If you’ve got a few bottles of our favourite party tipple stashed away at home, now might be the time to take a closer look at the label.
Mere weeks after warnings of a prosecco shortage had us scrambling for the supermarket to stock up, there’s even more bad news for fans of the bubbly beverage.
The Independent reports that customers affected by The Wine Society’s Prosecco Brut I Duecento have received letters and emails asking them not to imbibe, and instead to return the bottles “wrapped in a cloth, placed in a plastic bag and then into a carton”.
Though the global popularity of Prosecco is a relatively recent phenomenon, the drink actually dates as far back as Roman times, where they used the Glera grape that grew near the village of Prosecco.
Prosecco sits on the hills above Trieste in Italy and during the 18th century the cultivation of the Glera grapes expanded over the hills and into neighbouring towns and villages.
Last month Robert Cremonese, export manager at Italian prosecco producer Bisol, said there is a real possibility of a global shortage.
Speaking to The Drinks Business, he said: Last year’s harvest was very poor, and down by up to 50 per cent in some parts, so there is a very real possibility of a global shortage”.
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