Barbaresco is an Italian town of 671 inhabitants of the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont, known for being the place of origin and production of the wine. The town is part of the heritage list of UNESCO World. The area is known historically as barbaric sylva, where ancient Celts retreated in worship of the god Tanaro. It is believed that this area was the birthplace of a figure a bit 'nebula: the Roman Emperor Pertinax, although there are dozens of countries that have disputed the noble birth. Today, the fame, the glory and pride of the community are only entrusted to the art of wine and winemakers, considered the most prepared. The May 22, 2014 was also the site of the start of the stopwatch Barbaresco - Barolo, the twelfth stage of the Tour of Italy in 2014, where the Colombian Rigoberto Uran won the stage and the pink jersey. On June 22, 2014, the town was listed as a World Heritage property, as it is part of the UNESCO site that includes some of the most common characteristic of Langhe, Monferrato and Roero. The 30s and 60s there was, as elsewhere in Italy, rural depopulation which saw tens of barbareschesi leave their country to go mainly in Turin and the Italian Riviera. After the limited immigration from southern Italy, in recent years Barbaresco is home to about sixty immigrants from Eastern Europe who work as laborers on farms. Almost all residents are dedicated to winemaking as members of the Cantina Sociale or Cellars family run and beyond. The Barbaresco DOCG is marketed in every continent and is considered one of the finest wines in the world. The two major associations and wine are definitely Gaja Barbaresco Producers, founded after the war by the village priest and an association of small landowners in the neighborhood. The economy of the wine is so important that even the nineteenth-century Church of San Donato has been restored and adapted to the regional Enoteca, with the aim to introduce the wines and the winemaking hilly photographic history.
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