The Aubiérois thus cultivated a unique originality in Auvergne than anywhere else because then we walked down to the cellars. A Aubière, they went up there!
At the end of the nineteenth century, the golden age of the Auvergne wine, winemakers aubiérois did, for some decades, nice business, as they owned vineyards beyond the limits of the town. A blessed period ending in the early twentieth century, with the arrival of phylloxera that starts the decline of viticulture. The aubiéroises cellars will then cease to be used with the exception of some converted, like Clermontoises cellars in the refining of Saint-Nectaire.

Today, some of them are still maintained and used by their owners, including that of the association for the protection of caves Aubière the street from Thieu. A cellar that still has activity since the association has over the cellar a few rows of vines whose fruit are used each fall to the making of the few Aubière wine bottles. It is therefore necessary to have some contact with the ASCA to be able to visit them.
 

A cellar 1595
But the best of them are happily open to all: the cellar madame, so named because it belonged to Gilberte de la Roche Briant Chovence, has a history that dates back to at least 1595. It is a set of fairly extensive cellars, on three levels, bought by the city of Aubière and transformed in 1995 into a museum of Vine and Wine. You can discover the products, landscapes and architectural heritage of the vineyard Lower Auvergne.
The museum showcases the skills and features objects from the late nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century.

A small monument pride aubiéroise in which are sometimes organized small events (concerts ...).
Three quarters of the town covered with vines!
A cellar that had, too, take a little height to escape the water table, and is located one kilometer from the place of Ramacles, going back to Jean-Noëllet Avenue. Unfortunately, we do not drink wine Aubière, but we can at least get an idea.