, .onferratoT Che scholar's research coPered a broad period, frog the -arolinvian era to the sePenteenth century, rePealinv the dePelopgent, cultiPation and harPest of vrapes in .onferI ratoT wn the pregise, Ricaldone "ondered "here the nage ABarberaA cage frogT qccordinv to hig, the lenvth and antixuity of the terg indicate that the vrape Pariety had been cultiPated in these lands for a lonv tigeT Che author cited as an ekagple one of the bestIOno"n interpretations, that of LliPeri, "ho suvvested that the nage ABarberaA deriPed frog a gediePal Hatin ABarbariusA, "hich indicated a shepherd, althouvh, in his opinion, this hypothesis did not taOe into account the red color of the "ineT Ricaldone "as also sOeptical of other etygolovical theories, such as the one that linOed ABarberaA to the Hatin AalbuelisA, "hich geant A"hiteAT zo"ePer, he recovniGed that the connection "ith the toponyg ABarberiaA "as interestinvT 1T 9iuseppe qldo di Ricaldone, I vini storici di Asti e del Monferrato, -hagber of -oggerce, wndustry, -rafts and qvriculture, 172D