Family-run company
Vergano
Small Piedmontese artisanal producer specialized in vermouth, chinati and other aromatized wines; founded by Mauro Vergano and today run by family members, it focuses on small-batch production with great attention to raw materials and traditional recipes.
- Asti · Piedmont · Italy
- Since 2003
- 5 products
The story
Production stems from the personal experience of Mauro Vergano, a chemist and enologist, who from the 1970s experimented with vermouth and chinato recipes for friends and family. The first bottles sold commercially date to the early 2000s; several sources indicate 2003 as the year when production was brought to wider distribution. In the following years the activity has remained a niche, family-run production with involvement of the new generations.
Production philosophy
Artisanal, small-scale production based on the use of selected base wines (often sourced from local or natural winemakers), carefully chosen botanicals and maceration/infusion techniques to emphasize the balance between sweetness and bitterness typical of the Piedmontese tradition.
Territory
Piedmont (Asti, with operational references also to Turin in descriptions of some distributors/articles).
Production method
Blending and aromatization of base wines by maceration and infusion of herbs and spices; small-batch production with careful sensory control of the blend; some products undergo ageing in stainless steel or in small barrels depending on the recipe.
Ageing
Ageing in stainless steel tanks for some products; for others there are references to short ageing periods in small barrels (method varies depending on the label).
Characteristics
- Type
- Family-run company
- City
- Asti
- Categories
- artisan vermouth
- aromatized wines (chinati)
- Nebbiolo chinato
- Piedmont vermouth
- herbal liqueurs
- Americano aperitifs
- Raw materials
- wine (Moscato)
- wine (Cortese)
- wine (Grignolino)
- wine (Nebbiolo)
- herbs and spices (e.g. cinchona/quinine, gentian, rhubarb, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, coriander, citrus, etc.)
- Casks and ageing vessels
- stainless steel tanks
- small barrels (not specified)
- Representative products
- Americano Red Vermouth 75cl - Vergano
- Chinato Lulì Moscato 50cl - Vergano
- Chinato Nebiolo 50cl - Vergano
- White Vermouth 75cl - Vergano
- Vermouth Dry 75cl - Vergano
What makes it distinctive
- Founder Mauro Vergano: chemist and enologist with long experience in creating aromas and aromatized wines.
- Artisanal, niche production often based on base wines from local growers.
- Range includes white and red vermouths, Americano and traditional chinati (e.g. Lulì, Chinato Nebiolo).
- Recipes inspired by Piedmontese tradition with prominent use of botanicals.
