Prosecco recos?

1st_streeter

I was asked to bring some bubbly for tomorrow night's festivities at a friend's. Instead of champagne, which everybody else will probably be bringing, I thought of getting a couple of bottles of a nice prosecco wine.

Any recos?

ljnd

Villa Jolanda is the prosecco that Bar Toto serves. And you can get it from Fresh Direct! (Or you used to be able to.)

Big Nose Full Body has a really great fizzy rose that isn't sweet at all. It's lovely and light and I just want to stick a straw in it. But I forget what it's called.

longtimesloper

yes! I love Prosecco and have some in my fridge right now. they sell this one at Red, White and Bubbly:

Prosecco Mionetto

www.mionetto.com

snarkslope

Shawn on 7th near Carroll has two nice, reasonable brands: Anime and LaMarca (about $12-$14). They're delicious.

ljnd

And Caseo might know, of course!

veets

For sure Case knows but I have not seen her post here recently

Would it be advertising to post where she works? Or would it just be a helpful response?

1st_streeter

I usually go to Shawn so I'll probably pick up the recos from there, though I'm tempted to try the Mionetto from RW&B too.

Thanks guys!

veets

I remember. She does work at [removed]? Right?

Mod Note: Unless someone gives the OK, probably saying where they work might be TMI for a public board.

longtimesloper

Seriously, try the Mionetto! We love it,

torisoaw

Cristalino -- it's a Spanish sparkling wine that's like $12 a bottle and super delicious. I think you can get it at Adam's on 17th and 5th.

ljnd

Veets - yup!

pitu

Subject: Re: Prosecco recos?

1st_Streeter wrote: I was asked to bring some bubbly for tomorrow night's festivities at a friend's. Instead of champagne, which everybody else will probably be bringing, I thought of getting a couple of bottles of a nice prosecco wine.

Any recos?

You got prosecco recs, so I'd like to open up an etiquette question. I'm going to suggest you consult your host about what you're bringing.

My rule of thumb: If you're bringing bubbly for yourself, then bring what you want of course. If you're sharing and were asked for a bottle of champagne, well...it's not the same thing and two bottles are not better than one in everyone's opinion. And I have two bottles of prosecco in my fridge right now to prove it.

1st_streeter

Pitu, I could just pick up a bottle of Veuve Cliquot and be done with it, but I think my hostess will appreciate the variety. There will be several hours of drinking to get through! :drunken:

pitu

1st_Streeter wrote: Pitu, I could just pick up a bottle of Veuve Cliquot and be done with it, but I think my hostess will appreciate the variety. There will be several hours of drinking to get through! :drunken:

See, that's it exactly - I'd rather my guests had just picked up the widow C. Instead, we all drank champagne and had the other left behind. Nobody likes to downshift to the cheap booze...

wait, that's not exactly true.


Anyway, have a great party! I'm hoping we get fireworks in snow at midnight!

longtimesloper

Isn't prosecco just Italian champagne? I know you can only call things champagne if they are actually from that region of France, everything else is really sparkling wine, though, most people call it champagne just like most people call any aluminum wrap reynold's wrap even if it is not by that company.

But, again, isn't Prosecco just italian sparkling wine/champagne? So, if someone asks you to bring champagne, is it that big of a deal to bring prosecco?

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=food_drink&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=55644

1st_streeter

I got a bottle of Mionetto and one of LaMarca. Both at Shawn! And, I think my friend said to bring "bubbly", then she mentioned Cava. So I'm just switching countries on her.

Enjoy the festivities everyone!

snarkslope

so how was it?

1st_streeter

snarkslope wrote: so how was it?

There were so many bottles people were just filling their glasses with whatever was chilled and open at the moment. And it wasn't even that big of a party, just 20 - 25 people. I didn't get to try the proseccos I brought. They were finished off pretty quickly.

I guess I'll have to get some more...