Pietro Mario Tonutti is a very talented dressmaker. In ’44, a lithography close to Udine is destroyed by bombing: nothing remains but a pile of rubble. Mario, however, recognizes the potential and decides to buy it. The factory is dismantled, but a semi-rotary stone machine, the most important one, is kept. After bringing it back to the tailoring, and starting it up again, he finds that it still prints. Looking around, he sees that schools are re-opening and notebooks are missing: it’s 1945. Arti Grafiche M. Tonutti is born.
1946: the founder has an inspiration. Despite the difficulties of the post-war period, getting together to share a glass of wine is still essential. As a stylish tailor, he becomes an expert in dressing bottles. He started with grappa and liqueurs, then he started to deal with other products in a period when wine was not yet bottled.