If y'all want to know what to order for your mimosas at brunch, my GF and I jumped on that grenade for you and tried all the cheap mini bottles I could get at Total Wine and this was our mutual consensus:
Ruffino Limina
– sweet, pear.
Vostra
-suuuper flat, not sure it was carbonated at all, doesnt taste or smell like anything, kiwi?
Mionetto
– light underripe green apple, cream. At least it is unique.
Lamarca
– good bubble level, overripe green apple. Clear winner for cheap prosecco
Borrasca Valdobbiadene
– overripe, perhaps rotting honeydew, godawful (which tracks because of the super cute glittery label, the best labels are always shit wine)
by ILoveCheapWine
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You deff like the sweet stuff if you’d reach for Lamarca.
Taking one for the team here. Thank you for your service
What? You didn’t include J Harden (the Beard)’s Prosecco. You can get it at Grocery Outlet.
Hot take: there is no such thing as amazing prosecco. Even CV is mid
Spend 10 extra bucks and get a better bubbly
Lamarca does the trick …
What are some better proseccos?
I had a violent reaction to this post. I don’t drink prosecco often; usually when I want carbonation I go with club soda and ice.
The Lamarca is my go-to mimosa/bellini bubbly. I don’t find it especially sweet, but just the right touch for a mimosa. I would not drink it on its own. I’ll pick up two at Costco a couple times a year but they sit in the basement for a couple months at a time before use.
The Borrasca is my go-to for drinking bubbly. I don’t find this especially sweet either, but sweeter than the Lamarca. I initially picked it up on a whim and was surprised how much I enjoyed it. PS I love the stupid glittery label. I framed a drawing of orcs in a frame of similar look. For reasons.
Always interesting to see people take offense at the OP’s shtick, check the username. He’s the yin to mchang’s yang.
You like sweeter wines. The mass produced, sweeter stuff is what you like. Nothing wrong with that – to each their own. It’s what makes the world go round. But for mimosas, I’m a cava guy. Drier bubbs for the splash of OJ
I’m all about that Kirkland life. The true king of shitty prosecco.
No Kirkland no care
I get cheap French sparkling and that prefer it to Prosecco.
Lamarca works perfectly added upside down into a Benihana fishbowl. Happy Birthday
Lamarca for the win. Good flavor and good price. Makes for good Bellinis too.
Prosecco is a last resort/nothing good on the menu pick. Go for Franciacorta. Better than most of the <$100 champagne that I’ve tried.
Throwing in a hat for Bisol’s “Jeio” MAYBE a dollar or two more and so much better than all this garbage.
(Wilson Daniels increase my allocations plz thank u 🙏🏻)
Most of them from the same winery.. take it from an actual wine importer.
Prosecco is great a a mixer, like a grown up version of club soda. Don’t overthink it. Different wines have different uses.
It’s wild to think that you should splurge on bubbles to mix with orange juice.
Perhaps you got a dud bottle of Vostra? I use it for my Aperol/Select/Cynar/Campari spritz bubbles and I’ve never had a full size bottle lacking carbonation. It’s fine for mixing, and cheap for rounding out a mix 6 and save deal on a good bottle of something.
Try a serious valdobbiadene prosecco. Those are cheap supermarket ones
Piggybacking… what’s the best $30 bottle of sparkling wine?
Lamarca is gross, Mionetto is preferrable imo.
Sounds like a bad bottle of Vostra. I had one the other day and it wasn’t flat
Did you taste blind?
Are you able to find San Gregorio in your country?
Lamarca is the value king
I run a restaurant with a pretty heavy wine list, and LaMarca is the hardest thing to keep stocked it sells so fast
Had several bottles of that Borrasca and liked it. Was this a blind test?