Prosecco

Description

Prosecco is an Italian white wine, served chilled and best known as a sparkling (spumante) perlage, which can be (frizzante) semi-sparkling or (tranquillo) a still wine. Spumante is brut, extradry, dry or demi-sec based on sugar content. The name is derived from an Italian village of Prosecco near Trieste, a city-seaport and capital of Friuli Venezia Giulia region, where the grapes likely originate. The grapes that produce Prosecco is officially termed “Glera” since 2009 by the European Union. This light-green skinned grape is the main content of Prosecco which originates from the northeastern region of Italy, historically noted during Roman times. Other grape varieties reported (15% maximum) are the following: Verdiso, Biachetta Trevigiana, Perera, Glera lunga, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio and Pinot Nero.