Moscato wine evokes strong opinions among oenophiles—they adore its sweet fruit aroma or can’t stand it one bit. Whether sipped as an aperitif or dessert wine, mixed into cocktails for fizz, poached ...

Asti DOCG covers four wine typologies. The three that I won’t be covering here but that are worth seeking out as well are: metodo Martinotti spumante (traditionally made Dolce at around 90 grams of rs ...

Moscato, and its bumptious, worldwide grape family, generally known in English as "Muscat," may or may not (depending on which dictionary you consult) share a common root with the word "musky-- but ...

Moscato d’Asti, a light Italian sparkling wine from Piedmont, offers a delightful alternative to heavy dessert wines. With its gentle sweetness and fragrant notes of peach and honey, it perfectly ...

Moscato d’Asti (DOCG) is part of the Moscato family…a close member of the Moscato family, but not a twin. Moscato d’Asti is made from the Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains strain of grapes, a petite berry ...

The time has come to stop overlooking Moscato d’Asti. For years, the gently sparkling Piedmontese classic has been largely relegated to the dessert cart, treated like a guilty pleasure rather than a ...

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All of which explains why the world needs wine writers: If we ever really succeed in demystifying the stuff, we’ll write ourselves out of a job. Now let me introduce the anti-wine, one that brooks no ...

In my last column’s wine recommendations, I referred to Moscato d’Asti as the happiest wine. For me, it is as joyful a glass as you could hope to have, so it surprises me that more people do not ...