Where do we go to find a delightful cornucopia of lightly frizzante fruit. Muscat and the Riverina? It's a no brainer, the radiant climes here are well known internationally for producing the most exquisite Moscato wines. Abundant sunshine and bountiful soils stimulate the vines to grow luscious berries with intense expressions of crunchy white grapes and juicy, fruit driven natural sugars. [yellow tail] are the experts at this style of wine.

Crafted entirely from parcels of the red and pink Muscat, a Petite Grain varietal which develops extraordinary richness if grown to grand old vineyards in Rutherglen. The base wines are regularly racked and topped off as the angels take their share, to perpetuate the marvelous complexity of the style from year to year. Museum Reserve is fortified with neutral grape spirit after a brief fermentation, to encourage the evolution of rich raisined fruit characters in the finished wine. A joy alongside cheeses, chocolates and coffee, fruits and desserts.

Two Hands sensational Brilliant Disguise Moscato is back again. And what a beauty! A sense of urgency is essential to the creation of this moreish wine, time from vine to bottle is only a few weeks weeks. Italian in style, la Dolce vita through and through, fashioned from parcels of hand selected White Frontignac grapes, Brilliant Disguise is a low alcohol, slightly spritzy style endowed with sweet, lush fruity flavours. Its lovely density and purity of fruit is rarely found in top flight Moscato, cleansing and rejuvenating the palate for the next snip.

Moscato is traditionally a clean and fresh young white, oozing plentiful luscious grape characters and a hint of fizz, a wine that says summer at any time of year, just perfect with your favourite foods and dessert. Treviso is a quenchingly fruit driven Moscato wine, in lively Mediterranean food oriented styling, unwooded and refreshingly clean. Light bodied and medium sweet on the palate, beautifully perfumed with juicy sweet grape characters, more ripe fruit, honey and grape flavours on the tongue, Treviso titillates with a pleasant spritziness.

Twice Gold Medal Challenge International du Vin! Moscatel and Gewürtztraminer grapes, grown to estate vineyards on the mountains of the Upper Penedes, form the backbone of fruit for Viña Esmeralda, a delicate but strunningly fragrant wine. The dry fig and raisin characters of Moscatel de Alejandría give Esmerelda it's luscious and flavourful palate, fleshed out by the orange of Frontignac or Moscatel de Grano Menudo as the Spanish say, further enhanced by the complex aromaticness and spice of the vivacious Traminer.

On a highland trail, the place to stop and rest when weary is known as a Bothie. Torbreck have been tinkering away at a sweet wine since 2001, the idea was always to construct something that's just a little bit different. This sweeter style of Frontignac exhibits lifted fruit aromatics, lifted perfumes of rosewater and honeydew melon, geraniums and lime, very characteristic of it's Barossa provenance. Bothie is a very versatile wine that can be enjoyed either at the start of a meal or nicely chilled at the end, alongside fresh fruits and cheese, ice creams or sorbet.

Mornington brings something different to the Italianate Moscato, climactically it is blessed with a real advantage. In Australia, there are fewer traditional stylistic conventions to the handling of Moscato, therefore flavoursome and refreshing versions can be crafted which trump the Europeans. T'Gallant fashions their Moscato to display the virtues of simple, high quality winemaking, picking the grapes at a moderate alcohol level, gentlly pressing and not messing about with the wine too much, practices which are all central to the T'Gallant philosophy.

The irrepressible Warburn Estate has been at it again, crafting a divinely light-on the alcohol, yet immensely flavourful, slightly spritzy and teasingly fruity wine from Muscat Gordo Blanco grapes. Warburn Estate's outstanding success has been achieved through it's expertise in blending traditional winemaking skills, innovative techniques and plain, simple knowledge of what tastes good. Crunchy flavours and an spritzy zing around the palate, so easy to enjoy, it just goes down a treat with pear n rocquet salads or cheesey nibbles. Yum.

All the good things in life are Stella Bella. Delicately pink and pétillant, fashioned from the ripe and juicy Muscat grape Blanc A Petits Grain, drawing upon the luscious Moscato wine style, sweetly fruity, low in alcohol and lightly fizzy. The cherub rose blush hue of the gorgeous little berries is expressed sumptuously in the wine's captivating colour, effulgent flavours and bedazzling bouquet. Drink from chilled flutes and match with tasty nibbles or cheeky desserts.

Introducing the youngest range in the Stanton Killeen portfolio, an essemblage of several vintages Muscat a Petit Grains Rouge, rotated and topped up through a system of old oak barrels, according to the traditional Solera system. Muscat grapes are picked at high levels of natural sugar, fermented on skins and fortified with spirit to preserve the opulent sweetness. The original vineyards established by Jack Stanton in 1921 are still yielding world class fortified wines. The luscious Rutherglen range are fashioned to showcase the wanton richness of ripe Rutherglen fruit.

The Stanton & Killeen parcels are just three kilometres due west of Rutherglen, on picturesque, gently undulating pastorals. Thirty hectares of the best well drained soils are planted to vine, a mix of gravel ridges and red loam slopes, under which lie auspicious porous clays. It is on these latter soils that the Classic Muscat is grown. Sunning the oaken barrels which hold various vintages, rotation of the stocks through a complicated Solera system, slowly develops the melt in your mouth richness, an artisanal recipe handed down through six generations of Stanton Killeen.

Joseph Seppelt was one of many Silesian migrants who fled persecution to settle the new colonies of Australia. He sowed vines in 1851 and had the foresight to establish a brand which endures as one of the nation's great traditions. His son was Oscar Benno, also blessed with a rare sense of vision for the future, he took the selfless initiative to lay down barrels of the finest fortified wine for a one hundred year endowment. These priceless stocks serve as a backbone for the construct of the most lusciou fortified wines, treasured by enthusiasts around the world.

