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Default Spumante or Prosecco

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:30:28 +0100, "Anna Maria" >
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> "Ken Blake" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
> > On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 22:01:08 +0800, "Raymond" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> What's the difference between Spumante and Prosecco?
> >>
> >> All I know is they are from Italy.

> >
> >
> > A wine can be either or it can be both. Spumante simply means
> > "sparkling," but Prosecco is the name of a grape variety.
> >
> > So Prosecco might be Spumante or it might not.
> >
> > --

> Prosecco is always sparkling. A Prosecco without sparkles doesn't exist,
> because this grape is good only like this.



Sorry, that's not correct. Although the great majority of Prosecco is
sparkling, not all of it is.

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