by Emily Saladino

In northern Italy, the annual cherry harvest brings something considerably more inebriating than American pies to the table. Maraschino liqueur is a heritage spirit made from the Veneto region's signature stone fruit and has become a cult bartender's favorite on both sides of the Atlantic. 

Italy's Luxardo family has been bottling the stuff for nearly 200 years. 

In 1821, Maria Canevari Luxardo, the wife of a Genovese ex-pat living in northern Croatia, started using local cherries in homemade rosolio maraschino, a sweet Dalmatian liqueur. 

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