The Counts Bettoni, originally from Upper Garda Brescian area, large owners ofolive groves and citrus orchards, in the 18th century united with the last descendent of the Cazzago line, an ancient Brescian family going back to the 11th century, originally vavasours of the Sacred German Empire, resident in a small town called Cazzago (from celtic: “forestlands”) in the Franciacorta district and owners of vast tracts of land in the surrounding district.

In 1982-83 the family decided to start a programme of transformation into vineyards of the lands in Franciacorta. The two brothers, Vincenzo and Lodovico, both agronomists, with their sister Maria Alessandra with great enthusiasm started the project, availing of new modern techniques and an extremely high quality production of Chardonnay and Pinot grapes, thus laying the foundations for the development of a wine-growing and wine company of the first order.