La Cave du Vin Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle was founded in 1983, but several vintages would pass before it was fully in production. In an attempt to save viticulture from certain extinction in the rugged mountain communes of Morgex and La Salle, the regional government of Valle d'Aosta provided the funding necessary to install a large, well-equipped cellar in 1989.  The small production unites 90 growers who cultivate an unusual grape variety, called Blanc de Morgex or prié blanc. They work on tiny, fragmented parcels in the highest vineyards in Europe (reaching up to 3,937 feet), planted directly under the snowy peak of Mont Blanc that separates Valle d'Aosta from France.