Slideshow: Prosecco Country (click photo to start)
Welcome to Prosecco country, the region in Northern Italy that produces the fresh, fruity sparkler we all love.
Prosecco mostly comes from the Veneto region and the main city is Treviso
Like Venice, Treviso has canals, although there are also paved roads to get around.
This is what’s left of Treviso’s famous Fontana della Tette which, on special days used to dispense red and white wine. Napoleon put a stop to all that frivolousness.
Here’s a replica of the fountain that bubbles happily away in a corner of a shopping mall. Just water these days, though.
These are vineyards growing premium glera grapes for Prosecco.
Villa Sandi’s magnificent Palladian-style mansion is well worth a visit.
A glass of just-fermented Prosecco ready to start the secondary fermentation that makes the bubbles. P.S. I am holding the glass in one hand, camera in the other because I am talented.
Workers picking glera grapes in Harvest 2016 in the Carizze district.
This is how we make the risotto.
St. Francis doing his thing at the Chiesa San Francisco in Treviso.
Kicking it old school at Casa Belfi where some wine is aged in amphorae.
