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  Moscatel: o eleito ou o esquecido de Setúbal
A área de vinha que tem a possibilidade de dar origem a vinho Moscatel não excede os 330 hectares, superfície que pode ser suficiente em termos de mercado interno mas que não permite grandes voos em termos de projecção internacional.
A uva “moscatel” tem a característica de não perder a sua identidade durante a fermentação.
Os nossos “Moscatel de Setúbal” são exuberantes, doces, de gosto poderoso e melado, sugerindo a sua utilização para acompanhar um pato com mel por exemplo.
www.azeitao.net /vinhos/moscatel/moscatel_de_setubal.htm   (1757 words)

  
  Moscatel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moscatel is a liquorous wine from the Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal.
And the most well-known is "Moscatel Roxo", a wine that is sold only after having been aged 20 years in a cellar.
It is made from a different "casta", the Galego (white), while Moscatel Roxo is made from a "casta" bearing the same name as the wine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moscatel   (178 words)

  
 Muscat grape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This grape is used for the wines: Asti spumante, clairette de die, and muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise.
Moscatel de Setúbal and Moscatel de Favaios are the most widely consumed varieties in Portugal, usually served in bars or as an aperitif at restaurants.
Muscat of Alexandria (also called Moscatel, Moscatel Romano, Moscatel de Málaga, Gordo Blanco, Hanepoot, Lexia, Moscatel Gordo, and Zibibbo) This grape is used for sherry, moscatel or muscatel wines, Muscatel de Valencia, Muscatel Passito and other Muscatel liqueurs and also as a raisin and table grape.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muscat_grape   (394 words)

  
 Words About Port - wineloverspage.com
Moscatel (Muscat grape) is a rarity from the old days of making Madeira from this cultivar.
Its main shortcoming is the lack of focus, yet it is redeemed by its elegance on the palate and exceedingly fine flavors and length on the finish.
Of the four Moscatels we tasted, this was clearly the champion.
www.wineloverspage.com /port/malvazia.phtml   (3416 words)

  
 High School Sports: Issaquah's Moscatel quits basketball post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Moscatel, 33, coached the Indians to an 11-9 record last season, finishing fourth in the Sky Division of the KingCo 3A Conference at 6-7.
In 1996, Moscatel shared coach of the year with his mentor, Mercer Island's Ed Pepple.
Issaquah Athletic Director Derek Tucci said Moscatel's assistant for the past seven seasons, Jeff Patrick, is a candidate for the head coach's job.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /sports/highschool/html98/issy_19990403.html   (403 words)

  
 Wines from Setubal
Due to EC regulations, however, the name Moscatel de Setubal can no longer be used (as the proportion of Moscatel does not reach a high enough proportion in the blend).
Moscatel de Setubal Alambre Jose Maria de Fonseca, 1999
Moscatel de Setubal 'Alambre' DOC 1999, José Maria da Fonseca, 1999
www.wine-searcher.com /regions/setubal/1   (704 words)

  
 Madeira's Sweet Nectars: Malvazia and Moscatel
Moscatel (Muscat grape) is a rarity from the old days of making Madeira from this cultivar.
Its main shortcoming is the lack of focus, yet it is redeemed by its elegance on the palate and exceedingly fine flavors and length on the finish.
Of the four Moscatels we tasted, this was clearly the champion.
www.fortheloveofport.com /articles/a_madeira.htm   (3416 words)

  
 goodwineguide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Torres Moscatel is the perfect wine to accompany the Christmas pud.
It is not easy knowing how best to end a meal, but at Christmas time, one should do it with a drink that pays homage to the traditional festive pudding believed to have originated from the medieval period.
Miguel Torres's Moscatel Oro is a voluptuously scented, concentrated dessert wine which makes the perfect match with a Christmas pudding.
50connect.co.uk /50c/goodwineguide.asp?article=15484   (284 words)

