The Bubbly Bracket
For many of us, prosecco is a cheaper alternative to Champagne, and choosing a bottle often comes down to which label appeals to us when we're in the liquor store. But is there that much difference between proseccos? For the most part, the answer is no. Lots of bottles of this type of sparkling wine tend to taste alike, as our intrepid team of testers found out after slogging through 10 bottles in a blind tasting. But there were a couple of standouts, and one lowly brand that none of us would touch again. Read on to find out which proseccos took flight on our taste buds, and which crashed and burned.
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The Torresella prosecco was the last bottle of the night and was served after several mediocre showings. One panelist's comment said it all: "I might like this even better if I hadn't already tried 10 bottles." Another called it the Keanu Reeves of proseccos (a good thing, mind you, and we'd had a lot of bubbly up to this point so the comments were becoming more colorful) and testers noted that it was dry, crisp, smooth, and contained strong floral notes. 
Ruffino was a favorite of two of our testers and was noted for its balance, with one calling it the "perfect combination of dry and sweet." It's made from grapes grown in Valdobbiadene in Treviso, Italy — one of the most well-known regions for prosecco — and exhibits both fruit and floral notes.
