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By Sara d’Amato Just in time for warmer weather, the WineAlign team has produced its first ever rosé case offering. We are pleased to present an assemblage that has been carefully selected from among a vast number of rosés that have recently come into market and are ready for enjoyment in an array of settings. […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – April 27th Vintages Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the April 27th release, which one would it be and why?” Il Poggio Sannio Fiano 2022, Campania, Italy$18.95, Frontier Wine MerchantsSara d’Amato – At this time of year, I’m still in the mood for a comforting, aromatic white with some viscosity and intensity […] More
Sperling & Gamble: Making a Case Realizing Great Ontario Wine
By David Lawrason This feature was commissioned by Sperling & Gamble That Ontario wine has arrived is no longer a question in most professional opinions. In fact, great Ontario wine has arrived, and WineAlign is working with winemakers Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble to put a curated 12-bottle case of it into your hands and […] More
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Exchange Wine Club SubscriptionMuscat grapes are used to make a variety of sweet dessert wines in just about every part of the wineworld and, more rarely, dry or semi-dry table wines. A fair amount of the dessert wines are fortified, though muscat is also used to produce wines from late harvest, botrytized or partially-dried grapes, as well as an increasingly popular style of semi-sweet sparkling wine, Moscato, originally from Piedmont, in Italy, but now produced in a growing number of countries. There are, in fact, a number of varieties bearing the name Muscat: Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (the most frequent), Muscat of Alexandria, Black Muscat, Moscato Giallo, Muscat Ottonel, New York Muscat, etc. All these variations share an exuberant fruitiness, with aromas of peach or apricot, as well as floral and/or spicy notes. They also bear a large number of synonyms, depending on whether they are planted in French-, Spanish-, German-, Italian-speaking or other countries. Among the numerous appellations where muscat is present, notable examples include the vin doux naturels of Southern France (Frontignan, Beaumes-de-Venise, Rivesaltes, etc.), the muscats of Alsace (where the grape is also used in traditional white blends), Samos Muscat from Greece, Moscatels from Portugal and Spain and, here in Canada, a number of wines in Nova Scotia where Muscat Ottonel and New York Muscat play a successful and important role.