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Default Breakfast wine

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article >,


> > One of my local radio stations has a short discussion on wine every
> > week. I was only half listening but one of the participants described a
> > sweet, low alcohol (7% ) wine from Italy, Moscato I think, as a
> > "breakfast wine".


> To me, Moscato is a dessert wine. It's very sweet and goes well with a
> good ripe cheese and sourdough bread.
>
> YMMV of course!


Actually, I think it's the wine that varies, not me!

:-)

I think maybe Moscato is the Italian name for wine made from the Muscat
grape. Some of these are light, low alcohol wines, some carbonated.
Many others are fortified wines, very high in alcohol and suitable for
sipping at dessert.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA