Christoph Kuenzli is originally from Davos, East Switzerland, where he had his wine import company. In the 1990s, together with oenologist Alexander Trolf, he moved to Boca which, in the 19th century, had vineyards covering areas of more than 40,000 hectares, but by that time was just filled with abandoned and forgotten vineyards overgrown by forest and greenery. But Christoph and Alexander were inspired by what they saw and the potential to grow wine in the area. They approached one of the last remaining winemakers, Antonio Cerri, who was already over the age of 80. He offered them his garden of 0.5 hectares and cellar. Since then, Le Piane has managed to expand the vineyard to over eight hectares.