Is Prosecco an acceptable gift?

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Just that. I have no idea what’s currently in or out of fashion for a smallish present.

The recipient is definitely someone who drinks alcohol.

All opinions gratefully received, thank you!

Oh, I hope so otherwise my friends and I have been giving each terrible gifts for years!

In The Sunday Times today there were some reviews of Cremants, hope this share token works

Cremants

My go to gift is a bottle of cheap but cheerful, a wedge of nice brie, a good baguette, a punnet of strawberries and a nice bit of chocolate with a thank you card.

Only if the recipient is a wine snob.

if you receive a bottle of sparkling not to your particular liking make mimosas or Bellinis etc instead! 😊😋💡

I'd like it.

Sorry but this is affectation . Every country has its own fizz made with specified grapes in specified regions. Prosecco, Cava, Cremant are all good quality, decent fizz made in a traditional method ( as opposed to being cheap wine with bubbles added Lambrusco style)
Or there are New World bubbles .

You couldn’t guess which of them anyone would prefer and quality wise they are on par.

Cloudy Bay Pelorus is also excellent.

Decent Prosecco is around £20 a bottle and it should be Valdobbiadene Prosecco, then it's worth giving. Prosecco uses the Cremant method. If you want an Italian wine using the Champagne method, then go for a Trento Metodo Classico.

Thank you!

Thank you, I hope so!

Thank you!

I love your username by the way!

LOL!

Sounds lovely, but would be too much for this situation.

Gosh the OP asked for help. I don’t think anyone is saying they are better than anyone else by giving her a few other suggestions such as Cremant or Cava. I only discovered Cremant a few years ago - it’s delicious, less sugary than Prosecco but a similar price point.

I also think it’s helpful to point out that Prosecco has fallen slightly out of fashion (not that it matters really) due to its over popularity. However, any gift is thoughtful and I’m sure the recipient would always be grateful. The OP asked and quite a few people mentioned other ideas. If she wants to stick to Prosecco then I’m sure that will be well received.

What are you drinking? If it is sweet, it is not real prosecco. Choose one labelled Conegliano Valdobbiadene Superiore Prosecco DOCG. Decent prosecco is dry and some are very dry. Clearly in the UK there are wine trends, and prosecco is going out of fashion. What people really mean is they have been drinking the same drink for years and they are bored of it. Fair enough, buy a bottle of Franciacorta if you want bubbles, buy Cremant if you are sick of Italian wine, buy a nice bottle of Amarone and never look back at white wine....but for goodness sake, there is no need to disparage every prosecco ever made. It makes you seem pretty ignorant about wine.

I am not doubting there are some very good Proseccos and we’ve all been drinking the crap versions. You have to be pretty knowledgeable to get a good one I think. So it’s a bit risky for me. Whereas I tend to like most Cremants.

It’s a bit like when Chardonnay went out of fashion as we were all drinking the crap Australian ones when actually there are some very lovely Chardonnays out there.

I have to say it’s really horrible when people accuse you of snobbery if you don’t really like the cheap supermarket Prosecco (only saying that as I have had some of the expensive drier stuff and liked it a lot more). I normally just say a cheery thank you for it and either regift it or open it for everyone and I will drink it myself but not enjoy it much, but I appreciate the thought. But I DID tell my mother as she had developed a habit of buying it for me for celebrations, and I suggested she get cava or cremant instead as I like both. She was fine with that but my sister has taken it as an insult against her and now produces pink sweet prosecco on every possible occasion with barbed comments about how it all tastes the same to her and she’s not a snob. It’s just a drink and I don’t have a sweet tooth. It’s not a moral judgement on anyone who likes it. There are various grapes I don’t like and I don’t think expressing an opinion on those draws this level of defensiveness, although when chardonnay was hugely popular, it probably would have done.

Anyway, it’s fine as a gift. Like anything else you give to someone you don’t know hugely well, it might not be to their taste but it’s easily regifted or shared with others. Cremant and champagne aren’t to everyone’s tastes either, and some wine drinkers dislike anything fizzy. Just pick one and I’m sure the thought will count.

Prosecco does not use the traditional method, it uses the Charmat/tank method, which makes it fruiter and fresher. If you want an italian wine that uses the traditional method but is fruiter than champagne, then you need to buy franciacorta. By this point we are wildly off topic and in reality, most people would be happy to drink anything!

Let me put it this way....if you are paying 8-10 pounds, it is not a very good prosecco, as I live in Italy and even for me a decent prosecco is 8-9 euros a bottle in the supermarket.

Yes I agree. For that price point there are other options.

I don’t like Prosecco much but I would not be offended (who the hell is offended by a drinkable gift?) or disappointed with it as a gift. It’s certainly not undrinkable and I’m a bit of wine snob. I would accept with grace and I’d happily drink it as it comes or as a Aperol Spritz or I’d keep for a garden party/emergency wine situation.