Prosecco Week (June 24-30) is a vibrant celebration dedicated to the world’s most popular sparkling wine by sales volume. Originating in the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region in northeastern Italy, Prosecco is made primarily from the Glera grape, which is know for its light, fruit and floral characteristics. The production process involves the Charmat (a.k.a Martinotti)…
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T.G.I.F. Champagne And The Like…NV Mionetto Cartizze Prosecco
I drink more than my fair share of sparkling wine. By my count, last year I enjoyed 50-60 bottles of sparkling wine. Which type of sparkling wine I chose is driven by my mood, the food, and my budget. I tend to like Cava, and Prosecco for my “weeknight” sparklers, while enjoying more expensive sparkling…
TGIF Bubbly; NV Terre di San Venanzio Fortunato Prosecco
My wife and I make it a point to drink sparkling wine on a weekly basis. It’s typically Friday night…thus “T.G.I.F. Bubbly” It’s a celebration of sort, to the end of the workweek. She get’s to drink and enjoy the bubbly, while I get to drink, enjoy and blog about it! This week’s sparkling wine…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…NV Conte di Santa Chiara Prosecco
It’s Prosecco for my weekly bubbly tasting this week. I picked this up on a whim from K&L Wine Merchants. The price was certainly right at $8.99, and it had quite a few favorable staff reviews. And I’ve had good success with wines from K&L that had at least 5 favorable staff reviews. Here’s one…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…NV Mionetto Prosecco Brut Treviso
Are you looking for a good value in bubbly? Try this youthful, fun, and economical Prosecco!
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…NV Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore Brut Valdobbiadene
The search for a ‘go to” Prosecco continues…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…Sorelle Bronca Prosecco
This week’s sparkling wine is a Prosecco from Italy, the N.V. Sorelle Bronca Prosecco – Extra Dry. For many years Prosecco was used to describe both the grape, and the region where the grape are grown. In mid 2009, Italian wine regulations were revised to clearly state that Prosecco was no longer to be classified…