Costco warns of shattering prosecco bottles in recall notice

A Costco store in Vallejo, California. Costco recently issued a recall order for its Kirkland Signature Prosecco Valdobbiadene, warning the bottles were at risk of shattering. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Costco is issuing a recall for its Kirkland Signature Prosecco Valdobbiadene, saying that unopened bottles of the wine could “shatter” without being touched.

In a letter posted on its website, the company warned customers in 12 states across the Midwest and South to immediately dispose of the bottles “by wrapping the unopened bottle in paper towels and placing it in a plastic bag before placing in the garbage to avoid risk from shattered glass.”

The warning was directed at customers who bought the Prosecco between April 25th and August 25th of this year in Iowa, Ill