Washington – “This year Glera grapes, planted and not claimable as Prosecco will bear the name Prosecco Doc”. This was announced by the commissioner to agricultural resources of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Cristiano Shaurli. 3,000 additional hectares devoted to Prosecco Doc and distributed between Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia will be able to develop their potential only in the future, Shaurli focused on a choice motivated by the desire “to make the market transparent and avoid the tensions which are expected when there are positive developments characterised by a 20% growth in demand when they have already been exceeded 3.2 million hectolitres of production, 70% of which is paid abroad with constantly increasing demands from North America and other English-speaking areas “. (9Colonne)