Autumn in the Prosecco Hills

It’s fall here in the Prosecco Hills in northeastern Italy. We’re just outside Farra di Soligo, a village about 50 kilometres northwest of Venice. This region is known for growing the glera grape used to make the white wine called prosecco. Once a humble sparkling wine, and considered a poor cousin to Champagne, prosecco now eclipses Champagne in global popularity. More than 600 million bottles of prosecco were produced in Italy in 2018, about twice the amount of Champagne.
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