article_snippet.sent: But here in Britain prosecco has long been seen as the second choice to champagne.
article_snippet.sent: According to industry figures released this month, our’ve developed such a taste for prosecco that last year UK sales overtook those of champagne for the first time — £181.8 million compared with £141.3 million.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecco may have found Prosecco way over here 30-odd years ago, but Prosecco was barely known beyond well-travelled wine lovers.
article_snippet.sent: One UK wine importer, David Gleave from Liberty Wines, tried to sell Prosecco in the late Eighties:
article_snippet.sent: I’m sure people will buy Prosecco.
article_snippet.sent: Britain has long seen prosecco as the second choice to champagne, now that's all changing as prosecco sales have overtaken for the first time .
article_snippet.sent: The prosecco revolution was set against a backdrop of celebratory occasions
article_snippet.sent: Which is a good thing, because prosecco is best when it’s young and most is produced as non-vintage, meaning it won’t have a stated year on the label.
article_snippet.sent: So, with everyone reaching for a glass or few of prosecco, are we going to run out of this no-fuss fruity fizz fit for any occasion?
article_snippet.sent: That might have been the case had the area where prosecco comes from not undergone significant changes in 2009.
article_snippet.sent: But in 2009 the area allowed to produce wine under the prosecco DOC name was expanded significantly and increased controls were introduced in an effort to ensure the quality of what was produced wasn’t compromised.
article_snippet.sent: You don’t have to pay much to get a great prosecco —
article_snippet.sent: Well, as serious as prosecco can be.
article_snippet.sent: This comes from the man who first brought prosecco to the UK in the Eighties
article_snippet.sent: — not that the man who first brought prosecco to the UK in the Eighties sold much back then.
article_snippet.sent: Happily, the man who first brought prosecco to the UK in the Eighties stuck at — not that he sold much back then and went on to create a really smart Asolo Prosecco wine with top producer Ca’ Morlin.
highlights_snippet.sent: Britain has long seen prosecco as the second choice to champagne .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Now that's all changing as prosecco sales have overtaken for the first time .
  