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It’s not all about Prosecco!
During this past festive season, how many of us enjoyed a Prosecco?But if you think all Italian sparkling wine is Prosecco, think again! We are helping you rethink the way you drink, with an introduction to TRENTODOC! The origins of sparkling wine in Trento go back to 1902, when a young wine technician and recent graduate…
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Prosecco Takes Action Against ‘Fake’ Versions
Prosecco has soared in popularity in recent years and has become the UK’s favourite bubbly with sales hitting £181.8 million last year compared with Champagne’s £141.3million. With its rising popularity, there comes imitators trying to make the most out of it. While the name Prosecco is protected, ‘fake’ versions have started appearing in Germany and Russia using secco on…
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Marks & Spencer now sells Prosecco Jeroboams
M&S has become the first high street shop to offer Prosecco in a 3 litre bottle. With the UK still in love with the Italian fizz, M&S has high hopes the large bottles of Prosecco – which equal four standard sized bottles – will be a hit this time of year. Jeroboams are great for parties, offering…
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Bisol: Demand for Prosecco will reach a Billion Bottles
Almost 500 years of history and 21 generations play testimony to the passion of the Bisol family for the world of wine (the first documents that play witness to the liaison between Bisol and the vineyard date back to 1542. It is not by chance that throughout his career Gianluca Bisol, President of the ‘Maison’…
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Stylish Prosecco Bottles for Christmas
If you’re looking for a bottle to impress, many Prosecco labels use sleek and simple bottle designs to create elegance and sophistication, perfect for Christmas. Bottega Gold – £20-24 Belstar – £10.99 Foss Maraï Extra Dry approx €17 Diama Sparkle Nino Franco Grave di Stecca – approx. £22 Val d’Oca Black Bottle – £14.65 Mionetto Prosecco Superiore – approx €17
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When is Prosecco not Prosecco?
Prosecco has seen a huge increase in popularity in recent years. Due to this popularity Stefano Zanette president of the Prosecco DOC Consortium has said that there are an increasing number of imitators jumping on the Prosecco bandwagon. Prosecco was originally the name of a grape and a place, but once the wine’s popularity grew, more…
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Surplus of Prosecco after Record Harvest
Fantastic growing conditions have led to the biggest Prosecco harvest to date, producing around 470 million bottles this year. However, this surplus of Prosecco won’t have any effect on the current prices. The extra bubbly will be stockpiled, ready for later to keep up with the soaring demand. Production has tripled in the last 6 years, mainly…
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Corvezzo Organic Prosecco
Corvezzo Wine is an Italian winery situated in Cessalto, a town not far from Venice. The history of this land, which has been well known since the Roman age for its fertility, is inextricably linked with the wine-production tradition of the Corvezzo family. From the early 1900s, Giuseppe Corvezzo had been working the land…
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Free Glass of Prosecco at The Greedy Goose Restaurant, Plymouth
One of Plymouth’s top-class restaurants is celebrating its one year anniversary with a free glass of Prosecco with dinner. Plymouth Herald reported that in 12 months since opening, it has been awarded two Rosettes by the AA and has been listed in the 2016 Michelin Guide. They also won Gold in the first year of entering…
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