A brief history
...Riccardo Barbero, notary in the residence of Calosso, on December 22, 1910, recorded in Nizza on January 6, 1911, under no. 835, fee £511.18.
In favor of Giacomo Mocco, son of the late Carlo, farmer, born and residing in Calosso...
Our story begins here. This is an excerpt from the deed of sale for the house you can see in front of you. Four generations have passed, yet we still live here. And if you see children running around and making noise during your visit, know that you're witnessing the fifth generation!
Back in 1934, Moscato was filtered using Dutch cloth bags and sold to large sparkling wine producers, while Barbera was reserved strictly for family consumption. Then came the turning point. It was 1959. Grandfather Giuseppe and his son Angelo were sitting just outside the front door, stripping willow branches to tie the vines. A man passing by on the road asked them, “Excuse me, do you make wine?” Grandpa smiled, grabbed a glass, and said, “Come with me.” That was the start of something big. He became the first person to buy our wine—and to this day, his family still comes to us. Many others followed soon after.
Angelo’s son, Giuseppe, driven by passion and ambition, carried on the family tradition while bringing in innovations. The old grape press was replaced with a modern pneumatic press for gentler extraction, the first bottling machine was purchased, and the outdated concrete tanks gave way to stainless steel vats. Over the decades, the winery has continuously evolved and modernized.
