Sommelier Taylor Parsons, a masterful speaker and sommelier with Marq Wine Group, titled the class “Pride and Prejudice.” The prejudice, he suggested, comes from the way “Prosecco” has come to mean a category of wine more readily than a particular place. For many wine lists, it occupies one slot: Prosecco. The name’s commercial reach can eclipse the landscape and producers behind it.

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