What is the Italian sparkling wine made from Glera grapes?

The Italian sparkling wine made from Glera grapes is Prosecco.

Prosecco is produced mainly in northeastern Italy, especially in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Its principal grape is Glera, a white variety that typically produces fresh, light-bodied wines with notes of green apple, pear, citrus, and flowers. Prosecco may be fully sparkling, known as spumante, or lightly sparkling, known as frizzante.

The name can cause confusion because Prosecco was once also used as a name for the grape. In 2009, European Union rules formally favored “Glera” for the variety, helping reserve “Prosecco” as a protected geographical name for wine made in designated Italian areas.

Prosecco is not the same as Champagne, which comes from France’s Champagne region and follows different production rules. Cava is a Spanish sparkling wine, while spumante is a broader Italian term for fully sparkling wine rather than a single grape-based appellation.