Laura Aschero

About Winery and Wines

The "Azienda Agricola Laura Aschero" is a small family-operated winery that produces about 65,000 bottles per year of vintage Ligurian wines: Vermentino, Pigato and Rossese. Our business activity began in 1980, with the reconversion of family lands to vineyard. We succeeded in obtaining an upscale product, earning prestigious awards for quality over the years. Laura Aschero was my mother. A doctor's daughter who became a doctor's wife, even as a girl she showed her resolute, brilliant and enterprising nature. In 1975, after having been a full-time wife and mother, at age 54 she decided, with dad's support, to return the family lands to vineyard , with the aim of selling the grapes to local winegrowers and of creating an occupation for her husband, who was approaching retirement. But, not content to be an onlooker and at the urging of friends in the same line of business, she decided to register with the Chamber of Commerce and tried to make a little wine from her grapes. Result: the first wine was nothing special, but right from the start the structure proved to be remarkable. Thanks to the professional advice of oenologist Gianpaolo Ramò, who still today oversees our cellar, we succeeded in creating our present-day wines: fragrant, well-balanced

The business has its office in the hinterland of Imperia, precisely in Pontedassio; its vineyards are situated some 150 metres above sea level, on hills kissed by the sun nearly the whole year round, thus benefiting from a temperature and terrain ideal for the growth of the grapevines and the ripening of the bunches. The "mother" vineyard is located in the Monti region and covers about one hectare of land; two more hectares of vineyard –one of which just planted – are situated in the Posai region. Both lands benefit from a particular western exposure, and are well ventilated even though protected from the chill north winds.