($16, Angelini Wine, Ltd): The Italians — and I love them — can be their own worst enemies.  Take Prosecco, for example.  This easy to pronounce, charming wine has taken the world by storm and has practically become a generic term for any sparkling wine.  So the Italians reclassified and renamed Prosecco to keep foreigners from stealing the name.  So now we have Prosecco Superior Conegliano Valdobbiadene, not exactly a name that flows from an American mouth.  But the name assures consumers that the wine actually comes from the best area for Prosecco.  And Carpenè Malvolti is one of the area’s leading producers.  This wine explains Prosecco’s popularity.  Serious stuff, with a hint of grapefruit rind-like bitterness, this is not your soupy semi-sweet innocuous Prosecco.  This is the real thing.  And, with all of 11% stated alcohol by volume, you can drink it easily in the afternoon — when the snow finally melts here in the northeast.  Don’t miss it.
91 Michael Apstein Apr 5, 2016