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100 years of the negroni, a bittersweet Italian aperitif that’s having a moment as sweeter drinks fall from favour

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Legend has it that one of the world’s most popular aperitifs was born in Florence, Italy, in 1919, when bartender Fosco Scarselli, asked to pep up Count Camillo Negroni’s Americano, switched out soda for gin and the result was met with instant approval. The entrepreneurial Negroni family quickly began producing a ready-made version of the drink and the rest is history.Despite its age, the negroni – made with equal measures of gin, vermouth and Campari, poured into a short glass and garnished…

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