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At the lowest classification is the wine styled Rutherglen Muscat followed by Classic Muscat and Grand Muscat. At the highest end and meant to indicate a richer and more complex wine is the Rare Muscat. Classic Muscat is an average of five to ten years old with a residual sugar of 180-240 g/L. Grand Muscat's average age is ten to fifteen years ...
Posca was an ancient Roman drink made by mixing water and wine vinegar. Bracing but less nutritious and palatable than wine, it was typically a drink for soldiers, the lower classes, and slaves. Bracing but less nutritious and palatable than wine, it was typically a drink for soldiers, the lower classes, and slaves.
A wine cocktail is a mixed drink, similar to a true cocktail. It is made predominantly with wine (including Champagne and Prosecco), into which distilled alcohol or other drink mixer is combined. A spritz is a drink that has Prosecco added to it. The distinction between a wine cocktail and a cocktail with wine is the relative amounts of the ...
A screwdriver is a simple and popular alcoholic highball drink made with orange juice and vodka. In the UK, it is referred to as a "vodka and orange". [1] While the basic drink is simply the two ingredients, there are many variations. Many of the variations have different names in different parts of the world.
Metaxa uses sweet Muscat wines sourced from the island, which are aged several years and so somewhat oxidized. The maker used to buy wine from independent vintners but has begun making its own, from fruit grown in its own vineyards. Its base brandies come mostly (80%) from Spain and Italy, and the rest from Greece, where they are distilled from ...
Products which are often solera aged include Sherry, Madeira, Lillet, Marsala, Mavrodafni, Muscat, and Muscadelle wines; balsamic vinegar, Commandaria, some vins doux naturels, [2] and sherry vinegars; Brandy de Jerez; beer; rums; and whiskies. Since the origin of this process is the Iberian peninsula, most of the traditional terminology is in ...
Batini (drink) Bay breeze (cocktail) Black Russian; Bloody Mary (cocktail) BLT cocktail; Blue bird (cocktail) Blue Hawaii (cocktail) Blue Lagoon (cocktail) Brass Monkey (cocktail) Bushwacker (cocktail)
As a result, the label “muscatel” became associated in the U.S. with inferior-quality wine, so that today in that country, fine wines made from superior strains of muscat grapes tend not to be called “muscatel.” [1] However, outside the U.S., “muscatel” (sometimes spelled “moscatel”) refers to the full range of wines made with ...