Top 100 wines of Prosecco - Page 10
Discover the top 100 best wines of Prosecco of Prosecco as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Prosecco and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Prosecco
The wine region of Prosecco is located in the region of Vénétie of Italy. We currently count 1461 estates and châteaux in the of Prosecco, producing 2419 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Prosecco go well with generally quite well with dishes .
Discover the grape variety: Glera
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.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Prosecco
wines from the region of Prosecco go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of magic marinade (for shrimps, scallops, fish...), spinach and goat cheese quiche or koka (spanish pie).
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Prosecco
On the nose in the region of Prosecco often reveals types of flavors of apples, pineapple or grass and sometimes also flavors of tropical, minerality or stone. In the mouth in the region of Prosecco is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
News from the vineyard of Prosecco
EU grants member states the right to use resistant hybrid varieties in appellation wines
Following a recent modification of EU rules, member states are now allowed to employ resistant varieties in the production of wines with protected denominations of origin (PDO). The decision, published last week in the Official Journal of the European Union, is part of a wider revision of previous regulations that established common quality schemes, organisation of the market, definitions, descriptions, presentations, and labelling of European agricultural products and foodstuffs. Before the ann ...
Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
Asolo Prosecco – Young at heart, wise in spirit
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 ...