Who doesn't love anything fizzy, chilled and refreshing? That trifecta is just one explanation for America's growing love of Moscato d'Asti. Home in Italy's Piedmont region Moscato d'Asti is made from ...

The time has come to stop overlooking Moscato d’Asti. For years, the gently sparkling Piedmontese classic has been largely relegated to the dessert cart, treated like a guilty pleasure rather than a ...

Moscato d’Asti, the sweet sparkling wine with low alcohol levels from Piemonte, Italy, is often described as “light”, “fruity”, “fun”, and “sweet”. Two words not associated with Moscato d’Asti are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Hyland writes about wine (and sometimes) food from Europe and US. Sometimes you simply need pleasure from a wine rather than a ...

Of all the wines in the world, Moscato is easily among the most misunderstood. Sure, there are plenty of terrible bottles out there, but that's true of practically every grape variety. Over-cropped ...

Asti DOCG covers four wine typologies. The three that I won’t be covering here but that are worth seeking out as well are: metodo Martinotti spumante (traditionally made Dolce at around 90 grams of rs ...

Moscato d’Asti, a light Italian sparkling wine from Piedmont, offers a delightful alternative to heavy dessert wines. With its gentle sweetness and fragrant notes of peach and honey, it perfectly ...

"I try to put the fruit in the bottle," says winemaker Paolo Saracco, of the moscato grapes used in his Moscato d'Asti. The "Etna" on the label reflects the fact that the grapes were grown on the ...

Paolo Saracco, a 47-year-old vintner harvesting moscato grapes in Asti, northern Italy, may have little in common on first appearance with the bling lifestyles of Kanye West, Lil' Kim and Kendrick ...