Giulio Cocchi

Giulio Cocchi was a young and creative pastry chef from Florence, where he worked in the most popular bar located in Piazza del Duomo. In the late nineteenth century he moved to Asti, a small but lively town in the north west of Italy, not far from Torino.
The legend tells that he fell in love with the owner’s daughter of one of the bars at Piazza Alfieri – the main square in Asti. It seems that his love was corresponded and that is why that bar is still called today Bar Cocchi – a central point in town.
Since 1978, Giulio Cocchi is owned and operated by the Bava Family, themselves highly renowned wine producers in Monferrato and Langhe. Today the winery still maintains its artisan character and follows the original recipes, formulated by Giulio Cocchi in 1891, to craft the distinctive wines that have made the Cocchi a cult name.