Valdobbiadene, ten thousand souls, a renaissance town square and the fresh breeze descending from the Dolomites. Here, away from the limelight, the world-renowned Prosecco wine is produced, including its most precious and rare variety which goes under the name of “Cartizze”.

Fresh, hip and affordable, The most famous Italian sparkling wine is enjoying great popularity worldwide. Millennials from London to New York, are ditching tired champagne in favor of its Italian cousin and deciding to celebrate with a bubbly glass of Italy’s best. Prosecco seems to be the new cool and the numbers agree: five hundred million bottles produced in 2018 and a 5 percent growth in key markets such as Germany and the US, while in Britain the decade-long surge in Prosecco sales is finally reaching its plateau and Italian sparkling wine is stabilizing in its dominant position.