Michele's Grandfather first planted vines around their house in Baiano. He was a farmer who, like hundreds of thousands of southern peasants, had been called by Sonnino to make meat for slaughter on the Piave and Isonzo. Having grapes on the family property inspired Michele to enroll in oenology courses. In 1999 a small amount of wine was bottled for the first time with the rest of the grapes being sold to other producers. That was the beginning of a quest for quality or quantity and the hope to remain on the land his family had settled many years ago.