Italy categorizes its sparkling wine by the amount of carbonation, and most Prosecco falls into the spumante category, which is the most bubbly. It is also relatively low in alcohol compared to ...

The term spumante may also be used interchangeably with prosecco, but this is not entirely correct. Prosecco is a type of sparkling wine, so it falls under the "spumante" category, but a beverage ...

Typically made in a northeastern pocket of Italy in the shadow of the Italian Alps, Prosecco comes in various degrees of fizziness: spumante (sparkling), frizzante (semi-sparkling) and tranquilo ...