European Wine Reference (Wine Folly)
Moscato d'Asti
Piedmont's delicately sparkly, perfectly sweet white — "drinking perfume," smelling of roses and ripe peaches.
Sweet wine alert! This delicately sparkly, perfectly sweet white will make you wonder why you have poo-pooed sweet wines until now. Smelling of roses and ripe peaches, served in tiny glasses out of tiny half bottles, Moscato d'Asti is "drinking perfume" (source: European Wine Exploration Map _ Wine Folly.pdf).
Asti is in Piedmont, northern Italy (general knowledge — not stated in the source), making this the sweet, fizzy counterpoint to the region's serious reds, Nebbiolo and Barbera. For Alsace's own off-dry aromatic whites, see Alsace Grape Varieties.
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