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Australian White Wines > Moscato
Muscat wine is called Moscato, Muscatel, Muscadel or Muscadine. The best Muscates come from Portugal, the south of France, the island around Sicily and of course Australia. Of all the varieties of grapes which are made into wine there is no family which stands apart as unmistakable to everybody. It is the Muscat. As a grape it is familiar as the tastiest of hot - house varieties. It is used for wine all over the Mediterranean - in Spain, Italy, Africa, Greece and all the islands - and in Portugal, Russia, California and indeed in Australia. The Muscat apparently gets its name from the Italian Moscato,which means smelling of musk. Musk is the scent with which deer attract their mates, a secretion which is collected and used in making perfume. It occurs in many aromatic melons, apples and pears, and even roses, besides grapes. They all have the same haunting, sweet quality which is called musky.
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