Our story begins in 1998 when my husband Mauro and I Maria Pia, exhausted by city life, started dreaming about growing children and a place nestled in nature where we could live. In the autumn of 1999, travelling as tourists in the Langhe, we discovered a deserted farmhouse with a particular charm, a magical place with stones hidden by plaster and dusty vaults that immediately caught our attention, so I closed my eyes and, listening to my belly as I was pregnant of my eldest son Luca, I pictured our life there.
At that time we didn’t know much about agriculture, we both worked in the computer field but my intuition told me that, whatever we cultivated there, would have grown naturally, without the help of herbicides, chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Our dream was to live in a piece of paradise but also to create a productive and sustainable farm.
Mauro had already approached the world of wine, following an ONAV Course in Milan, while I had attended an agricultural orientation Course at the Agricultural School of the Monza Park. But it was the Perm culture design Course that made me realize that I had to go for a radical decision: to dedicate myself to this new life project.

So in the spring of 2000, when Luca was born, our “Follia” (Madness) has started with an important project to restore and restyle an old farmhouse with the idea of ​​creating a house for us and a quiet and relaxing place to host guests in a green farm with good wine and excellent food.
At first we did not realize the efforts needed to create a liveable and cosy place. Perhaps this was the smart play: to start an adventure without thinking too much, with a pinch of MADNESS and so much enthusiasm. As the construction site proceeded, we began the process of converting the land to organic farming: around 7 hectares cultivated with cereals and vines that had long since been abandoned. Instead of the land cultivated with wheat, barley and corn there is now a hazel grove into production. The existing vines were removed and replaced by new Barbera and Dolcetto plants and after a few years also by Pinot Noir. After a couple of years the main structure of the farmhouse was completed and habitable. The time had come to take up the challenge, with new energies and motivations. I decided to take the plunge leaving my job and the city life wand my husband Mauro, always ready to support me, while our son Luca who was growing up.