Moselle: Same as Mosel, but now we're reading in French instead of German.
Muscatel: Wine made from Muscat grapes, usually sweet and usually high in alcohol.
Mosel, Moselle (Mo-ZELL) - Beautiful German river valley, tributary of the Rhine, source of some of the nation's best white wines made from Riesling grapes. Also in Luxembourg, where a small amount of wine is produced.
Mosel / Moselle (mo'-zl / mo-zell')
One of the highest quality wine regions in Germany (Mosel is the German spelling). The official name of the wine region is Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, which includes two of the tributaries to the Moselle River.
Vineyard on a steep rock slope at the Moselle River, Germany
Wine grapes grow almost exclusively between thirty and fifty degrees north or south of the equator.
North-West from the main area is found the province of Lorraine in which are defined the appellations of Vin de Moselle and Cõtes de Toul.
AUBIN: (No information on this grape other than it was grown in the Moselle river area of France).
AUBUN: Lesser grape grown in the Southern Rhone region of France where it is used to make a red wine subsequently used in blends throughout the region.
It is morphologically similar to the Greek white and a probable relationship with the White Albaranzeuli Elbling of Sardinia and the Moselle.
AUXERROIS BLANC: Local name for variety, used for white wine production, grown in the northeast Moselle and Alsace regions of France.
AUXERROIS BLANC:
Local name for white wine grape grown in the northeast Moselle and Alsace regions of France. Used to produce mildly acidic wines that add a honied intensity to blends with the Pinot Blanc in the better vintage years.
Bernkastel
German wine village along the Moselle
Big
ample amount of concentrated fruit, character, tannins, etc.
The odour of stale beer from a white wine that is over the hill -- usually in old Moselles.
Big
Full of body and flavour, high degree of alcohol, colour, and acidity.
Champagne / Muscadet sur Lies / Dry Vouvray / White Burgundy and any Chardonnay / German Moselle
Gravettes d'Arcachon à la Bordelaise
Graves Blanc / Dry White Bordeaux / Dry Jurançon ...
Not quite desirable in a late harvest Moselle Riesling, but appropriate in a classic Sauternes. Fatness/oiliness is determined by the naturally occurring glycerol - (a.k.a glycerin) - content in the wine.
to have originated near Tramin in Northern Italy and been common in the Alto Adige region in medieval times, but is usually associated with the Baden region of Germany from where plantings spread through Southern Germany along the Rhine and Moselle ...
 See also: Mosel, White, Grape, Style, Sweet
  
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