All four Vergano products are made by the same process in very small quantities in the Vergano lab in the heart of the city of Torino. A botanical extract (concia) is made by macerating carefully sourced herbs, flowers, fruits and spices in a neutral, beet-sugar-based spirit for 20 to 30 days in 30-liter, stainless-steel urns. It is then filtered and aged for a few months. Each base wine is sourced from Piemontese grower friends of Vergano. A given extract, sugar and bentonite are added to the appropriate wine in small steel tanks. The product clarifies and integrates in 7 to 10 days and is filtered, fortified and bottled; batches range from 380-650 bottles. The law requires a 75% wine-base but Verganos come in at 77-80% and thus are lower-proof than other vermouths & chinati.

Luli Chinato Moscato (ABV 16%): The base wine is unsulfured, certified-organic Moscato from Vittorio Bera e Figli. Some of the key botanicals are two types of quinine, vanilla, lemon zest, clove and cinnamon. The creation of Luli was Mauro’s initial project and was first bottled in 2003.