Prosecco for Meeting your Friends’ New Baby

🌼 sweet summertime pairing 🌼

Over the weekend, Beth visited some friends and their new baby! Beth of course brought the wine, and to make a special occasion even more special, sought out a bottle that would honor new baby girl Flora. 

Col di Luna Flora Prosecco ($15) is dry, with a summery floral nose, green apple on the palate, and great bubbles. It’s made by a family-owned winery in Treviso, just north of Venice, from organic, hand harvested Glera grapes that get fermented with native yeast and bottled with low sulphites. It is so refreshing with a delicious spread of soft cheeses, fruit, and a super easy card game suited for tired new parents. 

This wine comes to the US by way of the PortoVino FUSO project, which is dedicated to seeking out and bottling natural wines from farmers in Italy. They work with them in choosing specific vineyards and are present throughout the élevage, or process of nurturing the wine from fermentation to barrel to bottling. 

Not every baby name shows up on a wine label, but you can totally celebrate a birth (or your first visit to meet any new bebé) with wine from the baby’s birth year (if the current vintage matches) or from a region the parents love — it is meant for them to drink after all! 

Will you be stealing this idea?!