remember the moscato?

[pal2pluto]

Okay, I know that a lot of us were turned onto the yummy Moscato wine on DCL. My question, does anyone remember the brand? Remember the squatty bottle? What brand.....hmmmm

 

[noahsmom]

I'm not sure of the brand but I had it at a Biaggi's restaurant. Usually liquor stores close to those restaurants carry it because they get so many requests. I don't know if this is what they serve on the cruise - our 1st cruise is one month from tomorrow!!

Kelli

 

[kamgen]

We have the Moscato in Palo every time we cruise! I love it!
Can't remember the brand though!

Kamy

 

[Mermaid02]

No but I'd recognize it if I saw it..... wish I had a bottle right now as a matter of fact!!

 

[SeaShelley]

Mermaid, wasn't that the white wine we fell in love with at the wine tasting? We liked it because it was sweet like our beloved Martini and Rossi Asti. I'll have to check out my wine paper when I get home.....

 

[Mermaid02]

Oh yeah..... that was the one!! Keep meaning to look for it but I never seem to get there!

 

[grandmalinda]

I called my local wine merchant (www.winestreet.com) and they said Moscato is the grape and they highly recommend the 2000 vintage by Icardi called Moscato Asti. Sells for $15.99 in Calif. Linda (leaving 7/27)

 

[inkkognito]

I know exactly what you are talking about!!!
That wine is the favorite of one of our crew member friends, so we purchased some for her. The interesting-looking bottle intrigued hubby, so he ordered a glass, and now he is stuck on it. They were out of it on the Magic on our last cruise, and he was SO sad!!!
Another delicious (but VERY expensive) wine is the "ice wine" at Palo. I had it at brunch, and it was SO good. Supposedly it is made of the juice from frozen grapes, but one glass cost as much as some bottles do!
Barb
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[pal2pluto]

OOOHh, I know about that ice wine.....there is a specialty store not far from here that I've heard carries it and I'm also going to try them for the Moscato......a friend who went with us in January just e-mailed me. She said it was Gaierhof Trentino Moscato Giallo from the Trentino part of Italy. I should have known she would remember......her dh is a real connoisseur! Thanks!
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I just checked online for its availability in the states.....and Barb, you're gonna love that you can get it online in IL! Check website www.reservewinecellars.com It is available there in a "6pack" for $100! Look under champagne/sparkling wine. Poor me, I live in PA and they don't ship here! I'm still hoping my local specialty store may have access to it!

 

[abitjaded]

Was it a still moscato, or an asti moscato (kinda fizzy).? If it was a still, try looking for half bottles of sweet wine from the US or Canada in your good wine shop's desert section. California makes some interesting desert wines from muscat grapes, some not so pricey. (We are from Colorado, a state that makes it a huge problem to get mailed wine.) If you love to read about Italian food and wine, read Frances Mayes "Under A Tuscan Sun and "Bella Tuscany" books. She has the most wonderful story about Vin Santo (wine of the saints), Tuscany's version of desert wine heaven. We once had some special Vin Santo at the Epcot Food and Wine Fest special Tuscan Reserve dinner that was to die for.

Ice wine (eiswein) is often Reisling grapes. California, et. al. also make some comparable products. The reason it is so dang pricey, is the season must be very long, dry and hot to allow the grapes to ripen, dry a bit and concentrate the sugar, then must come a freeze of just the right amount.

France has an even more involved version of desert wine, the grapes even must "noble rot" and now we are talking REALLY serious $$$$$.

But if you really wanna curl your socks, try grappa, a sweet brandy made from all the gunk left over AFTER they make the Italian wine (like grape seeds!).

Carla