Italy’s Best Sparkling Wine Is Not Prosecco

The dramatic topography of the Trentino is more than just eye-catching scenery – and it is certainly that – but the steep, rocky slopes and dramatic day/night temperature fluctuations result in low yields of mineral-infused wines packed with vivacious personality.

And then there’s the way the wine’s made. The Metodo Classico, formally Metodo Champenoise till the Champenoise got sniffy, is the same method used in Champagne, but whatever name it goes by it’s the slow, difficult and expensive process that puts all those tiny, delicate bubbles in the wine. No other method works anything like as well.