In wrapping up my features coverage of my 2024 press jaunt to Italy’s Asolo Prosecco region, I’m going to focus on what many of us would consider the more recognizable incarnations of Prosecco: namely, those coming from two big production houses. Giusti Wine First up is Giusti Wine, located in Nervesa della Battaglia in a…
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“I Don’t Like Mineral Water”: The Iconoclastic Wines of Ida Agnoletti (Postcard from Asolo Prosecco, Part 4)
In a lot of ways, Ida Agnoletti represents the antithesis of everything that we in the States think that we know about Prosecco. In a region known for large production houses, she farms only 8 hectares of vines, much of them nearing 70 years of age, making about 50,000 bottles a year, and farming without…
Prosecco, Large and Small (Postcard from Asolo Prosecco, Part 3)
[ This is Part 3 of a series detailing my media jaunt to Italy’s Asolo Prosecco Superiore. Check out Part 1 and Part 2). ] The Asolo Prosecco Superiore region offers some interesting contrasts, perhaps none so obvious as that between the two producers featured here today: Villa Sandi, and Bele Casel. One, of course,…
“City of 1,000 Horizons” (Postcard from Asolo Prosecco Superiore Part 1: Masterclass)
During the 4th of July festivities in the States, I had the good fortune to take part in a media tour of a region I’ve long longed (see what I did there?) to visit: Italy’s Asolo Prosecco Superiore. I’ve written about this largely unsung area of bubbly production before, and you can check out that…