Moscato vs Prosecco? Quick Guide

Choosing Moscato vs Prosecco is personal. Go for Moscato if you want a sweeter, less-fizzy, lower-alcohol wine (5-7% ABV). Choose Prosecco if you want a fizzier, drier wine with more alcohol (11%-12.5% ABV). Moscato is often less expensive than Prosecco, but both are affordable. Here’s what you need to know when it comes to choosing […]

Glera: A Comprehensive Guide

Pronunciation: GLARE-uh Glera is a relatively neutral white wine grape from Italy, well-known for being the primary grape used to produce sparkling Prosecco. It creates a lively, effervescent wine with delicate stone, tree, and floral notes. What Kind of Wine Grape Is Glera? Glera produces a light-bodied white wine with a moderate level of acidity. […]

Sparkling Rose Wine

Sparkling rosé is many things, but above all, it’s just plain fun. Sparkling rose is a category of pink wine. Prosecco, Champagne, and Moscato can all be made in a sparkling rose style. Sparkling rose wines can be sweet or dry. Rose sparkling wines make excellent mimosas and great pairing partners for light summer foods. […]

Is Spumante a Champagne?

Ah! The world of wine seems to swirl with more jargon than wine in your glass! The vocabulary specific to sparkling wine is no exception and can be particularly tricky. Spumante isn’t Champagne. Spumante is an Italian wine word for sparkling wines made in Italy that are greater than 3 atmospheres of pressure (ATM). Examples […]

Is Prosecco Just Cheap Champagne? Nope

If you’ve gone shopping for a bottle of bubbly, you already know that the price difference between bottles can make your eyes pop! The two famous sparkling wines, Prosecco and Champagne, differ in more ways than just price. Champagne’s marginal growing climate and strict regulations for limited yields, hand harvesting, and involved winemaking processes all […]