On various occasions I have purchased the Italian sweet sparkling dessert
wine called Fragolino. It has been a mixed experience ranging from
delightful to a near approximation of something from Annie Greensprings.
After looking into the subject I learned that the original Fragolino was
made from the American Isabella grape which imparted a natural strawberry
flavor to the wine. However, the EU has prohibited commercial production of
wine from the Isabella grape and all current commercial Italian Fragolino is
made from other grapes and artificially flavored.



So, since the Isabella is an American grape and still grown commercially in
the US, is it possible that any American vintners are producing a natural
sparkling wine from this grape that would be something like a true
Fragolino.

I did a Google search on this subject but found nothing in the last 6 years.
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Donald R. Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net