Grove Magazine, October 2004, by Lucy Cleland, Editor
"But isn't Prosecco just Italian Champagne? Absolutely not and don't let an italian hear that. Prosecco is delicate, aromatic and around 11% alcohol. It delivers an entirely different taste sensation. First the tiny bubbles hit your lips, then a devine fruitness follows, which subsides, leaving you with an almost bitter taste to finish.
Prosecco is an unpretentious fizz no longer reserved for just the italians: it's rapidly becoming the drink of the hip and cool across the globe. Go to New York and everyone's drinking proper Bellini's....take a trip to Amsterdam and you will see locals sipping it from dusk till dawn....in San Paolo...in London...". |