In summer the desire for bubbles increases. What to choose: prosecco or spumante?

In summer the desire for fresh bubbles and aperitifs at sunset increases (perhaps with a view of the vineyard like at Donna Vittori), but how to choose the best wine?

During Vino in Festa in Paliano we held 2 lessons on introduction to wine and we understood that there is still a lot of confusion in the world of bubbles, so let's clarify things:

• The bubble wines are divided according to the method with which they were made
• The main methods used to refermentate wines are 2: classic method and Martinotti method
• The bubbles are carbon dioxide
• Champagne is made according to the classic method which, only in their case, is called Champenoise
• The classic method involves refermentation in the bottle with yeasts
• The Martinotti method involves refermentation in an autoclave
• Martinotti was a Piedmontese winemaker who created a system of refermentation in an autoclave at the end of the 19th century, but in the early years of the 20th century it was the Frenchman Charmat who used this method on an industrial scale
• Martinotti is the name of a sparkling winemaking method that allows you to obtain sparkling wines that are consumed quickly. These wines have fruity and very fresh aromas linked to the starting vines
• Compared to the classic method, fermentation takes place in large containers (autoclaves)
• With all methods you can obtain both sweet and dry sparkling wines
• Prosecco is made with the Martinotti or Charmat method
• Prosecco is made with Glera grapes, a semi-aromatic grape variety
• This year marks the centenary of Martinotti's death and there is a bill to be able to write his name on sparkling wine labels
• There is another method called the Ancestral Method with which Champagne was once made, in which the initial fermentation of the wine is interrupted and restarted in the bottle
• Today new grapes are being experimented to make bubbles both with the classic method and with the Martinotti method, even with Cesanese grapes
• Sparkling wines can be made with both white and black grapes
• When Blanc de Blanc is written on a bottle it means that it comes from white grapes

And now you are ready to enjoy a good glass of wine at sunset. And don't forget the option of sparkling wines such as Lambrusco, perfect with cured meats!