Today Milano Design Week starts and if you are new to the city and want to look like it isn’t your your first rodeo, here are some tips on what to drink during your aperitivo. One distinctly Italian aperitif every day from Monday to Sunday starting with Milano – Torino.

As with a lot of older cocktails the origin is unknown and there are several different origin stories. The same goes for Milano-Torino. One story is that it was first served at Gaspare Campari’s Caffè Camparino in Milan in the 1860’s. Another that it was created in 1932 to celebrate the inauguration of the A4 Highway that connects Milano and Torino. Whatever the origin it is made with equal parts Campari from Milano and Punt e Mes from Torino.

The glass is one in a series of three glasses called Calci Milanesi and was designed by Agostina Bottoni in 2018 as a tribute to Milanese architecture.