Michele Destefanis was born in 1860 in Our Lady of the horses where he lives and works with the family , the brothers producing peaches , grapes , wine and breeding calves .
The inconvenience of the road between Madonna horses and the main one leading to Canale , Alba , Asti , means that Michele , witty man of intuition , buy a plot of 20,000 square meters to a Jewish family in the plain of Valpone , where now stands the ‘ current Cantina Destefanis . In 1910 he built the house with cellar and barn alongside the provincial road Canale / San Damiano d’ Asti . Michele, in his new company Valpone , continues his work , then moved on to his children Federico and Bernardo said ” Ricu ” , when pondering well the production and marketing of peaches and wine .