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Prosecco is produced using the Charmat method (also known as “Charmat-Martinotti”), a process first developed in 1895 by Italy’s Federico Martinotti and improved a decade later by the Frenchman Eugène Charmat. Instead of producing the bubbles with the second fermentation in the bottle, a process sometimes used to produce the semi-sparkling version, the more modern method involves re-fermenting the wine in stainless steel tanks, where the bubbles are naturally created by the yeasts eating the sugar and creating CO2 and alcohol. Afterward the yeast is filtered out, and the sparkling wine is bottled. a b c Colombo, Fulvio (2014). Prosecco. Patrimonio del Nordest (in Italian). Trieste: Luglio Editore. ISBN 978-8868030636. Prosecco". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Except for Col Fondo and any Método Classico Prosecco, most Prosecco does not ferment in the bottle. Usually, it should be drunk young, [41] preferably within three to five years [43] of its vintage. However, high-quality Prosecco may be aged for up to seven years. [44]

Approximately 150 million bottles of Prosecco were produced in 2008. [3] Huge subsequent growth meant this figure approached 600 million bottles in 2018. [26]

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The unique regional geography and microclimate help produce Prosecco’s characteristic fruit flavors. In addition, the grape-growing practices for Prosecco include highly traditional vine-training methods, using historic forms like the double-arched cane, the Sylvos or Sylvoz system, also known as the hanging cane, as well as Burgundy’s traditional Guyot vine-training method. These traditional forms help to create extremely aromatic fruit, often with rich notes of fresh apples, peaches, pears, and melon, as well as jasmine flowers, acacia blossoms, nuts, and fresh-baked bread. a b c d e f O'Keefe, Kerin (25 September 2015). "The Superiority of Prosecco Superiore". Wine Enthusiast.

Prosecco, perché? Le nobili origini di un vino triestino (in Italian). Trieste: Luglio Editore. 2012. ISBN 978-8896940877.In Trieste at the beginning of the sixteenth century, the local wine " Ribolla" was promoted as the recreation of the Pucinian [12] celebrated by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History and praised for its medicinal qualities by Livia, the wife of Emperor Augustus. [13] The need to distinguish the "Ribolla" of Trieste from other wines of the same name, produced in Gorizia and at lower cost in Istria, led, at the end of the century, to a change in name. Following the supposed place of production in antiquity, the wine was referred to as "castellum nobile vinum Pucinum", after the castle near the village of Prosecco. [13]