After graduation in Bologna in 1947, DeRosa started teaching in 1966 at the Istituto Sperimentale di Enologia in Conegliano,, that he lately directed for several years, the most relevant titles among his wide bibliography include the classic handbooks Tecnologiadei Vini Bianchi, Tecnologia dei Vini Spumanti, Tecnologia dei Vini Rossi and Tuttovini, and the collection of autobiographical novels Andar Per Vini that in the 1970first edition was accompanied by illustrations by the Italian artist Renato Varese. In 2011 the posthumous bookGuida alla degustazione del vino: la valutazione edonistica. Concetti propedeutici e formativi esposti in maniera utilizzabile da un ampio ambito di lettori was finally published jointly by the Microbiological Institute in Rauscedo and Faenza Editore.