The aperitif: something so typically Spanish... but it wasn't always that way. March 24, 2023 0 45 The aperitif: something so typically Spanish... but it wasn't always that way. The Made-in-Spain Aperitif You probably didn't know that one of the most sacred meals in Spain, the Aperitivo, dates back to the 5th century B.C., when Hippocrates, the most famous physician of antiquity, created a bitter wine-based drink flavored with wormwood and other herbs that he used in cases of lack of appetite to reopen the stomach. So it's more than 25 centuries old!!! Italy made it fashionable Our aperitif, with Denomination of Origin The aperitif and the tapa, the beginning of ...