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Default Spumante or Prosecco


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

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

Ciao, A.M.