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Asti and Canelli
The Moscato Bianco belt from Asti through Canelli into the Cuneo border, source of Asti DOCG and Moscato d'Asti DOCG.
Toso
Toso is a family wine house at Cossano Belbo, in the Langhe hills where the Belbo valley is planted with Moscato. Vincenzo Toso moved the firm into these hills in 1910, and his great-grandchildren run it today. It is a big firm by Piedmont standards, filling around 28 million bottles a year. Moscato d'Asti and Asti Spumante lead the wines. Half of the output is vermouth, bitters and liqueurs, led by the Gamondi and Toccasana names. A wine museum, open on weekdays, and a tasting shop sit beside the winery.
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About Toso
Vincenzo Toso started out in the hills around Asti, where Barbera was the main grape. In 1910 he heard about Moscato and its fizzy wines and moved the firm to Santo Stefano Belbo, where the hills were planted with it. The family has stuck with Moscato ever since. His son Pietro took over, then Pietro's sons Luigi and Vincenzo. In 1993 the firm moved a few kilometres to its present site at Cossano Belbo. The fourth generation runs it now: the brothers Gianfranco and Pietro Toso, with their cousin Massimo. Gianfranco is the chief executive.
Moscato d'Asti and Asti Spumante lead the range. Both are sweet, fizzy wines from the Moscato Bianco grape, Asti Spumante with the fuller sparkle, and both carry the Asti DOCG seal. The Fiocco di Vite Moscato d'Asti sold in the UK is 5% alcohol and comes in a bottle with no paper label at all. Toso also makes Asti Secco, a dry version on the market only since 2017, and says its Saruné was the first Asti Secco with no added sulphites. Brachetto d'Acqui, a sweet red fizz, sparkling wines from Chardonnay and Pinot Nero, and still Barbera, Dolcetto, Cortese and Nebbiolo complete the wine list. Half of what leaves the plant is not wine but vermouth, bitters and liqueurs. Toso owns Gamondi, an old vermouth name from Acqui Terme, and Toccasana, a Langhe herbal liqueur with 37 herbs. Its recipe came from Teodoro Negro, who lived at Cessole in the early 1900s, and one of his descendants works at Toso today.
The numbers are big. About 3,000 tonnes of grapes arrive each harvest, most from Toso's own vineyards at Cossano Belbo and the rest from 300 growers. The plant fills around 28 million bottles a year and sends 65% of them abroad. Turnover reached 45 million euros in 2023. Toso employed 58 people in 2025, and 93% of them are on permanent contracts. Cameras check every bottle on the filling line, and robot shuttles run the warehouse. Not everything under its labels is grown here: Toso buys some finished wine, Prosecco for one, from other Italian producers.
Toso is not certified organic, but it can show its green record on paper. It gained the Equalitas sustainability certificate in 2025 and holds ISO 14001 for environmental management and ISO 50001 for energy. Three solar arrays supply about 40% of the electricity it uses. A biomass boiler, fed with processing waste and tree prunings, replaced fossil fuels ten years ago. Its own water treatment plant has run for more than 30 years and cleaned 99.77% of the waste water in 2025. Toso says the goal is to save energy and, in time, recover everything it uses.
The Museo Enologico Toso is a collection of old working tools. It opened in 2001 in rooms beside the winery and shows farm and cellar equipment from the mid-1800s on, from hand sprayers and corkscrews to wine labels of different eras. One area is given over to vermouth, with a herbalist's table laid out with the main herbs and old Toso vermouth bottles on the walls. The museum is open Monday to Friday, 9:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:30. The Enobottega next door sells the wines, vermouths and liqueurs to take home. A cellar visit and a tasting of the wines can be arranged with advance notice.
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Experiences at Toso
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Museo Enologico Toso, Cossano Belbo
Wine museum visit
The Museo Enologico Toso sits beside the winery and shows farm and cellar tools from the mid-1800s on, with an area on vermouth and liqueurs. It is open Monday to Friday, 9:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:30, and closed at weekends. There is parking for cars and coaches.
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Tasting
Enobottega Toso, Cossano Belbo
Tasting at the Enobottega shop
The Enobottega next to the museum sells Toso's wines, vermouths and liqueurs to take home. A cellar visit and a tasting of the wines can be arranged with advance notice.
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What Toso makes
Toso's current bottle selection is led by Asti DOCG. The clearest grape signal comes from Moscato.
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Toso is at Via Statale 3, Cossano Belbo, in the province of Cuneo in Piedmont. The village sits in the Belbo valley in the Langhe hills, a few kilometres from Santo Stefano Belbo, in the middle of the Moscato d'Asti country.
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