This is a lovely fruit-forward sparkler with notes of honeydew melon, grapefruit and guava. Expect a lovely hedonistic drop of sweetness here, rounding off the palate beautifully. This is a ripe expression of Frizzante, with plenty of richness and generosity.

Origin: There’s a small village called Prosecco near Trieste, in Friuli, Italy. Mainly Grown In: Prosecco can only come from either the Friuli or Veneto regions, in the north-east of Italy. Key Facts: Prosecco is THE sparkling wine of Italy. Sure, they make other fizzy stuff, but Prosecco is the most produced and the best known. The main grape is known as Glera these days (confusingly enough it was formerly known as Prosecco), but was changed in an attempt to keep Prosecco strictly Italian. It’s often a touch sweeter than other sparkling wines, but just in a fruit-forward kind of way, not a dessert-wine kind of way. It’s made slightly differently to Champagne and traditional method wines, and always shows off keen acidity, a lovely yellow apple and pear kind of flavour and is inherently refreshing. Fun Fact: There are 49 billion bubbles in a bottle of Prosecco. Side note: how do I get the job of researching Prosecco?