Morgan BellSugar Sweet Refreshment
July 17th 2009 07:30
Forget the alco-pops and liqueurs, the schnapps and the sherry.
If you want a sweet grown-ups drink head straight for Banrock Station in the bottled wine ailse. Yes I said "bottled" to distinguish between that and the wine sold in the box . . . the dreaded casky . . . of which I am also quite fond.
I have a sweet tooth for alcoholic beverages. I like a Kahluah and coke, a Bundy and coke, a Smirnoff Black pre-mixer, Creme De Menthe and lemonade. If it is sweet I will drink it.
But never have I ever experienced a drink so sweet at Moscato wine.
Its like actually drinking sugar.
I recommend Banrock Station at it is the cheap option (approx $6), and it is beautifully fragrant, like drinking a big bunch of flowers.
However, if you want to go a little up-market the Brown Brothers Moscato is also a fine drop.
Here is some random Moscato trivia:
Muscat almost always has a pronounced sweet floral aroma.
Muscat grapes have been found to have high concentrations of antioxidant flavonoids, in quantities as high as many varieties of red grapes. This means that the possible beneficial effects of red wine consumption may also be present in muscat wines.
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have analyzed pots from King Midas's burial mound and determined that Muscat grapes were a key component of the alcoholic beverage served at his funeral feast.
Muscat grapes have been found to have high concentrations of antioxidant flavonoids, in quantities as high as many varieties of red grapes. This means that the possible beneficial effects of red wine consumption may also be present in muscat wines.
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have analyzed pots from King Midas's burial mound and determined that Muscat grapes were a key component of the alcoholic beverage served at his funeral feast.
Coincidentally Banrock Station also makes a deliciously sweet red called Crimson Cabernet. Smooth drinking, no metho after-taste, and its one of those red that suits being chilled.
Mmmm chilled . . .
Crimson in colour, vibrant and full of flavour, this wine is a sweet, fruity light wine exhibiting ripe cherry and plum characters.
Cheap and sweet.
Is there anything better?
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