Prosecco

Question 1

Italy is the world’s largest sparkling wine exporter by what criteria?

Answer 1

Volume

France is largest by value

Question 2

What percentage of Italian sparkling wine is made by the tank method vs traditional method?

Answer 2

96% tank

4% traditional

Question 3

What are the two styles of Prosecco?

Answer 3

Spumante - fully sparkling

Frizzante - lightly sparkling lower pressure

Question 4

How large is Prosecco DOC?

Answer 4

23,000 hectares

Question 5

What is the name of the hilly, historic DOCG area of Prosecco?

Answer 5

Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG

Producers here can also use ‘Superiore’ on their labels and omit ‘Prosecco’

Question 6

Why was the name of the Prosecco grape changed to Glera

Answer 6

• so Prosecco could be used as a term to define regions

- to stop other countries from exploiting success of the name (Australia!)

Question 7

What is the climate in Prosecco DOC?

Answer 7

Moderate continental

Moderate rainfall

Question 8

What factors in Conval DOCG help to create higher acidity, more intensely flavoured wines?

Answer 8

Cooling influence of altitude

Greater diurnal range

Question 9

What are the main features of Glera?

Answer 9

Vigorous

Semi aromatic

High yielding

Susceptible to mildew, millerandage, summer drought and grapevine yellows

Needs specific trellising as not much fruit on the first 2 buds