Cocchi Americano is an aromatized wine created in 1891 by Guilio Cocchi and since then has been produced without interruption according to the original recipe. The name “Americano” is both due to the alcohol made bitter by the addition of herbs and spices and to the American habit of drinking vermouth with ice and soda.

Cocchi Americano represents the link between wine and liquors made bitter by the infusion of herbs and spices: white wine, sugar, herbs, and spices infused in alcohol and in particular gentian flowers and leaves, Artemisia, Cinchona, bitter orange peel, and elderflower. To produce Cocchi Americano, white wine is aromatized with the extracts obtained through. A cold infusion in alcohol, then refined for balancing the spices’ aromas and tastes.