The winery was founded in 1919 on the wave of fervent entrepreneurship linked to the enthusiasm for the end of the First World War. From there, Mauro Carafoli, founder, lays the foundations for what will be a path of constant growth that will accompany the company throughout the process which, with the exception of the war pause linked to the second world event, will carry it up to the present day.

After all, Mauro Carafoli, thanks to the contribution of his son Domenico who has just returned from prison in Germany, realizes that the time has come to modernize the systems and embark on a path of profound technical evolution capable of offering a qualitatively impeccable wine with profound characteristics in tune with the taste of customers.

His son Enzo also joins the winery as a salesman, thus supporting his brother fully employed in purely technical production roles. For this purpose, a modern bottling line capable of producing 2500 bottles per hour was purchased and numerous technical improvements were introduced within the factories. From 1965 this management will become fully operational, in the wake of his father's teaching, expanding, with 20 hectares in the Sorbarese area, the estates used for the direct cultivation of Lambrusco di Sorbara.