Prosecco in the beginning   Prosecco is an Italian town, formerly a village, now part of the Trieste urban area (Friuli Venezia Giulia region, not far from the Slovenian border). Prosecco claims the origin of the grape of the same name. The very first mention of “Prosecco” is in what we could call a… travelog written in 1617! At that time Fynes Moryson, an English gentleman, wrote down the report of his ten years long travel on continental Europe. Prosecho was quoted as an ancient wine, made in the area since the Roman times. The Prosecco revolution   Even if it has such a long story, the Prosecco popularity is quite recent. Prosecco was, until 1960, just another variation of Vino Spumante. But since then the things changed: winemakers started to focus on quality to create a dry (not only) sparkling wine interesting for the growing global market. The “current” Prosecco was born. Prosecco or “Proseccoes”?   Nowadays Prosecco comes in three different version: spumante - sparkling, frizzante - semi-sparkling, and tranquillo - still. Prosecco is a “DOC” with some “DOCG”: Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene Superiore and Asolo Prosecco Superiore. At Alessi you can of course find a great selection of the best Prosecco wines. In the limelight at Alessi: Prosecco Ruggeri Amongst the top notch Prosecco, the Valdobbiadene DOCG Prosecco Ruggeri: a wine farm in the Cartizze area which started business in the 1950, but the Ruggeri family have been involved in wine-making since the ancient times: enough to become a toponym of the area! The Cartizze terroir is definitely the best for the Glera / Prosecco grapes. Do not miss Prosecco Ruggeri the next time you pop in at Alessi!