Spumante / Asti / Prosecco / Frizzante, sparkling wines from Italy.

This topic is for ratings and reviews only of various types of sparkling wine from Italy--they should not be confused with Champagne, which is a specific name for one specific sparkling wine produced only in one appellation in France; see the separate topic Champagne. Sparkling wine is carbonated, making it sparkly or bubbly or fizzy. Fully sparkling wine must contain a specified amount of carbonation, while "semi-sparkling" or "lightly sparkling" wine (called frizzante in Italy) must contain less than that specified amount of carbonation.

Spumante is the Italian term for a sparkling wine. Asti, the most famous example of this type of wine, is itself no longer called a spumante, even though it used to be--but no longer is--referred to as Asti Spumante. Asti, a region of Italy, produces both a fully sparkling wine (named Asti) and a lightly sparkling wine, or frizzante. Both are sweet and low in alcohol, and often enjoyed with dessert. The Astis are made from the Moscato grape, while spumantes produced elsewhere in Italy are made from various combinations of Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, and Pinot Noir. Prosecco, an Italian grape variety, is used in two regions of Italy to produce fully sparkling and lightly sparkling wines; the name "Prosecco" is protected under European law and can be used only for the wine made in those two regions from the Prosecco grape. See Wikipedia, Sparkling wine.

Rate and review the sparkling wines from Italy listed below, or go to the feedback section to ask for another sparkling wine from Italy to be added to the list. Make sure to include the year of production (or if no year appears on the label, insert NV for non-vintage), the appellation or viticultural area, and the price, rounded off. Examples: Cascina Castlet 2005 Moscato d'Asti (Italy) ($12); Zardetto NV Prosecco Brut (Italy) ($10).