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Italy, land of the Spumante, the sparkling wine famous all over the world is made in Italy with the champenois methods. There are several highly suitable regions to make the spumante: from the Trento DOC wine from Trentino Alto Adige region where renowned wineries are located such as Ferrari, Cavit, Rotari and many more, to the Franciacorta area, chracterised by the presence of acclaimed wineries like Cà del Bosco, Bellavista and Berlucchi, and also small excellent producers of the 'metodo classico' wines. The most used grape varieties to make italian sparkling wine are Chardonnay and Pinot Nero, but also Pinot Bianco can be used, which can deliver acidity and freshness to the wines. Today there are numerous wineries in every region of Italy who produce a sparkling wine for many reasons; beside being a new trend today, producing a sparkling wine shows how suitable and excellent a land is for wine-growing and also prove the skills and ability of the experts, since a manic care and precision is needed to produce an outstanding Italian sparkling wine. In our online wine shop Foodexplore offers excellent Italian spumanti, perfect for any occasion.


Berlucchi is probably the most famous winery in Franciacorta, its founder Guido Berlucchi, thanks to the volcanic oenologist Franco Ziliani, was the firt producer of Franciacorta sparkling wine, Franco Ziliani proposed to Guido Berlucchi to "produce a sparkling wine in the style of the French"  so re-fermentation in the bottle or classic method. In 1962, after not succesfull first attempts 3000 bottles of wine Pinot di Franciacorta were released on the market and immediately arouses curiosity and admiration. In subsequent years the Berlucchi winery grows exponentially increasing production: the Franciacorta Pinot become Berlucchi Cuvée Imperiale and were produced also Franciacorta Millesimato called Cellarius. Berlucchi winery is now led by Franco Ziliani who is still the president and his children Cristina, Arturo and Paolo dealing with communications departments, production and trade. Today Berlucchi winery cultivate around 600 hectares of vineyard from wich they produce about 4 million bottles per year, Berlucchi is the largest producer in Franciacorta.