Our story begins in the little hamlet of Valle Majolo, now called Valle Ceppi, which means "stumps". The name was changed after all the trees were cut down and all that remained were the stumps that could not be cut with a saw.

In Valle Ceppi…
… it was long ago in 1954 when Grandpa Giulio, who until then had worked in a fabric company in Chieri, decided to work for himself. And so Grandpa Giulio decided to build these premises as a textile factory so that he could continue, independently but for third parties, to use his long-acquired skills. When the construction work was finished in 1955 the premises were ready for use as a weaving mill. Inside there were as many as 9 looms: two of them were shuttle looms, 3 were automatic and 4 were rapier looms. Of course, at that time the looms were made of wood and iron, they certainly weren't made of modern metals like today's looms. In 1957 Grandma Maria came to work there (two years later she married Grandpa Giulio and in 1960 their only son, Flavio, was born).
Time passed and only the 4 automatic looms remained, they got through the work faster but it was still necessary to keep a careful eye on the them because the thread would often break and had to be knotted together so that the knot could not be seen on the finished fabric. The factory continued working until 1985, when it was converted to a carpenter's shop and so it remained until 2001. When they were free again, the premises became a store for agricultural tools and machinery, because the main occupation of Ornella, Grandpa Giulio and Grandma Maria's daughter-in-law, was (and still is) growing fruit and vegetables and selling them in the local market.
Time passed, Nadia and Mattia, Ornella and Flavio's children were growing up and helped their mother in the time they had to spare after their schoolwork. And so all together they decided to make the most of their own produce by setting up an "agriturismo" where they could prepare and serve lunch or dinner to discerning clients looking for the tastes of times past and rural life. The 6th of October 2005 was inauguration day for the agriturismo but it was also a way of celebrating the 50 years of this building's life. 

On the 28th of June 2008, Nadia, with everybody's proud got the technic diploma of Arte Bianca, with the best results... 100!!! Mattia instead, not grown up enough to get the diploma, interests himself into rural works and traditional tastes... maybe one day he'll be the enology expert...!!!