The Gaja family settled in Piedmont in the mid–seventeenth century. Four generations have succeeded in producing wine since Giovanni Gaja, in 1859, founded the winery, in Barbaresco, in the Langhe.
Angelo, son of Giovanni, is the second generation. He married Clotilde Rey, who is traditionally credited with having given the company the actual production philosophy, oriented towards high–quality wine. The exponent of the third generation was Giovanni Gaja, the son of Clotilde and Angelo Gaja, who died in 2002. Angelo Gaja, the current owner, entered the company in 1961 and made his own choices that were already of his father and his grandfather. He has worked to spread and affirm the knowledge of Barbaresco on foreign markets.
