Val d'Oca Prosecco

If there is one thing northern Italians love more than their own wine, it’s their mothers. If there are two things they love more than their own wine, the second one would have to be Champagne. Trust me: Go into any village in northern Italy and I guarantee you will find a Champagne bar—crowded, noisy, packed, and pouring bubbly like there is no tomorrow.   Of course, on occasion, France and Italy have gone to war with one another and therefore supplies of Champagne were interrupted. What to do? Copy the frogs’ method of making Champagne and use your own grapes to produce something just as good as—if not better than—what you can get in Champagne. Now you can’t call it Champagne, so in Italy you will give it all kinds of regional names – Franciacorta, Spumante and here, in our example, Prosecco.   Prosecco is one of the great sparkling wines of Italy. Made in a style that preserves its fruit freshness, it’s something you can drink all night long — and longer! — while feeling the world i