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The wine is moscato, or more precisely, moscato d’asti, the low-alcohol, sparkling, refreshing, fruity ... dessert wines. My wife’s grandmother used to call moscato d’asti – and its bubblier but less tasty ... tasted an excellent one, the Tintero moscato d’Asti, which is imported to the United States by Kermit ... , sweet moscato wine has also travelled beyond Piemont, as demonstrated by Innocent Bystander ’s Pink...

I love Moscato over summer, the best are slightly sweet but the acid and spritz can be so refreshing. The generally low alcohol is also a bonus. With this in mind, I sought out 17 Moscato based ... are approximate. Wirra Wirra Mrs Wigley Moscato 2007: Peach tinted straw colour. Really good visual fizz ... . Excellent. Crown Seal. 5.5% alcohol. 500ml. $20 - 91/100 Cascinetta Vietti Moscato D’Asti 2006: Very...

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Piemonte, Italy. 5.5% alcohol. Cork. Approx $A18. The Wine Report 2007 by Tom Stevenson mentions that 2005 was not kind to Moscato - with widespread rot and a general lack of balance. Moscato IS unbalanced. It is inherently sweet and fun. There is never any seriousness to counterbalance the simple pleasure. It is like the thrill you experience as an adult playing in a children's playground...

moscato. This is not a big, complex, bubbly wine. Nor is it a dry wine. But if you are looking for something off-dry and slightly sparkling, moscato can be a very good choice. Made from the muscat canelli or moscato bianco varietal, the most famous are made in the region surrounding Asti, but I tried a local moscato made in Mendocino County, and it had very good QPR . The 2006 Enotria Moscato...

I am not ashamed to admit it. I like sweet, fruity dessert wines, and none better than Moscato d'Asti. To me, the easy-to-drink, light, fragrant, delicately carbonated wine from the Piemonte region of Italy makes the perfect finisher for so many meals...