On the label…
Mezza is short for Mezzacorona and it’s hard not to say that in an East End accent. It is also the Italian for ‘half’ or ‘in between’, which is apt as this a perfect palate cleansing wine that would work midway through a meal or through the day! It’s a sparkling wine from the foothills of the Dolomites in Northern Italy in the wine region known as Trento-AltoAdige and is ideal for those who are tired of Prosecco. ‘Glacial Bubbly’ they call it, and there is a lovely freshness to it as you would expect with a name like that. It summons up crystalline bubbling brooks surrounded by white flowers. The packaging is very eye-catching and it’s clear that their whole brand ethos is geared towards getting a younger, millennial audience into a new style of wine. This is a pretty unique product!
IGT stands for Indicazione Geografica Tipica, which is a quality level similar to AOC in France and should be a guarantee of a certain level of quality. ‘Bianco’ means ‘white’, ‘vigneti’ means ‘vineyards’ and ‘delle Dolomiti’ means ‘from the Dolomites’.