About the prosecco project
My first trip to Italy was a life changing event, and one of the drivers of change was the first taste of Prosecco. Upon returning to California, I searched for a good Prosecco to drink, but everything I found was a pale imitation of what I had tasted in Venice. Two years later, my husband and I had started an online Italian specialty food and wine store. And just one year after fromitalia.com went live, we were importing Italian wine. Of course, the first wine that we imported was Zucchetto Prosecco from Valdobbiadene.
Even after importing our own Prosecco, I made sure to taste every Prosecco I could find on the market. And, now residing in Le Marche, Italy, I continue to be drawn to any bottle that says Prosecco on the label or any wine that has a wire around the cork.
What I have learned after living in Italy for a number of years now, however, is that when you ask for Prosecco in a bar or restaurant, you may not be served the Prosecco from Valdobbiadene and Conegliano (DOCG) or even from the Treviso DOC. Asking for Prosecco outside of the Veneto is often translated as any sparkling wine. In Le Marche, for example, there are a number of very good local sparkling wines made from Verdicchio, Passerina or Pecorino grapes. I have a special place in my heart for sparkling Gavi from Piemonte. And, so over the years, I have expanded my sparkling wine pallet. But when I return to the US to visit family, I am always disappointed because it is impossible to find much in the way of Italian sparkling wines beyond Prosecco, Asti Spumanti and a Ferrari Brut.
This website is my tribute to the sparkling wines of Italy. I hope that it will provide information and stimulate interest in the variety of sparkling wines that Italy produces and, perhaps even move importers to bring them to the US.
Cin Cin, Maree
Even after importing our own Prosecco, I made sure to taste every Prosecco I could find on the market. And, now residing in Le Marche, Italy, I continue to be drawn to any bottle that says Prosecco on the label or any wine that has a wire around the cork.
What I have learned after living in Italy for a number of years now, however, is that when you ask for Prosecco in a bar or restaurant, you may not be served the Prosecco from Valdobbiadene and Conegliano (DOCG) or even from the Treviso DOC. Asking for Prosecco outside of the Veneto is often translated as any sparkling wine. In Le Marche, for example, there are a number of very good local sparkling wines made from Verdicchio, Passerina or Pecorino grapes. I have a special place in my heart for sparkling Gavi from Piemonte. And, so over the years, I have expanded my sparkling wine pallet. But when I return to the US to visit family, I am always disappointed because it is impossible to find much in the way of Italian sparkling wines beyond Prosecco, Asti Spumanti and a Ferrari Brut.
This website is my tribute to the sparkling wines of Italy. I hope that it will provide information and stimulate interest in the variety of sparkling wines that Italy produces and, perhaps even move importers to bring them to the US.
Cin Cin, Maree