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• Denise tells us about her life in Barolo and a bit about her family\\u2019s history in the region, as well as about what life used to be like there, during her grandparents\\u2019 time
  
  
• We discuss how young Barolo is as a region, and why it\\u2019s important to realize that although it has made wine for a long time, really Barolo is at the beginning of its journey versus regions like Chianti
  
  Marrone Barolo Bussia, Courtesy of Marrone
  
  
• Denise gives us a full education on the terroir of Barolo, the most important thing behind the wine. FINALLY I get an excellent definition of the MGA (menzione geografica aggiuntive) system: a mapping of soil types that give some indication about the types of wines you may expect from that area. It\\u2019s very similar to the system in Burgundy, but without the cru classifications. Within this conversation with discuss the importance of things like exposure, altitude, position on a slope, wind, rain, and more

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• Denise talks about her various vineyards in Madonna di Como and her family rents land to farm in some of the MGAs to make their Barolo (her family prefers to do this versus buying grapes because then they have total control over the farming, which is mainly organic and all sustainable)

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• We hammer out the differences in Nebbiolos \\u2013 Langhe, Nebbiolo d\\u2019Alba, Barolo, and Barbaresco \\u2013 all of which Marrone makes masterfully. We talk truthfully about how some Langhe Nebbiolo and Nebbiolo d\\u2019Alba may be better than Barolo, even if it can\\u2019t get the same price for the wine.

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• Denise talks about her beautiful Barberas, finnicky Dolcettos (and I confirm, it IS an insider\\u2019s wine! I love it, I\\u2019m biased!), and Marrone\\u2019s expansive white wine selection. Marrone\\u2019s production is 40% white \\u2013 Arneis, Chardonnay, and Favorita (Vermentino) \\u2013 are excellent and their focus on whites shows in the wines. Denise talks a bit about the history of Arneis, specifically, and how difficult it was to make before there was good technology.

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• We discuss the role of women in Barolo, and how normal it has become for women like Denise and her sisters Serena and enologist/vigneron Valentina, to take the reins from their fathers today. Denise makes an incredibly astute point that now that technology has made work in the vineyards easier, men and women are much more on equal footing and it\\u2019s more a mind thing than a physical thing (BRILLIANT!!).

Denise Marrone, Courtesy of Marrone

• Denise is the QUEEN of hospitality. Our conversation tries to do justice to how good it really is (but you have to go there to understand). Perhaps her last statement about always striving to do more and better explains it best \\u2013 the attitude of a winery like that has one way to go \\u2013 and that\\u2019s UP!!

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You can find Marrone\\u2019s wines in the US, Canada, and the UK! They are wonderful, as is she!

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