Prosecco is in high demand this holiday season. Cheaper and containg less calories than champagne and white wine it’s is a good choice for the holdiays. This comes with troubling news, Italian farmers are using cancer causing pesticides on the vines to keep up the demand for prosecco. People in Europe hope this practice will change soon.

Key Takeaways:

• Pesticide traces have been found in other wines, too. In a 2013 study, 40 bottles of French red and white wines sold in the EU were found to contain at least one pesticide.
• They have the support of local doctors and campaigners, although health officials deny there is any regional problem.
• Now back in their home, they keep doors and windows sealed and have banned their children from playing outside, where a plastic slide lies abandoned in the garden.

“Forget Herald Angels singing. The arrival of the Christmas season these days is marked by the gentle ‘pop’ of a prosecco cork. The pale gold fizz is Britain’s celebratory glass of choice.”

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