Consumers worldwide are often confused by the differences between Prosecco DOC and Prosecco DOCG labels.
The Prosecco Consortiums are a group of people who sell Prosecco. The Consortiums are private entities created in the public interest to group all categories of producers, from vine growers to winemaking companies to bottlers.
DOCG abbreviation stands for the ‘designation of controlled and guaranteed origin’ while DOC stands simply for the ‘designation of controlled origin, without the guarantee.’
The Italian government’s ministry for agriculture and the National Committee for Italian Wines regulates DOC and DOCG winemakers but did not recognize DOCG labeling until 2009.
The production area for the best Prosecco is limited to the famous provinces of Valdobbiadene and Conegliano, the historical centers for Prosecco production dating back to 1700, and Asolo (the least known of the top townships for Prosecco production, where Bella Principessa grows its wines). Adding the word “guaranteed” to DOCG means that the Prosecco grapes used to make the sparkling wine must be from one of these townships.
The Prosecco DOC region, on the other hand, was expanded to include a wider area of the Veneto region where Prosecco has been grown for over a hundred years.
The Prosecco DOC productions areas are the four Italian provinces of Friuli Venezia Giulia: Trieste, Pordenone, Gorizia, and Udine; and the five provinces of Veneto: Treviso, Belluno, Padua, Vicenza, and Venice.
Prosecco grown in Asolo, Valdobbiadene, and Conegliano is hand-farmed famously steep hillside Prosecco, while the Prosecco grown in the greater Veneto and Friuli is valley-floor Valley-floor Prosecco is generally machine farmed.
In the DOCG hills, the quality of Prosecco tends to be much higher because of the more rigorous farming practices and richer soil terroir. DOCG wines generally cost more to the producer, but as any well-informed wine lover knows, you get what you pay for.
Consumers worldwide are often confused by the differences between Prosecco DOC and Prosecco DOCG labels.
The Prosecco Consortiums are a group of people who sell Prosecco. The Consortiums are private entities created in the public interest to group all categories of producers, from vine growers to winemaking companies to bottlers.
DOCG abbreviation stands for the ‘designation of controlled and guaranteed origin’ while DOC stands simply for the ‘designation of controlled origin, without the guarantee.’
The Italian government’s ministry for agriculture and the National Committee for Italian Wines regulates DOC and DOCG winemakers but did not recognize DOCG labeling until 2009.
The production area for the best Prosecco is limited to the famous provinces of Valdobbiadene and Conegliano, the historical centers for Prosecco production dating back to 1700, and Asolo (the least known of the top townships for Prosecco production, where Bella Principessa grows its wines). Adding the word “guaranteed” to DOCG means that the Prosecco grapes used to make the sparkling wine must be from one of these townships.
The Prosecco DOC region, on the other hand, was expanded to include a wider area of the Veneto region where Prosecco has been grown for over a hundred years.
The Prosecco DOC productions areas are the four Italian provinces of Friuli Venezia Giulia: Trieste, Pordenone, Gorizia, and Udine; and the five provinces of Veneto: Treviso, Belluno, Padua, Vicenza, and Venice.
Prosecco grown in Asolo, Valdobbiadene, and Conegliano is hand-farmed famously steep hillside Prosecco, while the Prosecco grown in the greater Veneto and Friuli is valley-floor Valley-floor Prosecco is generally machine farmed.
In the DOCG hills, the quality of Prosecco tends to be much higher because of the more rigorous farming practices and richer soil terroir. DOCG wines generally cost more to the producer, but as any well-informed wine lover knows, you get what you pay for.
Consumers worldwide are often confused by the differences between Prosecco DOC and Prosecco DOCG labels.
The Prosecco Consortiums are a group of people who sell Prosecco. The Consortiums are private entities created in the public interest to group all categories of producers, from vine growers to winemaking companies to bottlers.
DOCG abbreviation stands for the ‘designation of controlled and guaranteed origin’ while DOC stands simply for the ‘designation of controlled origin, without the guarantee.’
The Italian government’s ministry for agriculture and the National Committee for Italian Wines regulates DOC and DOCG winemakers but did not recognize DOCG labeling until 2009.
The production area for the best Prosecco is limited to the famous provinces of Valdobbiadene and Conegliano, the historical centers for Prosecco production dating back to 1700, and Asolo (the least known of the top townships for Prosecco production, where Bella Principessa grows its wines). Adding the word “guaranteed” to DOCG means that the Prosecco grapes used to make the sparkling wine must be from one of these townships.
The Prosecco DOC region, on the other hand, was expanded to include a wider area of the Veneto region where Prosecco has been grown for over a hundred years.
The Prosecco DOC productions areas are the four Italian provinces of Friuli Venezia Giulia: Trieste, Pordenone, Gorizia, and Udine; and the five provinces of Veneto: Treviso, Belluno, Padua, Vicenza, and Venice.
Prosecco grown in Asolo, Valdobbiadene, and Conegliano is hand-farmed famously steep hillside Prosecco, while the Prosecco grown in the greater Veneto and Friuli is valley-floor Valley-floor Prosecco is generally machine farmed.
In the DOCG hills, the quality of Prosecco tends to be much higher because of the more rigorous farming practices and richer soil terroir. DOCG wines generally cost more to the producer, but as any well-informed wine lover knows, you get what you pay for.
