And I have more details about Italy’s Prosecco region here. The main production of Prosecco is no longer there. However, if you’re thinking of going wine tasting, don’t head to Trieste. It’s the name of the original region where the Prosecco wine was made, near Trieste. This is a system that’s grown up over time and isn’t likely to be changed any time soon. In some cases it’s named after the wine region e.g. Why, then, isn’t it called Glera instead of Prosecco? That’s one of the things with wine that makes it so confusing to us normal people – in some cases, the wine is named after the grape e.g. A bunch (pun: intended) of other grapes can be blended with the Glera grape including some familiar names like Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio but these non-Glera grapes can’t make up more than 15% of the blend. The main Prosecco grapes are glera grapes and Prosecco must contain at least 85% of glera grapes for it to be classified as Prosecco. By the way: these are the correct glasses for drinking Prosecco, not flutes! What are Prosecco grapes? If you’re trying to decide whether to buy Prosecco or Champagne, maybe for a special occasion like a wedding where you’re likely buying lots of bottles, I’d recommend doing a taste test – can you really taste the difference? And is serving a premium brand Champagne really worth the cost to you? It’s well known, has very established brands and like any designer product, it can charge a premium. Champagne has been on the international sparkling wine scene for much longer than Prosecco. Simply, Champagne production takes more work, those man and woman hours add into to the cost of Champagne. Remember I mentioned one of the key differences between Prosecco and Champagne is the production method, Champagne bubbles are added into each individual bottle while for Prosecco it’s done in tanks and then bottled. For that reason I’d say whether Prosecco is as good as Champagne is down to personal preference.
However, they have slightly different ingredients (types of grapes that go into them) and they are made slightly differently (recipe).įor most people, the end results are the same – delicious sparkling wine that tastes especially wonderful around 6 p.m. Coming back to our cake example, Prosecco and Champagne are both sparkling wines (cakes). Prosecco and Champagne are pretty interesting to compare because they are similar and different at the same time. Champagne adds the yeast into the bottles (known and the Traditional Method), Prosecco adds it into the tanks and bottles it afterwards. they use different methods for getting the bubbles into the sparkling wine.they use different grape varieties: Champagne uses Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.they’re from different locations: Champagne is from France, Prosecco is from Italy.I’m not going to get too technicals in describing the difference between Prosecco and Champagne. What’s the difference between Prosecco and Champagne? The aim is to help you know you’re getting the real deal from the right location (would it really taste like Parma ham if it was made by some Brit in Yorkshire? Probably not). For example, Parma ham must be from Parma in Italy.
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Did that make it clearer? Or did it just make you want to eat cake?Įurope is full of these ‘designations of protected origins’ whether for wines like Champagne or Prosecco. You could use exactly the same ingredients (grapes) and make it in exactly the same way (recipe) but if you make the cake in Italy instead of France, you can’t call it a French cake. Only sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France can legally be called Champagne.Ĭompare it to a cake (I like cake comparisons). Usually they are protected based on the region where they’re made. Lots of wines, including sparkling wines, are protected. Why not? Who said so? All good questions. That applies whether the grapes are red or white or whether bubbles form during the process of turning the grapes into wine. Wine is basically an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice. Is Prosecco wine?Ībsolutely, Prosecco is wine. (Technically Prosecco can also be ‘flat’ with little to no bubbles, known as tranquilo, or frizzante with some bubbles, but the most well known and commonly available Prosecco is a fully-sparkling wine). Prosecco is a sparkling white wine from Italy. Want more Prosecco? Check out our Prosecco guides.
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