Chinati Vergano
Chinati Vergano was started by Tommaso and Pietro's uncle Mauro Vergano in the 1970's. Mauro had a full-time job as a chemist, where he worked on fragrances. Mauro started producing small batches of chinati and vermouths as a hobby back then. Mauro would gift his chinati and vermouths to his relatives and friends, who cheered him on to produce commercial bottles. Over the years, Mauro built a close relationship with the wine producers, whom he bought the wines for his personal cellar and also to make his vermouths and chinati as a hobby. This close relationship with the wines producers proved to be a key factor in later years when Mauro Vergano began to commercially bottle his vermouths and chinati.
Chinato is an aromatized fortified wine in the Piemonte region, where chinato is served as an aperitif. Each Piemonte producer has a family recipe that is passed from one generation to the next. When Muaro Vergano retired from his full-time job, he opened a tiny cellar that produces chinato and vermouths. His first commercial vintage was 2003. Now Mauro's nephews Tommaso and Pietro carry on the tradition. The production has not increased much.
AMERICANO Vermouth
This is red vermouth. A hint of bitter orange, vanilla with haunting spices that tastes so uniquely Italian and so awesome. The base wine is Grignolino, which is a thin-skin varietal native to Asti.
BVB Vermouth
This is white vermouth. Pretty nose, elegant and perfumed. An attractive bitter citrus and underpinning herbal taste balanced by some sweetness. The base wine is a blend of Moscato and Cortese from the hills of Asti. Moscato is from the great producer Vittorio Bera e Figili and Cortese is from equally honest producer Cascina degli Ulivi. The base wine is fortified and aromatized with wormwood (herb), chinotto (bitter oranges picked green), gentian flowers, marjoram, lemon zest, and sea thyme.
CHINATO
Chinato is fortified and aromatized aperitif in Piemonte. Perhaps, consider to be one the greatest amaro aperitif. The base wine is Barbaresco from the great producer Guiseppe Cortese. Some of the botanicals include quinine, cinnamon, rhubarb, cloves, cardamom, and bay leaves.
LULI
This is white Chinato made from the base wine of Moscato from the great producer Vittorio Bera e Figili. Fortified with aromatized with quinine, lemon zest, and coriander seeds.
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