Already briefly mentioned among the grapes of the territory of Fossano (Cuneo) by Count Nuvolone, who in 1787 wrote "it makes dry and good wine", the Avarengo in 1852 is considered by the Marquis Incisa a vine typical of the Pinerolo region (in Di Ricaldone, 1974).
A little earlier is the description (totally corrrespondent) of its synonyms Mostera (used in Canavese) and Riondasca (Biella), outlined by Domenico Milano (1839). While this writer correctly noted the identical correspondence between Mostera (locally Mustèr) and Riondasca (Riundasca) – names probably due to the high yield and to the round berrry – the discovery of the identity of these varieties of north-Piedmont with Avarengo Pinerolo (Schneider et al., 2006) and with the Avarena Saluzzese is rather recent.