The wine-making tradition of the area is ancient. The Etruscans were the first grape cultivators and wine producers, and the grottoes they dug out of the tufa for cellars can still be seen today on our land. Later the Romans, too, and for a long time, produced wine here. The presence of numerous finds, pots etc. is witness to the fact. Some centuries later, the area became property of the Premonstratensian monks, who, besides producing grapes, extended the marvellous cellar dug out of the tufa that can still be visited today.
Later, the estate became the property of the Count Negroni family and was bought about the middle of the 19th century by the Felici family, Orvieto bankers, from whom the present owners, the Bottai family, are descended on the female side.
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