Saturday, December 20, 2014

Enotria Moscato

This is the Moscato they serve at Eats on 8th - a great restaurant on the Georgetown Square. Unfortunately the portion they serve for $8 is very small, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. This Moscato is from Mendocino, California: http://www.grazianofamilyofwines.com/enotria#moscato

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Chiarlo Moscato di Asti

This is a Moscato di Asti from Italy that is served at the Foxhole Culinary Tavern near Lakeline Mall (northwest of Austin). It is a very nice restaurant that we picked for our anniversary this year. The wine was delicious and I would definitely have it again.

Monday, July 28, 2014

Villa Alena Moscato D'Asti

They had this Moscato D'Asti for sale at the new Trader Joe's store that has opened in Austin. It was about $7 a bottle and was delicious! I would definitely buy it again!

Monday, June 23, 2014

Moscato in Maine

On a recent trip to Maine, I had Moscato at two different restaurants - the Reading Room Restaurant in Bar Harbor and DeMillo's on Portland's Long Wharf. The moscato they serve at the Reading Room restaurant is Menage a Trois moscato from California. The moscato they serve at DeMillo's is Conquista Moscato from Argentina. I would order both again.


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Moscato for less than $5 a bottle?

Wal-Mart sells several moscatos for less than $5 a bottle. It is hard to imagine you could find a good moscato at that price, but since the cost to try them was so minimal, I decided I didn't have much to lose. One of the low-cost moscatos they carry is made by Barefoot, which makes quite a range of inexpensive wines. Their moscato sells for about $5 a bottle and is actually a pretty decent-tasting wine (I easily could have finished the glass, which I can't say for a lot of wines), but the packaging alone would make me hesitant to buy it again. The bottles come without corks and are instead sealed with a metal cap that is extremely difficult to remove. It would be very easy to cut yourself on the sharp edges of this cap.

Oak Leaf makes a moscato that sells for less than $3 a bottle and it is not bad, either. It has a light, fruity taste that is very smooth.



Prima Mazzo Moscato D'Asti

I picked up a bottle of this Prima Mazzo Moscato D'Asti on a whim because they had it temptingly displayed at HEB around Easter time for about $9 a bottle. It has a delicious light, fruity taste and I would definitely buy it again!

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Lange Twins Estate Moscato

This moscato from the Lange Twins Winery in Lodi, California, is the moscato they serve at Baxter's on Main restaurant in Bastrop, Texas, which serves the best steak we have ever had. I thoroughly enjoyed a glass of it with my filet mignon. It is thick, sweet and fruity. One caution, though - it does go to your head pretty quickly!