Italy's Fizz whizzes: prosecco tasting in Veneto

Prosecco is now the UK’s favourite fizz, though it’s never been Mina Holland’s favourite tipple. But on a trip to Italy’s Veneto region, she’s converted after tasting an unusually cloudy version

“It’s pretty,” one of them says, “and feminine.” “Yes,” says another, “soft, slightly sweet, a real ladies’ drink.”

We are in the tasting room at Ca’ dei Zago, a prosecco producer just outside Valdobbiadene, north of Venice and Treviso, and one of the two major towns in the prosecco-making region, an area of the Veneto that covers around 20,000 hectares.