Moscato D’Asti is one of my favorite wines, very popular in Italy but is not very prevalent the American market. A variation of Muscat grapes, which are used to make dessert wines, Moscato is sweet and lightly bubbly. The flavors are light and fruity. This particular label is available at the World Market, which sells a couple labels of this wine as well as a Moscato Allegro (that I want to try soon).
Because this wine is fresh and bubbly, it can be served in dessert wine glasses or champagne flutes. I enjoy this wine on its own, but it can be stand up to most sweet desserts. In general, your wine should be slightly sweeter than the dessert, but most wine rules were made to be broken.
December 9th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
[...] Allegro, similar to Moscato D’Asti, is a light dessert wine with a fruity finish. While very crisp and fresh, this wine does not have [...]
February 13th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
[...] D’Asti is closer to champagne, sweet with a fair amount of sparkly. My favorite is Michele Chiarlo’s Nivole Moscato D’Asti, which is rather inexpensive compared to most bottles of Moscato [...]