Definition of Asti Spumante in English:
Asti Spumante
nounˌasti sp(j)uːˈmanteɪ-tiˌästē sp(y)o͞oˈmän(t)ē
another term for Asti (sense 2)
Example sentencesExamples
- It was Camillo Gancia, the son of Carlo Gancia, who succeeded in obtaining a consensus of the Asti producers and renamed the wine Asti Spumante around 1910.
- The region produces some 50 million cases of wine a year, with the best-known appellations being Asti Spumante, Barolo and Barbaresco.
- In the Piedmont region the fresh and lushly sweet moscato grape is transformed into the mouth-watering Moscato d' Asti and Asti Spumante wines.
- Sweetish German wines are a vast success with fresh fruit such as peaches, but for Christmas pudding nothing can beat Asti Spumante.
- It's not champagne, but no matter: old Jimbo wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Asti Spumante and Veuve Cliquot.
Definition of Asti Spumante in US English:
Asti Spumante
nounˌästē sp(y)o͞oˈmän(t)ē
former term for Asti (sense 2)
Example sentencesExamples
- In the Piedmont region the fresh and lushly sweet moscato grape is transformed into the mouth-watering Moscato d' Asti and Asti Spumante wines.
- The region produces some 50 million cases of wine a year, with the best-known appellations being Asti Spumante, Barolo and Barbaresco.
- Sweetish German wines are a vast success with fresh fruit such as peaches, but for Christmas pudding nothing can beat Asti Spumante.
- It was Camillo Gancia, the son of Carlo Gancia, who succeeded in obtaining a consensus of the Asti producers and renamed the wine Asti Spumante around 1910.
- It's not champagne, but no matter: old Jimbo wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Asti Spumante and Veuve Cliquot.