According to the association, Italy exported more Prosecco than ever before in the first four months of this year. The companies delivered more than 120 million bottles during this time, the Italian agricultural association Coldiretti announced on Saturday. That is an increase of 17 percent over the same period of the previous year.
Most of the Prosecco bottles are exported to the USA. But the Italian Prosecco manufacturers recorded the greatest growth in exports to Germany. Sales to Germany via the Brenner Pass increased by 29 percent. On the other hand, exports to Great Britain fell by nine percent. Coldiretti attributed this to the bureaucratic hurdles associated with Brexit. For the sparkling wine exporters there are problems with the customs procedures.
Prosecco is an EU protected designation of origin for Italian sparkling or sparkling wines. The attempt by Croatia to have its local white wine “Prosek” protected by the EU as a name recently caused anger. Italy wants to defend itself against it, because the name is clearly in conflict with the name Prosecco, so the accusation. There was even talk of the “Prosecco War”. In 2013, Croatia failed with a similar attempt.
For two years now, the Prosecco growing areas in Friual Julisch Venetien and in Veneto have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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