Fortified wine because he was inspired by a German wine flavoured with wormwood, an herb most famously used in distilling absinthe. However, wine flavoured with wormwood goes back to ancient Rome. The modern German word "Wermut" ("Wermuth" in the spelling of Carpano's time) means both "wormwood" and "vermouth". The herbs were originally used to mask raw flavours of cheaper wines, imparting a slightly medicinal "tonic" flavor. Vins doux naturels are lightly fortified wines typically made from white Muscat grapes or red Grenache grapes in the south of France. The production of vins doux naturels was perfected by Arnaud de Villeneuve at the
Zucca (aperitif) with a 30% volume in alcohol. Zucca is owned by the same company that produces Amaretto Di Saronno. Despite this, it is difficult to find commercially in North America. However, it enjoys a certain amount of prominence as the featured drink at the "Caffè Zucca" in Milan, the bar where Gaspare Campari first introduced his alcoholic infusion of herbs in the 1860s. Zucca (aperitif) Zucca () is a commercial Italian aperitif. Although is the Italian word for "squash" or "pumpkin", it actually takes its name after Zucca's bar ("Caffè Zucca"), located in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. Its