And you’ve guessed it. It’s all about mishandling pressurized bottles of sparkling wine resulting with projectile corks flying around like bullets.

Prosecco, the handsome Italian cousin of Champagne, is on the spotlight today as wine expert and storyteller extraordinaire Deniz Bayram tells its story. Meet a Greek philosopher, an Italian poet and other colourful characters in the true tale of this world-famous sparkling wine.

“In today’s world, we seem to be obsessed with grape varieties. There are tons of names going around and people are either fanatics of some great varieties or they hate their grape varieties.” In this episode, wine expert Deniz Bayram wraps up the Champagne 101 series by saluting to one of the pillars of wine … Continue reading "Champagne 101: The Grapes of Champagne"