It is no doubt Piedmont main wine varietal: grown mostly in the provinces of Asti and Alessandria, and widely also in the provinces of Cuneo and Turin, you can find it everywhere in Piedmont region. Outside Piedmont region, Barbera wine varietal is also present in the Oltrepò Pavese, on the hills near Piacenza, in the Franciacorta area, in Umbria, Campania, Sicilia and other Italian regions. It is also possible to find it widely in California and in South America, where it was introduced by the Italian emigrants.

Bonarda di Rovescala or simply Bonarda (in the Oltrepò Pavese and in some areas of Piedmont), Crovattina, Uva (or “Uga”) del zio. Croatina must not be mistakened for (Piedmontese) Bonarda, neither for Crova, the name used by some people to indicate the Lambrusca of Alessandria.

Widely grown in the provinces of Cuneo (Langhe and Ormea surroundings), Asti (Monferrato hills) and Alessandria (Acqui and Ovada surroundings, area of Tortona), you can also find it in the Oltrepò Pavese and in Piedmont submontane and alpine areas, due to its early ripening. In Liguria it is present in the province of Imperia (Pieve di Teco and Pornassio).

In Piedmont region it is widely cultivated in the province of Asti, on the right bank of Tanaro river and in the province of Alessandria, particularly in the area of Novi Ligure (Gavi) and Tortona, but you can find it also in the province of Cuneo and in Belbo lower valley. It is also grown in the Oltrepò Pavese, in the western part of Veneto region and, occasionally, also in other Italian regions and overseas.

Timorasso has not achieved international renown, many people in fact rightly consider it a “niche product”, with its forty hectares of cultivated vineyards and its local identity. These data banish, or probably protect, this wine varietal in a small portion of land near Tortona. Timorasso remains a “breath” of peasant life; it has for long been relegated to private homes, and to the local background.