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THE WORD ‘ROSOLIO’ COMES FROM THE LATIN ‘ROS OLIS’ TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH AS ‘MORNING DEW’

THIS NAME WAS GIVEN BECAUSE FARMERS WOULD HARVEST THE INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE ROSOLIO EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN THE CONCENTRATION OF FLAVOUR WAS HIGHEST AND COINCIDENTALLY THE CROP WAS HEAVY WITH DEW.

BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF VERMOUTH & AMARO IN ITALY, ROSOLIO WAS THE MAIN DRINK ENJOYED BY THE KING OF SAVOIA AND OFTEN SERVED AS APERITIVO DI CORTE’