Can I get Bella Principessa for my wedding or party?

The short answer

Every celebration has one bottle people photograph. Make it this one. Before you buy a single bottle, ask your venue three questions: If the venue supplies all alcohol itself, ask them to order Bella Principessa from their distributor. If you can bring your own, buy it from a store.

Answered by Michael Goldstein · Founder, Bella Principessa

The full answer

Every celebration has one bottle people photograph. Make it this one.

Step 1: check what your venue allows

Before you buy a single bottle, ask your venue three questions:

  • Can we bring our own wine?
  • If so, is there a corkage fee per bottle?
  • Who will pour it? Many venues require their own licensed bar staff or caterer.

If the venue supplies all alcohol itself, ask them to order Bella Principessa from their distributor. If you can bring your own, buy it from a store.

Step 2: work out how much

Plan on five glasses per 750 mL bottle, or six if it’s a short toast pour. For a toast only, one bottle covers about six guests. For a reception where people drink Prosecco all evening, allow about one bottle for every two guests. Mimosas and spritzes stretch each bottle by about a third. Our Drinks Calculator does the math by guests and glasses. (How many bottles of Prosecco per guest?)

Step 3: order early

Stores rarely keep a wedding’s worth of one wine in stock. Ask a store that carries Bella Principessa to order it by the case two or three weeks ahead, and confirm the pickup date. Ask about case pricing, too. Ask the store, before you buy, what its policy is on unopened bottles.

Step 4: chill it properly

Prosecco tastes best at 43 to 46°F. For a big event, a tub of ice and water chills a bottle in 20 to 30 minutes; ice alone takes much longer. Chill more than you think you’ll need. Running out of bubbly is the one party detail everyone remembers.

Which wine?

Bella Principessa Prosecco DOC for the toast. Bella Principessa Prosecco DOC Rosé for the photos. Both Brut, so nobody has to choose a sweetness. And because the bottles are ceramic-painted, there are no soggy paper labels sliding off in the ice bucket.

Please plan responsibly

Guests must be 21 or over, and everyone needs a safe way home. Have good alcohol-free options on hand.

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Where can I buy Bella Principessa?

Look for the bottle with no paper label. You'll know it when you see it. For store links and photos of both bottles, see. In Florida you'll find Bella Principessa at Total Wine & More, Luekens Wine & Spirits and independent wine stores. Not every store carries both wines, and stock changes week to week, so check the store's website or call before you make the trip. If your local store doesn't have it, ask: stores can usually order through their distributor, and a request from a customer is the fastest way onto a shelf.

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Can I order Bella Principessa online?

Wine delivery in the US follows each state's rules, not the brand's. In the US, wine reaches you through licensed stores, not straight from the brand that imports it. That's the three-tier system most states have used since the end of Prohibition: importer, distributor, retailer. So the "buy" button for Bella Principessa lives on a store's website, not ours.

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Who makes Bella Principessa?

The winemakers make the wine. We make sure it's remembered. Bella Principessa is made by a fourth-generation, family-run winery in the Veneto, in the province of Treviso, in the heart of the Prosecco DOC area in northeast Italy. The grapes are Glera, the grape of Prosecco, hand-selected and harvested each autumn. The rosé adds Pinot Noir, which gives the color and the red-berry notes.

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