Based in the hamlet of Perno, Azienda Agricola Cascina Fontana was officially established in 1995 by Mario and Luisa Fontana, though the family’s viticultural roots in the Langhe date back to the mid-1700s. Now managed by sixth-generation winemaker Mario and his son Edoardo, the estate spans approximately 17 acres across Monforte d’Alba, Castiglione Falletto, and Sinio. Evolving from generations of contadini (farmers), the Fontanas maintain a strictly traditionalist identity, emphasizing organic farming and a low-intervention cellar philosophy. By eschewing modern trends in favor of the ancestral come una volta (as it used to be) approach—characterized by spontaneous fermentations and patient aging in large Slavonian oak—the family preserves a multi-generational legacy dedicated to the purity of their historic land.