2006-10-03 10:21:58 · 9 answers · asked by Kate W 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
it is composed of the crushed dreams of one day being brut prosecco
2006-10-03 14:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spumanti -- usually spelled ' spumante' means 'foam' in Italian,(from the word spumare = foam or froth) and is used to describe a sparkling wine, like we use the words 'fizz' and 'sparkling' in English.
The most famous is Asti Spumante -- and all that means is sparkling wine produced around the Italian town of Asti and there are several well known brands of Asti including Martini.
So Spumante is an Italian sparkling wine, made from grapes. But there are no legal restrictions on the varieties that it is made from, or the method in which it is made.
Spumante from Asti is usually made from the Moscato grape, but others could be made from the classic Champagne grapes and others.
If the label says 'Metodo Classico' then the wine is made by the tradtional Champagne method in which the secondary fermentation takes place inside the bottle.
2006-10-03 22:01:46 · answer #2 · answered by Pontac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A non-Champagne-sparkling-wine, Asti spumanti comes from the Turin region of Italy and is very popular with wine drinkers. Asti spumanti is Italy's second most produced wine, with "clones" produced in California and other locations. It is a sweet-to-semi-sweet dessert wine. Some people prefer asti to French Champagne because of asti's sweetness and easy drinking qualities.
GRAPE: Moscato bianco (white Moscato)
MAXIMUM PRODUCED AMOUNT: 100 quintals grapes per hectare.
COLOR: from straw yellow to pale golden yellow
PERLAGE: fine and persistent
BOUQUET: fragrant, of Moscato grapes
TASTE: sweet, aromatic and chatacteristic
LIMPIDITY: brilliant
OVERALL MINIMUM ALCOHOL LEVEL: 11 degrees with minimum 4.5 degrees of reduced alcohol.
2006-10-03 19:05:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's fermented grape juice.
It's bottled before the fermentation completely stops so that the CO2 that the yeast makes stays trapped in the wine...this is true of any sparkling wine that's naturally carbonated.
2006-10-03 11:30:56 · answer #4 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aloha,
Spumanti is a type of sparkling wine. I believe it is a bit sweeter than a Brut champange. The name may have something to do with the region.
2006-10-03 10:26:49 · answer #5 · answered by Joey K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asti Spumante is a sparkling wine.
Contrary to another answer, not all wines are made from grapes!
2006-10-04 13:30:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean Asti Spumante it is sparkling wine and made from grapes like all wines.
2006-10-03 10:24:19 · answer #7 · answered by Scooter Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wine, which has been fermented so that it produces bubbles, but the fermentation and ageing are not the "champagne" method.
It's a sparkling wine that isn't champagne.
2006-10-03 10:24:25 · answer #8 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10% Spu
89% Manti
1% Artificial preservative
=D
2006-10-03 10:23:55 · answer #9 · answered by Oklahoman 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