
Along with many other candidates including the mines of the
Erzgebirge / Krušnohoří and the
Roman Limes, Italy (
previously) hopes that after a decade’s long campaign for inclusion to add the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene outside of Venice to the
UNESCO register of World Heritage Sites. The grape variety, the glera, is a Slovenian import and until 2009 (when
effervescent prosecco was granted its
denominazione di origine controllata label, the title beverage has its own protected designation and is made from Moscato grapes) was called Prosek. Proposals will be submitted to the commission in Paris at the end of the month.