London – For this holiday season, 190 million bottles of Italian sparkling wine will be uncorked abroad. This is an estimate by the Coldiretti, which underlines that this is a record for Italian sparkling wine, whose sales have increased by 13% abroad, on the basis of ISTAT data for the first nine months of 2015. Outside Italy – according to Coldiretti – demand for Italian bubbles has never been this high. Demand for bottles – Coldiretti – has grown by 48% in Britain and 22% in the United States, which now rank respectively as the first and the second outlet markets for Italian sparkling wine. Also going strong is Germany (+5%) which is in third place. Requests – reveals the Coldiretti – also grew by 9% in France. The most popular Italian bubbles consumed in the world are Prosecco, Asti, Trento DOC and Franciacorta. (9Colonne)
