Our holidays in Piedmont began around 2006, where it was our interest in wine that gave us the inspiration to spend our holiday in the area of Barolo and the 11 wine towns in the Barolo area. Since then there have been many vacations and wine visits in this area. At one point we began to fantasize about a house in Piedmont, because that might just be the ultimate due to climate, food, wine, landscape and the hospitality of the local people. For a long time we just talked about it, until different circumstances made us realize that now it was time if we were to realize our dream. As said so done. We went to Piedmonte several times and looked at different properties. In the end, we ended up buying the very first property we had seen. It was in the summer of 2015.
We wanted a property with a view of the vineyards from our house, so we bought a 300-year-old vicarage situated on a 13.000 m2 large plot planted with Barbera vines. The house, or what was left of it, was completely overgrown - there were even shrubs and bushing inside the house, - so there was nothing else to do than tear everything down and build a new house in old Piedmontese style. The only thing that could be reused was the old brick. We have subsequently used the old bricks to build the ceiling in the ground floor and the rest is used as pavement on the house's terraces.