PROSECCO Gets the DOCG Status

Hey all you wine lovers it’s time to celebrate and rejoice to the note of this hour as “Prosecco”, the sublime liquid delight that both you and me and thousands from around the globe love to taste, has been officially announced to belong to the DOCG status. “Prosecco” the quintessential Western sparkling, the Italian bubbly and glowing sensation has finally attained its right share of the spotlight.

This is the all new status of respect and recognition that Prosecco has achieved. All the Prosecco producers from the Italian countryside must be standing with pride today as the Government of Italy finally announced and recognized the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene wine region as of the official status of denominazione di origine controllata garantita. This is truly a milestone as at this hour Prosecco has finally attained the superior status of D.O.C.G rank which is the highest level of quality recognized in the state of Italy.

Around 90% of the famous refined Italian Prosecco is made in Veneto, Italy and the lasting 10% in other regions in Northern Italy. For further information you would like to know, we would like to inform that only 41 wine regions in the entire country of Italy are authorized to carry the D.O.C.G rank. Other than the current indicazione geografica tipica (IGT) prosecco producing wineries, 9 other provinces that were priorly not in the DOCG region have been given the status of denominazione di origine controllata.

One very important fact in this context is that all those winemakers located outside this newly DOC status attained area from now on will not be allowed to produce a wine and thereon label it "prosecco", along with an accompanying reference to Paris Hilton's can.

Prosecco is a sparkling wine with a unique flavor of its own and that is the precise reason that the makers of it will have the right to call it “Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene” or “prosecco superiore" starting from the 2009 vintage. A further term of recognition, "rive" will be introduced with the wines that’ll be made from the finest grapes grown in the vineyards with ample sunlight exposure.

Patrizia Giussin - prosecco.net