Gaspare Campari was an Italian

Italy

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 drink maker.

Born in Cassolnovo

Cassolnovo

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, Lombardy

Lombardy

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, he was a master drink maker (or an apprentice maitre licoriste) at the Bass

Bass (beer)

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 Bar in Turin

Turin

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, the major commercial centre for aperitif

Aperitif

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 products, by the age 14. His recipe contained more than 60 natural ingredients including herbs, spices, barks and fruit peels. The company still keeps the complete recipe confidential today.

During the 1840s Campari sold his product throughout Italy. In 1860 he founded the Gruppo Campari in Milan

Milan

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. Meanwhile France

France

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 and Italy became rivals to one another in aperitif production and consumption. Aperitif makers began incorporating the labels with the names of cities like Italy

Italy

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, Turin and Milan as they distributed the products from city to city.

In 1862 he remarried and settled in Milan, the home of his second wife. He ran a cafe in front of Milan's historic cathedral, the Duomo

Duomo di Milano

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. He also opened up Cafe Campari nearby.