  
 Waitrose.com recipes - Apricot and Moscatel Bread and Butter Pudding - Recipe Search
Moscatel is a sweet Spanish wine but you could also make this fragrant, fruity pudding with Sicilian marsala wine.
Bring to the boil then remove from the heat and leave to soak for at least 2 hours or overnight.
Rip the brioche into chunks, spread with the butter, and arrange butter-side up in a 2-litre oven dish, mixing in the soaked fruit and moscatel as you go.
www.waitrose.com /rec/0602082-r02.asp   (271 words)

  
 Sports | Flashback | It's a juggling act for former Husky Moscatel | Seattle Times Newspaper
Al Moscatel, a former Mercer Island and UW shooting guard, is part-owner of 13 Coins restaurants, among other business interests.
High-school rewind: Moscatel, a 6-foot-2 guard, was a two-time all-state player for the powerful Islanders, but endured tough defeats in state-title games his last two years.
He helped lead the Toreros to the NCAA tournament, but Moscatel then walked on at Washington after his coach at San Diego left.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2003615126_flashback13.html   (550 words)

  
 ALTUR.COM - The fish and the wine of Malaga.
Three products characterise Malaga's cuisine; Moscatel grapes, ajoblanco (a type of gazpacho) and the variety of fish from its shores (the typical pescaíto).
Its renown stems from ancient times when first the Phoenicians and later the Romans set about producing and distributing it throughout their domains.
The wines denominated "origin of Malaga" are made with grapes of the Pedro Ximénez and Moscatel varieties.
www.altur.com /eng/pmalaga/malaga/pescaito.php3   (248 words)

  
 StarVintner: Bodegas Julián Chivite, on StarChefs
Garnacha-based rosados are traditional to the region, but was a style which had declined into mediocrity; this new wine reaffirmed the style’s potential, as well as Chivite’s devotion to quality.
They further expanded their range with a Late Harvest Moscatel, which, unusually for a Spanish wine, included botrytis-affected grapes, and in 1989 they released their Colecion 125 series of wines.
The dessert wine under this label is the Gran Feudo Dulce, made from Moscatel de Gran Menudo grapes.
www.starchefs.com /wine/starvintners/html/bodegas_julian_chivite/bodegas_julian_chivite.shtml   (611 words)

  
 pjwine.com - October Staff Picks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
There are only a few Moscatel's out there that show the characteristics of world class dessert wine: balance, smoothness, finesse, intensity of flavor, character, complexity and a long finish.
You may know Moscatels as aromatic, but overly sweet and cloyingly syrupy; sometimes served chilled as an after dinner cordial and sometimes sold in elaborate decorative bottles.
It is a medium-deep, amber color and the initial aromas are dried apricots, pears, raisins and figs, followed by notes of caramel and smoke with a soft lemony-fig kick.
www.pjwine.com /html/staff_03_10.html   (2074 words)

  
 RENÉ BARBIER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The three principal white varieties are fermented out to full dryness to create the backbone of the wine, whilst the fermentation of the Moscatel is arrested to add the fine, aromatic sweetness to the finished wine.
Fresh, clean apple and banana note to the nose, with the intense floral orange blossom of the Moscatel in the finish.
Soft, fresh and light in the palate with the elegant sweetness of the Moscatel balanced by finishing acidity.
www.renebarbier.com /rb_prodex12_e.htm   (83 words)

  
 Icep Portugal: Portugal in Business - News about Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This wine is 100% produced from Moscatel de Setúbal grapes, exclusively grown in our vineyards located in the clay-chalk hills of the Arrábida region.
The vinification technology used is the most traditional kind, including a short period of fermentation that is interrupted to add selected vinic “aguardente” (special eau-de-vie).
It has a golden topaz colour, intense aromas and flavours of moscatel, the sweetness of orange zest, raisins, figs and walnuts.
www.portugalinbusiness.com /noticias/noticia.asp?iC=4867&iA=11713   (470 words)

  
 moscatel - Wine - Chowhound
This is uncharted territory for me. I'm going to serve it at the end of a meal with a Valencia orange tart (with a homemade orange-earl grey jam as one of the ingredients, caramelized slices of orange on top) and earl grey ice cream.
The Lustau "Emilin" Moscatel is very rich, full-bodied, sweet, and almost "thick" in terms of body/weight.
The 2005 Ochoa Moscatel is sweet, yet does not leave a residual chemical like taste, as is a major reason moscatel wines have not further caught on.
www.chowhound.com /topics/360318   (600 words)

