The first wine cellar operated by the Dragone family was run by Antonio Dragone in the 19th century. The wine cellar was next to the Domenican Convent, in the historic heart of the city of Matera. Around the year 1920, Michele Dragone founded the famous cellar in Via S. Biagio, which at the time was the heart of agricultural society in Matera. The Dragone family first put its label on a bottle of wine in 1955. Over the course of the years, wine production was shifted to the Tenuta di Pietrapenta, which is about 12 kilometers from the city. Today, the Dragone Winery produces about 10,000 hectoliters of wine a year, only from vineyards owned by the winery itself, and including a number of typical Lucanian varieties.
