New DOCG for Prosecco
Prosecco producers have been granted their own DOCG in an attempt to give better protection to the Italian wine's home region.
Prosecco producers have been granted their own DOCG in an attempt to give better protection to the Italian wine's home region.
From the 2009 vintage, sparkling wines will have the words "DOCG Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore" on the label, while the Frizzante version will be named DOCG Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco or simply the name of the DOCG Conegliano-Valdobbiadene.
Franco Adami, president of the Consorzio per la Tutela del Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene, said: "In many countries around the world, Prosecco has become synonymous with a highly successful wine from Italy, and getting rid of this name altogether would be risky.
"The term Superiore helps the consumer to understand right away that this is an example of the original and best quality Prosecco from the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG."
Production rules have not changed and prices are not expected to rise as a result of the DOCG's introduction, which comes after 40 years of DOC status for the region.
Prosecco DOC (Spumante and Frizzante) will now be used for wines produced and bottled in Treviso, Vicenza, Venezia, Padova, Belluno in Veneto and Pordenone, Udine, Gorizia and Trieste in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Prosecco IGT will no longer exist, but the remainder of stocks of Prosecco 2008 IGT and DOC can still be sold as such.
From August 1 2009, all Prosecco will be protected both within and outside Europe and producers making Prosecco from outside the DOCG and DOC region will have to use the new grape name Glera - an ancestor of the Prosecco grape -on their labels instead of Prosecco.
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