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Prosecco, n.
Brit. |prə(ʊ)ˈsɛkəʊ|, U.S. |proʊˈsɛkoʊ|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[‹ Italian prosecco (1662), probably ‹ the name of Prosecco, a town near Trieste.]
A white wine, slightly or (usually) fully sparkling and ranging from dry to medium sweet, from the Veneto region of north-east Italy; (also) the grape from which this wine is made.
A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
1881Times 24 Nov. 4/6 Two varieties of white wine, Verdiso and Prosecco, and one red, the Roboso, not entirely unlike the white and red wines of the more northerly vineyards of France. 1900K. Baedeker Austria (ed. 9) iv. xxxii. 209 Prosecco is a half-effervescing wine like Asti. 1966H. Johnson Wine 132 Farther east, north of Venice, Conegliano is well known for rather sweet white wine called by the name of the Prosecco grape. 1989Holiday Which? Sept. 187/3 Prosecco, the local sparkler, is good on its own, and delicious with peach juice. 2003New Yorker 11 Aug. 14/2 Harry's Bar in Venice, the Lost Generation joint that invented the Bellini, a mixture of Prosecco and white-peach purée that still attracts the big spenders. |