Moscato Bianco
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White varieties in almost all the Italian peninsula and is the fourth area planted to white grapes. Corresponds to the French vine "muscat blanc à petit grains".
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Moscato
Muscat vine picture
(Mos-cato) The moscato variety belongs to the muscat family of grapes - and so do moscatel and muscat ottonel.
Food pairings: Moscato shows best on its own: without food but sweet wines will pair with dessert.
Moscato d'Asti (moss-cah'-to dah'ss-tee)
One of my favorite wines, it is often overlooked in the US. Lightly sparkling, lightly sweet, and light in alcohol, this wine is light in everything, except flavor.
Moscato is Italian for Muscat and almost invariably refers to the best Muscat variety, the Muscat à Petits Grains.
MOSCATO
The Italian word for Muscat, referring to the family of white wine grapes used to produce still and sparkling, medium sweet to sweet wines.
MOSCATO DI CANELLI (see Muscat Blanc below).
MOSCATO MAVRO: Has synonym name Moschomavro. Cultivated in Greece primarily as a tablegrape. Crushed in some regions in order to make modest red wines with Muscat aromas and good maturity levels.
MOSCATO DI CANELLI (see Muscat Blanc below).
MOSCOPHILERO: White-wine grape widely grown in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece and usually vinified to give a light, aromatic, dry varietal wine.
MOSCATO DI CANELLI:
(see Muscat Blanc below)
MOSLER:
Austrian growers name for the hungarian Furmint grape.
Muscat (Moscato) grows throughout Italy in various forms. In dessert form it is either passito or fortified, but it also appears in sparkling wines Asti and Moscato d'Asti .
As for sweet wines, there should be mentioned Moscato di Cagliari, Moscato di Sardegna and Moscato di Sorso-Sennori.
and in the specific styles Spumante and Passito); Falanghina (Bianco and in the specific styles Spumante and Passito); Fiano (Bianco also in the specific style(s) Spumante); Greco (Bianco and in the specific styles Spumante and Passito); Moscato ...
a Muscadel, Moscato di Canelli), all alias names for the premier cépage varietal Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains. These clones are mostly used for making medium-sweet and dessert style table or fortified wines.
These include the Muscat Blanc, (aka Moscato di Canelli and Muscat Frontignon, all alias names for the premier cépage varietal Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains).
Also known as, Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains, Muscat de Frontignan, Muscat d'Alsace, Frontignac, Muskateller, Gelber Muskateller, Weisse Muskettraube, Moscato Bianco, Moscatello Bianco, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Moscatel Menudo Bianco, Moscatel Dorado, ...
A light, fruity white such as a sparkling Moscato d'Asti, a medium German Riesling or a Fino sherry are all perfect as an alternative to bubbly.
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Apricots: Sémillons, Muscats (Moscatos), and some sweet Rieslings recall apricots: wines affected by Botrytis cinerea, or noble rot, may often recall apricots or peaches.
Don't forget slightly sweet sparklers like Asti-Spumante and Moscato d'Asti from Italy; they complement fruit or vanilla desserts with panache. From the beginning to the end of the meal, you'll find a place for sparkling wine.
Spumante: A sparkling white wine made from the Moscato grape produced in and around Asti in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. It is sometimes referred to as the "Champagne of Italy".
Moscato in Italy , Moscatel in Iberia : This grape can turn into anything from the low-alcohol, sweet and frothy Asti Spumante and Muscat de Canelli to bone-dry wines like Muscat d'Alsace. It also produces fortified wine such as Beaumes de Venise.
Piedmont: An area in northwest Italy known for Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto and Moscato.
Pigeage: Punching down the grape skins to drown aerobic bacteria and encourage cuvaison. (see also Cuvaison) ...
White grape variety (French). Synonyms include Frontignac, Moscatel, Moscato, Muscat de Frontignan.
Muscat d'Alexandrie...
White grape variety. Synonyms include Hanepoot (South Africa), Moscatel.
Aglianico, Amarone, Barbera, Bardolino, Barolo, Brunello, Campania, Cava, Champagne, Chianti, Classico, Frascati, Grappa, Lambrusco, Malbec, Marsala, Merlot, Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, Morellino, Moscato, Nebbiolo, Nero D'Avola, Piedmont, Pinot Grigio, ...
In Italy, it goes by the alias Moscato di Canelli where it is also the base for asti spumante sweet sparklers. In South Africa, it goes by Muscadel and makes the wonderful and historic wine, Vin de Constance.
spumante: (Italian) Italian sparkling wine, usually white, and ranging from dry to very sweet. The most famous is Asti Spumante from north west Italy which is produced from the Moscato grape variety.
In France it is also known as Muscat Blanc (de Frontignan), Muscat à petits grains or Muscatel, in Portugal as Muscatel Branco, do Douro etc., in Spain as Moscatel Menudo Branco, Bruno etc., in Italy as Moscato Bianco, d'Asti etc.
Michele Chiarlo Azienda Vitivinicola--Three cellars: Calamandrana for Barbera d'Asti and Moscato d'Asti; La Morra for Barolo and Barbaresco; and Rovereto for Gavi; (in English, Italian, and German).
 See also: Grape, Wine, Region, White, Sweet
  
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