If I ask you to name Italy's great sparkling wine, you'd say Prosecco. Right? Sorry, wrong.
There is no denying that Prosecco has exploded throughout the wine-drinking world, conquering the category of 'value-priced sparkling wine.' But it didn't have to be this way. The region of Franciacorta in Northern Italy produces some of the world's greatest sparkling wine - and have for a long time.
This four minute video, produced in Franciacorta by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Parzen in Franciacorta, gives you a brief look at the people, place, and food of the great Italian Sparking Wine Region. Enjoy.
Directed by Ben Shapiro and produced by Jeremy Parzen (DoBianchi.com). In this short film devoted to one of Italy's greatest expressions of sparkling Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Franciacorta grape growers and chefs talk about what sets their wines apart from the rest.
