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Barolo Bianco

Name of the white wine of the Arneis vine variety; see there.

The white grape variety originates from Italy. Synonyms are Bianchetta, Bianchetta d'Alba, Bianchetta di Alba, Bianchetto, Bianchetto Albese, Bianchetto d'Alba, Bianchetto di Verzuolo and Nebbiolo Bianco (but there is no genetic relationship to the red variety Nebbiolo). The name means "little difficult one" and in the Piedmontese dialect refers to a person with a grumpy, unreliable and irascible character (however, this has no connection with the characteristics of Arneis). The variety was possibly mentioned as early as 1432 under the name Ranaysii in the province of Torino in...

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