In our house, we have been fans of cava, over prosecco, for as long as I can remember. Prosecco just doesn’t do it for me. As a wine merchant, however, prosecco is a hard product to ignore. Italian sparkling wine accounts for just under seventy per cent of the sparkling wine portfolio I work with.
The success of the International Opera Awards is intellectual rigour
At the awards ceremony in Munich this year, a jury dug deep into the purpose of opera and its impact on society.Â