This month, Sue and I are hosting the Italian Food Wine and Travel group’s exploration into Sparkling Wine of Italy. We chose this theme because

1. we love any excuse to pop open a bottle of sparkling wine
2. many people don’t know about  sparkling wine from Italy other than Prosecco
3. we had a sample on hand of a 2006 Ferrari that we wanted to pop open
4. we love sparkling wine with food and think more people should too
5. we wanted to learn more about the Trento region of Italy
6. we thought it would be a fun to learn about sparkling wine of Italy
7. it’s just in time for Mother’s Day, graduations, and weddings

Because over 150 million bottles of Prosecco are produced each year, it’s no wonder that this popular sparkling wine is the one from Italy that most people are familiar with these days.

Trentodoc photo

But the mountainous Trentino region in northernmost Italy has produced metodo classico sparkling wine for over one hundred years, and Trento is the region Sue and I decided to focus on with two $15 wines non-vintage wines from Rotari and a $56 2006 reserve from Ferrari. Continue reading →