The grapes for wines have been cultivated in the Carmignano region since pre-Roman times.

A rental contract of old parchment preserved in the Florence state archives, dated 804, reveals that vines and olives were cultivated at Capezzana 1200 years before. The Capezzana, assembled in the 15th century, passed through time from one noble family to another. Sara de Rothschild, widow of Baroni Franchetti eventually sold the villa, in 1920, to the Contini Bonacossi family.

The Bonacossi’s included count Alessandro, his wife Vittoria and two children, Augusto Allesandro and Vittorina. Count Alessandro was tremendously winning in the conventional trade and at his death had one of the largest private collections of paintings, furniture, ceramics and statues. The Contini Bonacossi donations, which are now an intergral part of the Uffizi gallery, are presented in ten rooms that are not yet connected with the main museum and can only be visited by appointment. After the Second World War and after completing a university degree in farm management, Augusto joined his father in reconstructing the wine-making business at Capezzana and regularly took over the running of the estate.