Drink (more) Prosecco before you die! Why?
This is refined simplicity at its best. Utterly enjoyable.
I nearly didn’t include Prosecco. But, after its meteoric rise in popularity over the last 15 years I thought I better. And, to be honest, I’ve really, really enjoyed drinking Prosecco on multiple occasions.
When the Global Financial Crisis hit in 2008 people began looking for a cheaper way to get their bubbly fix. They found Prosecco ... and liked it. Less going on than Champagne … less depth...less complexity. But, it is also less challenging, less acidic, and so, so, easy to drink … and, probably most importantly, so, so, much cheaper!
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Sometimes the simple things really are the best. There’s no yeast autolysis, no blending of reserve wine, no oak. It’s just simple.
I read Dave Grohl’s book The Storyteller last Christmas and there’s an interesting story about restraint that reminded me of Prosecco (and other understated wines). Early in his career Grohl was eager to show of his drumming skills and put in lots of complex, flamboyant fills whenever he could. The bassist of the band he was in at the time sat him down and forced him to play the same rhythm without any distracting fills. Grohl found it hard but said he became a better drummer because of it. To me, Prosecco is a bit like this. No distracting yeast autolysis. No distracting oak flavors, And, no distracting aged wine characters. Just pure, clean, straight forward prosecco.
There's lots of cheap and cheerful Prosecco out there. But to really experience that clean, pure, refined simplicity you need to get a Valdobbiadene.
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| Dave Grohl's book 'The Storyteller' - restraint and simplicity is often more telling of quality than flamboyancy and complexity - a great read. Buy now at amazon.com or wherever you can find a copy. |