Common synonyms: Moscatel, Müskateller, and many, many offshoots including but not limited to Orange Muscat, Black Muscat, Muscat Blanc (a.k.a. Muscat à Petit Grains), Muscat Giallo, Muscat of Alexandria.
Parentage of the grape: The oldest known grape variety, most likely originated in Greece
History of the grape: Muscat existed as far back as the Ancient Greeks. It spread throughout the world as empires grew, through Egypt into South Africa, through Italy into the rest of Europe, through Australia via either South Africa or Europe, and lastly into the Americas by way of Spain.
Characteristics of the grape: golden yellow to dark amber in color, orange blossom, orange peel, white flowers. Other variants of the grape produce lighter to darker wines depending on the hybrid and region, but all share that aromatic orange characteristic.
Regions where the grape is currently important: Almost any European country produces Muscat in some form
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Common synonyms: Moscatel, Müskateller, and many, many offshoots including but not limited to Orange Muscat, Black Muscat, Muscat Blanc (a.k.a. Muscat à Petit Grains), Muscat Giallo, Muscat of Alexandria.
Parentage of the grape: The oldest known grape variety, most likely originated in Greece
History of the grape: Muscat existed as far back as the Ancient Greeks. It spread throughout the world as empires grew, through Egypt into South Africa, through Italy into the rest of Europe, through Australia via either South Africa or Europe, and lastly into the Americas by way of Spain.
Characteristics of the grape: golden yellow to dark amber in color, orange blossom, orange peel, white flowers. Other variants of the grape produce lighter to darker wines depending on the hybrid and region, but all share that aromatic orange characteristic.
Regions where the grape is currently important: Almost any European country produces Muscat in some form as either still, dessert or fortified wine. But especially Spain, Greece, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Portugal. California, Oregon, New York, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Chile, Peru, Argentina.
Type or types of wines the grape produces: dry white, dessert (which ranges everywhere from off dry to honeyed and sweet), late harvest dessert wines, botrytis wines, off dry to sweet sparkling: Moscato d’Asti, Asti Spumante, fortified: Moscatel Madeira, Sherry, Vin Doux Naturel in France (such as Muscat de Beaumes de Venises), Moscatel de Setubal in Portugal, brandy: Metaxa in Greece, Pisco in Peru and Chile, ice wines
– Description from
Amanda Schuster
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