Azienda Agricola Ausonia

About Winery and Wines

The farm Ausonia is located in Atri and consists of 12 hectares of vineyard and about 400 olive trees. The whole company, consisting of a single body, is located at 270 s.l.m protected to the West by the Gran Sasso and exposed to the East, to the positive effects of the Adriatic Sea. The farm applies a grape-growing attention to eco-sustainability, and in the course of 2013 has started the process of organic certification. The farm is surrounded by vineyards, and is equipped with the most modern technology for the vinification of the grapes, to the aging and storage of wine, remaining firmly convinced that a great wine requires grapes of the highest quality and a great human commitment. The production of the wines come exclusively from grapes of the property, being the only way to have a tight control on the quality of the grapes.

The Farm Ausonia has now taken shape, as well as the cellar built with special attention to eco-sustainability. The cellar, consists of 2 basements for aging and storing wine. The structure has been fully insulated and equipped with a wooden roof that recovers rainwater in a tank of 200 cubic meters to be used during the summer. Even the name Ausonia contains a little story. To give the idea for the name was Simone’s father, an entomologist for passion and real engineof this adventure. Walking in the company during the spring , he immediately noticed the flight of this beautiful butterfly. Ausonia is in fact the name of a butterfly quite rare in Italy, but very present among the gullies along the company and the Regional Natural Reserve of Atri Badlands, where he found his natural habitat. From this is derived the choice to call the wines with the names of the butterflies of the Abruzzo region.