Barthélémy Rocher, born in 1677, set off to help
his uncle who was in charge of the La Côte St André
Hospice.
As an accomplished botanist, he had a passion for the preparation
of plant elixirs.
Using his experience in this field, he widened his know-how
to the production of the first liqueurs and founded the House
of Rocher in La Côte Saint-André.
"The best liqueurs in France ..."
In 1705, his liqueurs received their first distinction when
the Dauphin of France visited Grenoble.
Since that time more than eight generations of men and women
have devoted the same energy and passion to the selection
of plants and fruit, and the preparation of the best products.
As Brillat-Savari, author of “la Physiologie du Goût”
[“The Physiology of Taste”] already wrote back at
that time: "the best French liqueurs are made in La Côte
Saint-André".
