Prosecco Wine is a great sparkling wine for New Year's Eve and makes a great Champagne alternative! In this video, you will learn everything you need to know about selecting a great Prosecco wine!

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Summary:

What is Prosecco?
- It’s a sparkling white wine made from fermented grape juice with grapes that were originally called prosecco grapes, but are now called Glera grapes.
- Prosecco originates from the Valdobbiadene region of Veneto, Italy.
Prosecco must be produced in northern italy
- Prosecco usually comes off sweeter than some other sparkling wines because it typically has a fruity taste
- This includes fruit notes of green apple, melon, pear, and honeysuckle.

What’s the difference between Prosecco and Champagne?
- Only sparkling wine that comes from the Champagne region of France can legally be called Champagne.
- Champagne uses chardonnay and pinot noir grape varietals while - Prosecco uses the glera grape varietal
- With Champagne the yeast is placed directly into the bottles (traditional)
- Prosecco is bottled afterwards, where the yeast is placed into fermentation tanks during the wine making process, instead of the wine bottles.
- Prosecco is usually cheaper than Champagne

Best Regions

- Again, Prosecco must come from northern Italy.
- The main provinces include Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Treviso, and Trieste
- Valdobbiadene region in the province of Treviso, produces great Prosecco

What to Look For with a Prosseco Sparkling Wine?

- You want to look for DOC and DOCG Classifications for Prosecco
- Generally speaking, a DOCG Prosecco is a higher quality wine as compared to a DOC wine. Refer to our previous video on this topic

- Prosecco does not age well, so be sure to drink it while it is young
- Different classifications of the amount of bubbles that are found in this sparkling wine
- Tranquillo = no bubbles
- Frizzante = with little bubbles
- Spumante = a lot of bubbles
- Proseco is placed into 4 categories referring to how sweet/dry a Prosecco
- Extra Brut - driest (least sweet) form of Prosecco
- Brut
- Extra Dry
- Dry - Actually the sweetest form of Prosecco
- You can find sweeter if you look around.
- Prosecco should be served cold (40-45 degrees F)
- This is significantly cooler than a regular bottle of white wine
- Good reason to buy a wine thermometer to make sure you are serving it at a proper temperature! We’ll leave a link to our favorite in the description
- Also, do not leave these types of bottles in the freezer, because they can explode!
- Prosecco is traditionally served in a flute glass or tulip glass.
- The tall, narrow glass helps to collect the fruity notes and preserve the bubbles in the glass.
- However, many people are now serving sparkling wines in regular white wine glasses.
- Pairing Prosecco
- Prosecco is a perfect to mix with orange juice for mimosas or it is great on its own.
- Prosecco pairs well with mexican or asian cuisine or anything that beer pairs well with.
- It also pairs well with appetizers because it serves as a palate cleanser before a main entree, or it pairs well with most entrees as well if you prefer.


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