If you're searching for something a little different in a sparkling wine, perhaps something a bit fun, complex, and sophisticated without breaking the bank, welcome to Franciacorta wine. And, yes, you should read that welcome exactly as though you're being welcomed to Jurassic Park, but without the danger. Unless you're into dangerously delicious sparkling wine.

What Is Franciacorta Wine?

From the Italian province of Brescia, just over an hour east of Milan, comes the Italian sparkling wine, Franciacorta. Made from grapes grown near Lake Iseo in the Lombardi region and harvested by hand, this green wine, green in age only, emerges from a region steeped in wine history.