Prosecco

• prosecco

Borrowed from Italian prosecco, named after the area where the variety was grown, Prosecco near Trieste, in the Veneto region.

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈsɛkoʊ/, /pɹoʊˈsɛkoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkəʊ

Prosecco

1. (viticulture) A variety of white grape grown in the Veneto region of Italy.

   Synonym: (officially) Glera

   • 2014, Diego Tomasi, Federica Gaiotti, Gregory V. Jones, The Power of the Terroir: the Case Study of Prosecco Wine, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 7:

     The earliest documentation concerning the cultivation of Prosecco variety in the Veneto region dates back to 1754, with Aureliano Acanti, and to 1773, with Cosimo Villafranchi, who stated that the grape came from the Carso Triestino area, where there is a small town called Prosecco and where the Prosecco cultivars are still widely grown, under the name of Glera.

Following the promotion of the Prosecco terroir to DOCG and PDO status in 2009 and 2010, which established a protected geographical indication, the grape variety was renamed to Glera for official usage.

Prosecco (countable and uncountable, plural Proseccos)

1. (wine) A dry, slightly sparkling Italian white wine made from that grape; also a geographical indication.

   Alternative form: prosecco

   • 2010 July 28, Derek Brown, “The Bellini: A Two-Ingredient Marvel”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Prosecco is the perfect vehicle for the white peaches. Contrary to what most people think, Prosecco is not commonly sweet. While there are some sweet versions, more often than not Prosecco is dry with a touch of grassy character and citrus-like acidity.

   • 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 96:

     ‘Itʼs Prosecco, champagneʼs Italian cousin!’

   • 2024 August 1, Ali Watkins, “In an Italian Village, a Mayor Walks Off the Wine and Everyone Joins In”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Luciano Fregonese, the mayor of Valdobbiadene—a rural town of 10,000 people in Italy’s picturesque northeast, famous for its Prosecco—has lived such truths. “It’s not easy, because every weekend there is one or two or three or maybe more events to attend to, and every event it is common to drink wine, or Prosecco, and also to eat,” the mayor said in an interview, with the help of a translator.

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• Bellini (“Prosecco-peach cocktail”)
• sgroppino (“Prosecco-vodka cocktail”)

Borrowed from Italian prosecco.

• IPA^(key): /pʁoˈzɛko/, /pʁoˈsɛko/

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Prosecco m (strong, genitive Prosecco or Proseccos, plural Proseccos or Prosecchi)

1. (wine) Prosecco

• “Prosecco” in Duden online
• “Prosecco” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Proto-Slavic *prosěkъ (“kind of axe; opening, cutting (in a forest)”) from the areas deforested for the cultivation of the vine.

Prosecco ?

1. a district of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Italy, origin of the Prosecco grape variety

• prosecco

• Prosecco (Trieste) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it