Italian sparkling wines

Asti spumante
spumante - sparkling
Asti - town
Gancia - wine making company, after the owner's family name
Asti Gancia
Di / d' - of / from
Prosecco - bubbly, cheaper than Champagne and usually sweet (rather than the French brut which means dry)
nero - black
Pino Nero  - same black/dark red grape which the French call Pinot Noir
Pino Grigio -Pinot Gris
metodo - method
classico - classic
metodo classico (Champagne style)
Lambrusco - grape and region - think Lombardy, L L, can be sweet or dry
Marsala - from the city of Marsala in Sicily
moscato - muskat (grape variety)
rosso - red
vino - wine
DOCG - denominazione di origine controllata (control over who can use this name of place of origin)

Dolce - sweet
Amabile - sweet
seco - dry

frizzante - slightly bubbly - not as bubbly as spumante
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
winespectator.com 
Wine Spectator School courses

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_wine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_wine#Italian_sparklers
http://winefolly.com/review/sparkling-italian-wine/
http://winefolly.com/tutorial/understanding-italian-wine-list/
http://www.yourguidetoitaly.com/italian-sweet-dessert-wines.html
http://www.yourguidetoitaly.com/italian-wine-labels.html

cantucci - almond biscuits
In shops also look for truffle oil - yummy