When I first started drinking Prosecco, I made a classic mistake: thinking Prosecco was all the same. Prosecco seemed to be everywhere in the US, where most bottles tasted indistinguishable, with the same sweet, heavy bubbles. I assumed every Prosecco was made the same way. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
But as Emily and I began exploring Prosecco, we discovered just how much we’d been missing. In Europe, we found bottles with delicate bubbles, crisp finishes, and a refreshing balance that, best of all, didn’t make us feel bloated. The Proseccos we found in Europe were nothing like the syrupy styles we’d grown used to back home. When we created Offline Wine, we designed Offline Skinny Dip Prosecco to be more than a wine with a catchy label. The wine in the bottle is everything we love about Prosecco in Italy. It’s light, not overly sweet, and perfect by itself or in a Spritz.
As much as we would love Offline Skinny Dip Prosecco to be available everywhere (one day!), here are some tricks for picking a good Prosecco at restaurants and wine shops.
1. Check Vivino reviews to find wine ratings for Prosecco
I’ve been a Vivino user since I first started drinking wine. Let’s be honest, wine is confusing, and it sometimes feels like you need a PHD to read a wine label. Vivino is great because you can snap a picture of the label, read all the customer reviews, and see the wine's overall rating. I use Vivino all of the time to pick a good wine, including Prosecco.
2. Stick to bottles of Prosecco over $12
This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, but when it comes to Prosecco and wine in general, I look at bottles in the $12-$30 range. Usually, wines under $12 per bottle are optimized for cost, so the winemakers may choose to add more sugar or other additives to produce a consistent-tasting wine at high volume.
3. Avoid “Mass-Produced” Prosecco Brands
When choosing Prosecco, I try to seek out bottles from smaller producers, wines you won’t typically find in the wine aisles of big-box stores like Walmart. Mass-produced brands, much like budget bottles, often rely on extra sugar and additives to achieve a consistent flavor at scale.
4. Ask your friends for advice
The best Prosecco is the one you enjoy drinking. When I’m looking to try new wines, I always ask my friends with similar tastes to me what they like.
Most people expect Prosecco to be sweet, but that’s really a quirk of how the category evolved in the U.S. There is a common misconception in the wine world that Americans (especially American women) want to drink sweet wines. When you try drier, cleaner styles, like the ones we fell in love with in Italy, you realize Prosecco can be refreshing, light, and incredibly versatile.
That’s exactly why we created Offline Skinny Dip as an under $25 Prosecco: to challenge the stereotype that affordable Prosecco has to be syrupy or heavy. Our goal was to make something crisp and lively that you can enjoy on its own, mix into a Spritz, or share with friends any night of the week.
x Sarah
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