Raise a Glass in Celebration for National Prosecco Day!

Raise your glasses high and toast to a great day to celebrate a warm and welcoming event with the arrival of National Prosecco Day. With the beating heat of the sun still ripe and shining strong, make sure that you’re enjoying summer sunlight and embrace the day for National Prosecco Day!

But what makes National Prosecco Day so special and why do we celebrate it? Let’s take a look back at the history of Prosecco and understand why this event is celebrated worldwide. As a sparkling wine, Prosecco is made from Italian Grapes rather than from France, (In Veneto specifically), made primarily from one of the oldest Grapes known as Glera. Whilst Prosecco can also be made from Pinot and Chardonnay, the difference between them is how the grapes are fermented.

This is created by fermenting the Grapes juice with yeast to create a process that involves alcohol and carbon dioxide, which during a second fermentation process, causes the fantastic bubbles that make Prosecco so special to surface and become trapped in the wine, creating the sparkling wine as we all know it!

So why do we drink Prosecco? Prosecco’s primary purpose as described and served by the Italians is to “clean the palate, help rid the taste of three espressos you had in the afternoon, clear the mind, and to help ease you into dinner”. Typically enjoyed during and after a meal for an exquisite and prestigious taste, Prosecco can, and should be relished as its own entity just as much as it is appreciated as a palate cleanser!