  
 THERE IS NO TRIFLING WITH LOVE, Act I
MOSCATEL: (Although there really is no danger since the woman I love is Inez, the maid they want me to see, Cupid, I pray for your help.) ALONSO: Now, Don Juan, show us the way.
ALONSO, JUAN, and MOSCATEL leave LUIS: This grand yet truncate heavenly sphere is the abode wherein dwells the most gorgeous deity of the planet, one the daytime sun has never met on its pass from birth in the fiery gulf toward resplendent, flaming death in undulating, silver-spiked billows, and darkened icy depths.
It's very important you do.) MOSCATEL: (A real help!) To tell the truth, I came looking for a man, and I, not finding any who'd answer, from one doorway to the next, one step at a time I pressed until I arrived at this chamber, where at last I found a maid.
www.trinity.edu /org/comedia/translat/notrif.html   (4702 words)

  
 Our wines - Moscatel Oro
Moscatel de Grano Menudo and Moscatel de Alejandria, two grape varieties prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans, produce Moscatel Oro, a mouth-watering dessert wine.
Moscatel goes well with all types of dessert, especially fruit tarts, crème caramel, puddings, dried fruit and nuts.
Of a fine amberish colour, with dark topaz tints, it exhibits in all their splendour the fruity (orange blossom honey, candied orange, lemon peel, raisins), floral (rose, geranium, lily) and spiced (tobacco leaf, rosewood, clove) aromas of the Moscatel variety.
www.torres.es /eng/asp/nv_ficha.asp?Ficha=producto&Cod=54   (128 words)

  
 Sales Power - bizjournals.com
The new 15,000-square-foot Thomasville store in Lincoln Square is part of a major restructuring of the business undertaken by Al and Sam Moscatel, the third generation of the family to operate Continental Furniture.
Neiso Moscatel was just 15 years old when his father died and he and his older brother Raymond were suddenly in charge of running the family furniture business.
In the mid-'70s, Neiso Moscatel got into real estate development, after carefully studying the apartment buildings where he delivered furniture.
southflorida.bizjournals.com /salespower/2005/02/21   (988 words)

  
 Rota de Vinhos da Costa Azul
Moscatel de Setúbal, a fortified golden-coloured wine, with a light aroma and delicate flavour, is produced between Setúbal and Palmela, whose vineyards were praised in the time of King D. Dinis.
Wines that were produced in the southern region of the Tejo Valley, in the district of Setúbal, and are not DOC classified, are called Regional Wines of Terras do Sado.
Some varieties used for Moscatel are: Moscatel de Setúbal, Moscatel de Jesus, Moscatel de Málaga, Moscatel Romano, Moscatel roxo da madeira, Moscatel roxo de Constança and Moscatel do Douro.
www.azeitao.net /vinhos/rota_dos_vinhos/index_english.htm   (748 words)

  
 THERE IS NO TRIFLING WITH LOVE, part 6 of 9
INEZ: (How easily she has believed what he said and I affirmed!) MOSCATEL: (That it's simple to fool a woman is something we've just confirmed.) BEATRIZ: Don't expect a greater victory over my vanity that to discern my eyes spilling over with tears because of your intrusive efforts.
It's often true that a man can cause a woman to cry whether she wishes or not, whether or not she tries; tears are not an infallible sign of a love that's fine.
MOSCATEL: I wish you wouldn't say that, but you are in the mood, I see.
www.coh.arizona.edu /SPANISH/COMEDIA/translat/notrif2c.html   (1586 words)

  
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The wine made from the grape varieties of Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, and Moscatel de grano pequeño, pairs well with coffee and pastries as well as smoked salmon and caviar.
The Moscatel Oro, best as dessert wine or served cold as an aperitif, has a fine amber color with tones of dark topaz.
The aroma of Moscatel Oro is distinctly Moscatel with fruity (orange blossom honey, candied orange, and lemon peel), floral (rose, geranium, and lily) and spiced (tobacco leaf, rosewood, and dove).
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/03/02/TSTE2005030229833.html   (582 words)

