Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene is the DOCG title given to the finest Prosecco wines made in the Veneto wine region of north-eastern Italy. The wines may equally be labeled as 'Conegliano-Prosecco' or 'Valdobbiadene-Prosecco'. If they come from vineyards within the San Pietro di Barbossa area, just east of Valdobbiadene town, their chosen title may be followed by the mention 'Superiore di Cartizze'. For information about the wine style, see Prosecco Wines. For more information about the Prosecco grape variety, see Glera (Prosecco).
'Prosecco', like 'Champagne', is now a protected name. Although once just the name of a grape variety, used casually to describe the wines it made, the ever-increasing popularity of sparkling prosecco wines has cemented the name as that of the wine style, rather than the grape. This evolution was formalized by the official name change of the Prosecco grape variety to its ancient form 'Glera'.
In 2009 the Italian wine authorities created the catch-all Prosecco DOC, which covers large areas of both Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the homelands of the grape and wine style. In the same year the Prosecco Colli Asolani DOCG was introduced to complement the existing Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene title, which had existed since 1969 and was subsequently promoted to full DOCG status.
Other than the communes of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene themselves, 13 towns and villages have their vineyards covered by the Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene title. These are Refrontolo (of sweet Colli di Conegliano Refrontolo fame), San Vendemiano, Colle Umberto, Vittorio Veneto, Tarzo, Cison di Valmarino, Follina, Miane, Vidor, Farra di Soligo, Pieve di Soligo, San Pietro di Feletto and Susegana: all of these are located in the north of the Treviso province. The catchment area spans approximately 16 miles (25km) running from east to west, just north of the Montello and Colli Asolani.
