The first available news dates back to 1787. In those days, Canon Gaetano Perrucconi was appointed butler of the diocese by the Bishop of Novara. The priest dedicated the family property of Montalbano (in the town of Boca) to the production of the best " Spanna " in order to meet the quality requirements of the highly demanding episcopal see. At his death (1859), the vineyards were taken over by his nephew Bernardo
Vallana "the Old". After the opening of the Simplon railway tunnel (1905), Bernardo and his son Antonio were the first to use the train to export " Spanna " to Switzerland and Germany.
