Who makes Bella Principessa?

The full answer

The winemakers make the wine. We make sure it’s remembered.

The winery

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.

How Prosecco DOC is made

Like almost all Prosecco, Bella Principessa gets its bubbles in a large pressure tank rather than in each bottle. This is the Martinotti, or Charmat, method. It keeps the fresh fruit of the Glera grape, green apple and pear, in the glass. (What is the Martinotti method?)

Prosecco DOC is a protected designation of origin. Only wine made from grapes grown in the defined area of northeast Italy, under the production rules, can carry the name. (What does DOC mean on Prosecco?)

The brand

Bella Principessa belongs to Best Drinks Inc., founded by Michael Goldstein. The winery makes the wine. We look after everything else: the ceramic-painted bottle, the brand, and getting it to the stores, bars and tables where it’s poured.

Many wine brands work this way. A winery with generations of experience in the vineyard and the cellar, and a brand team focused on what the bottle means to the people who drink it.

Where it started

Bella Principessa started small, sold bottle by bottle by our founder and his sister, before coming to the US.

The name

The name shares its story with the lost Leonardo da Vinci portrait. Beautiful to say. Hard to forget.

Reading the label

The label says Product of Italy and Prosecco DOC, and US bottles name the importer, as US labels must. (What does the Prosecco legal label indicate?)

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