About Us:
The Cocetti family comes from a long line of excellent winemakers. David's grandfather and great grandfather made wine in Brandola Italy from Lambrusco as well as Sangiovese grapes. A small family church in Brandola was used as the production site and that church is the inspiration for the Cocetti Label.
David T. over the years tried his hand at home wine production and even produced a quality wine from chokecherries fortified with brandy. It was in the year 1981 that David T. decided to try making commercial wine. With the help of Tom Cottrel and Kerner Roumbauer, David started Cocetti Wines, and began making commercial wines from Napa Valley. With the purchase of 30 tons of Chardonnay and 60 tons of Sauvignon Blanc the Cocetti process of cold inoculation and barrel fermentation was established. What began as a dream in the home of the Cocetti's took shape and a group of private investors collaborated and established Cocetti Wines, LTD, a producer of premium California wines.
A year later, the first grape crop to produce these fine wines was ready for release in October of 1982. It was then that Cocetti Wines came of age. The first vintage, a custom crush Napa Chardonnay and Napa Sauvignon Blanc made their entrance to the market in Colorado. Pat Cocetti established a distributorship to exclusively market Cocetti Wines called Cal-Co Wines. Pat found a niche in a very competitive market with a charming personal touch to her sales and marketing strategy. The next product was a 1986 Napa White Zinfandel which was a delicately sweet masterpiece and a real treat.
The eagerly awaited, award winning red wine in the Cocetti repertoire was the 1983 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, first released in 1984. The Cabernet Sauvignon has always been the favorite of those who follow the Cocetti Wine selections. The Brut Champagne was the next product on line in 1988 -- e molto bene -- bravissimo (it is very good). In 2002 the Sonoma Zinfandel was released for the first time. It has been received with accolades each year. Today the Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel are established connoisseur favorites.
In 2008 Cocetti wines celebrated there 25th year of business with the release of the Premium Private Reserve Napa Cabernet Sauvignon and the Premium Private Reserve Sonoma Zinfandel. These private reserve releases are premium splendor. Sophisticated and classy, the bottles boast a two color silk screen label, Cocetti branded cork and foil top. These were a limited release and only a few cases still exist.
Cocetti Wines has long out grown Pat doing all the sales, marketing and distributing so Cocetti Wines teamed with Partore's Wine Distributing of Colorado and Ranger Beverage of Texas. Many family members are involved in the sales and marketing team. Cocetti Wine distributors now include Wine Company in Colorado, Fruit of the Vine in New Jersery and Southern in New Mexico. We are also proud to be represented by Broker Anthony Allport of Fine Wine Agency of New York.
2009 brought the newest releases to the Cocetti wine line. Grape Feet Red and Grape Feet White hit the market during the last quarter of the year. These non vintage blends are an inexpensive alternative in a struggling economy, but they are packet with Napa value. Reviews have been excellent and they are capturing the market.
2011 will be releasing a red table box wine and a white table box wine under the name of Bravo Vino.
