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Default Breakfast wine

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Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
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> > In article >,

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> > > 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".

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> > 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!

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> 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.


IOW, we agree. <g>
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