  
 Wines by Country-Spain
White Jovenes from Merseguera, Moscatel Romano, (decreasingly) Planta Fina, (increasingly) Airen and Macabeo with 11% abv.
Licor Moscatel from 100% Moscatel Roman with 15% abv.
It occupies 5% of the Valencian vineyard Moscatel Romano is used in the Valencian "vines de licor'': 15% of the vineyard and grown mostly in Valentine.
www.trytoronto.com /flbwines/spain2.html   (5078 words)

  
 go2andalucia l Holiday Rentals l Estepona l COM1058 - Casa Moscatel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This newly built guest-house is situated beside the main house on the upper part of a cultivated vineyard where the well-known Moscatel wine is produced.
The property is located beside a nature-reserve, with mountain- and sea-views.
A private Bodega allows the tenant to relax or buy the locally produced Moscatel wine.
go2conil.com /uk/holidayrental/competa/com1058_casamoscatel/detail.php   (320 words)

  
 Alicante: Monastrell, Moscatel, Fondillón, Mushrooms & Paella with Rabbit & Snails
Located between Cataluña and Andalucía along Spain’s south central coast, the vineyards of the Levante grow on land that rises from the coast to significant elevations inland.
Until recently, the region’s wines had a poor reputation, except for Alicante, known for wines made from moscatel and monastrell: its moscatel romano-based sweet white wines and Fondillón, a classic, monastrell-based rancio (a purposely oxidized, slightly sweet wine), a once nearly extinct wine.
Grape vines were introduced into Alicante by the Phoenicians, wine was made here by the Romans and the praises of Alicante wines were sung by the Moors.
www.verema.com /en/articles/article.asp?articulo=7   (807 words)

  
 Emilin Solera Reserva Moscatel Lustau - For sale at Berry Bros & Rudd
From the Solera Reserva range this is a fine example of the Moscatel grape.
A hugely versatile variety, fizzy in Asti, full and musky in Alsace, Moscatel is the Iberian manifestation of Muscat.
Here it is given centre billing and glories in expressive sweetness, with raisins and marmalade evidenced, finely toned and clean, and crisp of texture.
www.bbr.com /US/db/product/48422H?sort_by_F=&ID=null   (161 words)

  
 Welcome to the Lustau House of Fine Sherry Wines
A rich concentrated dessert wine with the distinctive flavour of the Moscatel grape.
Intense floral and fruit aromas, characteristic of the Moscatel grape.
100 per cent moscatel grapes, cultivated in the Chipiona area, at Lustau’s vineyard named “Las Cruces”, which, because of its southerly coastal exposure and sandy soils, is excellent for optimizing the quality, natural sugar, ripeness and freshness of the Moscatel grape.
www.emilio-lustau.com /solera-two.htm   (1248 words)

  
 Saraiva Enterprises, World Importer of Fine Wines, Beer, and Spirits
The most famous are Porto (1761), Douro (1982), Dão (1908), Madeira (1908), Moscatel de Setúbal (1907), Vinho Verde (1908-29) and Bairrada (1979).
The central portion is DOC for the fortified dessert wine Moscatel de Setúbal, previously discussed.
Another local winery, after experimenting with numerous foreign grapes, is gradually turning exclusively to Portuguese varieties to produce its traditional brands as well as a large number of estate wines.
www.saraivaenterprises.com /descriptions.htm   (5779 words)

  
 Moore Brothers Wine Company : NV Bodega Ferris La Cosecha Moscatel Sacristia Sherry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Muscat grape, called Moscatel in Spain, is one of the oldest known grape varieties.
Typically Moscatel sherry is dark in color and very sweet, being made from nearly dried grapes.
This Moscatel is produced from perfectly ripe but unbaked grapes to preserve the Muscat's natural aromatics.
www.wineaccess.com /store/moorebrosnj/ecommerce/product.html?product_id=10625847   (201 words)

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