The wine region of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco is located in the region of Prosecco of Vénétie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Andrea da Ponte or the Domaine Rebuli produce mainly wines sweet and sparkling. On the nose of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
We currently count 454 estates and châteaux in the of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco, producing 1195 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
It is said to be of Slovenian origin, where it is cultivated under the name of Prosekar, also known for a long time in Italy under the name of Glera. It should not be confused with prosecco lungo - although there is a family link - and prosecco nostrano, which is none other than Tuscany's malvasia. Note that Vitouska - another Italian grape variety - is the result of a natural intraspecific cross between Tuscan malvasia and Prosecco. Under the name of Glera, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can be found in practically all of the former Yugoslavia, and more surprisingly in Argentina, but is virtually unknown in France.
wines from the region of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with cream supers, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or black tapenade.
On the nose in the region of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco often reveals types of flavors of citrus, acacia or banana and sometimes also flavors of pineapple, cheese or melon. In the mouth in the region of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
I n 2009 Prosecco was re-mapped in sweeping changes that created an extensive new zone for the production of Prosecco DOC and elevated the traditional growing areas of Valdobbiadene-Conegliano to DOCG, Italy’s top denomination. At that time, one might have overlooked the fact that the new legislation also created a small, independent DOCG for Asolo Prosecco to the west of the river Piave. The sparkling wines of the area had low visibility, producers were few and production was limited. However t ...
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