New Year's Eve: 100 million Italian sparkling wine corks pop

Italian sparkling wine consumption during the holidays reached over 100 million corks, a 2% increase from the previous year, while champagne consumption decreased by 8%. Prosecco continues to lead the national productions, with a wide variety of other Italian sparkling wines also gaining popularity. Italian sparkling wines are expected to generate approximately 2.3 billion euros abroad, marking a 9% increase from 2023, with the United States, Germany, Great Britain, France, and Russia showing growth in imports.

With New Year's Eve, the corks of Made in Italy sparkling wine skipped during the holidays rise to over 100 million, with the tricolor bubbles that will be present on 83% of the tables, from homes to restaurants and agritourisms. This is stated by a Coldiretti analysis on Ismea-Ui and Ixe' data, on the occasion of New Year's Eve which traditionally represents the peak of sparkling wine consumption in Italy, up 2% compared to last year, while champagne drops by 8%. If Prosecco continues to lead the ranking of national productions, with an incidence of about 70% of the total bottled - according to Coldiretti - on the festive tables you can now find a wide variety of bottles, from traditional ones such as Franciacorta, Asti and Trento Doc to a growing presence of small wineries that have rapidly spread throughout the peninsula, from Abruzzo to Sicily, passing through Tuscany, Marche, Lazio and Umbria. Examples of these excellences are Trebbiano, Verdicchio, Oltrepò, Alta Langa, ...