Moscato

Also known as Muscat. The Moscato grape is one of the prime and exclusive grape varieties used for winemaking in Italy.

More popularly known as the Muscat Blanc in Italian and French, it produces some of the best served and most expensive wines in the Italian countryside. Belonging to the vast array of the Muscat family of grapes, the Moscato is indeed an ancient and a prestigious vine variety. The Moscato grape, with its characteristic white vine features and contents, also is used as a raisin that occupies the place of desserts and food sweeteners.

Belonging to the huge family of over 200 grapes of the Muscat family, its history and origins are debated among popular oenologists with one group, suggesting it has had origins during the classical era when the Greeks and Romans, perhaps laid out the foundation of modern winemaking or the grape came from the Middle East, brought by the Persians or the Arabs.

Whatever its origins, this white grape remains a true exclusive experience for all wine enthusiasts. The grape also enjoys a vast array of synonyms thanks to its usage not just in Europe, but also in the new world and some regions of Central Asia. In Italy, however, it is known as Moscato Blanco, Muscat Canelli and Muscat ottonel.