The Independent reports that customers affected by The Wine Society’s Prosecco Brut I Duecento have received letters and emails asking them not to imbibe, and instead to return the bottles "wrapped in a cloth, placed in a plastic bag and then into a carton".
Though the global popularity of Prosecco is a relatively recent phenomenon, the drink actually dates as far back as Roman times, where they used the Glera grape that grew near the village of Prosecco.
century the cultivation of the Glera grapes expanded over the hills and into neighbouring towns and villages.
Last month Robert Cremonese, export manager at Italian prosecco producer Bisol, said there is a real possibility of a global shortage.
