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  • June 2012 Issue
  • Story by Melissa Hansen
  • Moscato madness

    Washington’s wine industry should wait for the sweet wine phase to pass, says Wade Wolfe.

    The Moscato craze started with Gallo’s Barefoot Cellars, when it released a light, sweet wine in 2008. It’s been estimated that Gallo will produce four million cases of Moscato this year. PHOTO BY MELISSA HANSEN Muscat wines, many labeled Moscato, are the fastest growing wine category in the United States. According to The Nielsen Company, Muscat wines posted a 78 percent increase in sales from 2010 to 2011 and were still gaining ground this year with a 65 percent increase over last year for the first quarter. Growers and winemakers in many states have turned their attention to the old […]

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