Yes, spumante is a type of sparkling wine that can range from sweet to dry, depending on the specific variety.
Asti spumante is made in the region of Asti, Italy, using one particular grape varietal, while spumante can be any Italian sparkilng wine, that is also sweet.
The main differences between brut and spumante sparkling wines are their sweetness levels. Brut sparkling wines are dry, with very little residual sugar, while spumante sparkling wines can range from dry to sweet, with varying levels of sweetness.
Asti Spumante
The Asti Spumante Code was created in 2005.
Yes. That is a legal issue. The Italian government does not like having the word spumante being associated with common, sweet sparkling wine. They have a good reason though...spumante means sparkling in Italian.
The ISBN of The Asti Spumante Code is 0-7515-3768-3.
The Asti Spumante Code does not exist. It seems to be a fictional title combining "The Da Vinci Code" and "Asti Spumante" wine. If you are referring to a specific book, please provide the correct title.
The word for sparkling in Italian is spumante, but that style of wine is now completely associated with sweet sparkling. So, to fight that stereotype, Italian's now make a sparkling wine from the grape Prosecco, which goes by that name, and is far more citric and acidic than spumante ever was.
Spumante and brut sparkling wines differ in their sweetness levels. Spumante is sweeter, while brut is drier. This is due to the amount of residual sugar in the wine.
Asti Spumante
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100 calories