A farmers’ association in Italy are outraged that wine-makers in Crimea are producing “fake” prosecco.
Domenico Bosco, wine representative for the Rome-based farmers group Coldiretti, says Crimean prosecco is cheaper than the Italian one, offering up unfair competition to the authentic brand and deceiving customers, since it is sold with the same name.
Russia’s wine market is growing in significance as more citizens turn to wine over the more traditional favourites of vodka and beer. A report from 2014 revealed the number of Russians drinking foreign wine two to five times a week saw a significant jump from 2012 to 2014, making …read more
Source: Newsweek
