Dal Pucino al Prosecchino. Appunti per una storia letteraria del vino Prosecco

Abstract

The essay aims to examine all those literary texts from the sixteenth century to nowadays that mention the Prosecco, a wine particularly celebrated in the Renaissance because it was considered the descendant of the ancient Pucino praised by Pliny the Elder. By retracing the multiple identities that this wine assumed over the centuries, this work aims not only to shed new light on the history of the Prosecco wine, but also to emphasize the role that literature can play in enhancing wine and food products that have a long and rich history.