Seppeltsfield crafts a limited production, highly flavourful and satisfying fortified wine to a vibrant, fruit driven interpretation of Rutherglen Tokay. The Seppeltsfield wineworks at Nuriootpa embodies a tradition of wine making that remains unsurpassed in reputation for quality. Specially blended and carefully aged to create a modern style that's delightfully fresh and vibrant, expressing lifted plum pudding aromas, luscious honey flavours and a cleansing finish. Seppeltsfield is an ideal accompaniment to all desserts, ripe fruits and cheeses.

Seppelt Rutherglen is made from the Brown Muscat grape, harvested at peak ripeness and fortified to give an aromatic spirit lift. This immensely satisfying Cuvee marries batches of the ripest fruit with careful oak maturation, and a highly fastidious regimen of racking whilst under cellar, with skillful and artisanal blending, to create a flavoursome, yet easy to appreciate fruit driven style. Carefully matured at the estate's wineworks at Seppeltsfield, Cellar No 8 is fragrantly spiced with floral and rose petal aromas, the taste is rich and luscious.

During the outstanding Rutherglen vintage of 1983, a parcel of fruit with amazing intensity of flavour, reached an incredible natural sugar ripeness at 36 degrees of Baume, it was set aside and treated to a no expense spared vinification for ageing in small oak casks. This single vintage of precious fruit forms the basis of Seppelt GR 113 Rare Rutherglen Muscat, a wine with an immensely rich, complex palate and outstanding length, the definitive, aged Rutherglen Muscat, recipient of multiple trophy victories and countless gold medals.

The Hill is named after a high point from which enthusiastic Scottish settlers would view horse races. Scotchmans Hill have fashioned this exceptional range of wines to be fresh and fruit driven, ideally suited to contemporary tastes, perfect for early consumption.

Come home to Mama! The Schild family have been growing Frontignac Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains for over sixty years, originally sourced by the nation's most eminent labels for bottling as rich fortified wines. The deliciously refreshing grape has found a new calling, as a pretty, delicate style of aromaticness and moreishness. Conspicuous for her arrestingly ripe, juicy fruit flavours, a daintily perfumed accord, bursting with ripe grape characters over a teasingly petulant palate and sweetly satiating finish.

Unlabelled but not without a breathtaking amount of critical acclaim, Fine Old Muscat by one of the most esteemed, artisanal Rutherglen estates. A favourite of the international wine industry press, she may be demurely attired but her endowments are cherished by discerning enthusiasts around the globe. The fruit of Rutherglen's oldest and most distinguished old vineyards is treated to an old world style of vinification, arrested before completion by the addition of a neutral liquor, followed by an extended term of maturation in a selection of the finest seasoned oak casks.

Style influencers, design luminaries and fashionistas all agree on Rosemount O, a moreishly juicy white wine, specially designed to be served over ice. Like biting into a cool crisp grape, Rosemount O has luscious, sweet fruit flavours with a beautifully balanced acidity to ensure that its structure, spritz and intensity are retained. Slightly lower in alcohol, Rosemount O creates a new Over-the-Ice subcategory, in a lighter, more refreshing styling. Full of flavour, Rosemount O is enhanced when served over ice, and everyone agrees, she's simply gorgeous to sip.

The Piedmont region of northwest Italy has been producing Asti since the 1850s, Riccadonna Asti is naturally fermented and contains no added sugar or carbon dioxide. The bouquet is pleasantly fragrant with inviting floral Muscat fruit characters. The palate is dominated by fresh, rich and flavoursome fruit complemented by a touch of sweetness. A marvelousy effervescent wine full of fresh grapey cahracters, the sweetness contributes to the roundness and attractive mouthfeel whilst the cleansing acidity is present to balance the wine.

Produced and bottled in Italy, Riccadonna is not only Australia's biggest selling Asti brand, it is also the biggest selling imported wine in Australia. Riccadonna is a classic example of the delicate and fragrant sparkling wines produced exclusively from the richly flavoured Moscato Bianco grape, grown within the accredited D.O.C.G of the renowned Asti winegrowing province in northern Italy's Piedmont. Originally known as Asti Spumante, Riccadonna is aromatic and intense, easy to enjoy and slightly sweet, a pleasantly fruity and food friendly wine.

Intriguingly complex and sublime, Layers is fashioned as a whole that's so much greater than the sum of parts. A rich and exciting cepage of five grapes grown to good vineyards selected on the basis of varietal definition and consistency. The assemblage combines to form a white wine that's perfectly suited to a broad range of modern cuisines, a unique blend which offers a highly pleasurable journey of discovery to the senses. Don't be fooled by its easy drinking and approachable nature, each taste reveals another layer of subtle complexity.

Peter Lehmann is a fanatic about old Barossa vineyards and retains many of the most splendid sites. The region possesses an innate ability to excel across a variety of wines, in this case to contribute a very Australian style of aperitif white. The refreshingly appealing Moscato style has become a firm favourite among enthusiasts everywhere. Made from white Frontignac grapes, Peter Lehmann's is just a little bit sweet and spritzy, refreshingly delicious, a flavoursome fruit filled wine that actually tastes of grapes, ideal for drinking chilled and young.

An artisanal emulation of the great white Bordeaux, grown along the left bank of Garonne around the illustrious appellation of Graves. Mostly Sauvignon Blanc, a fifth of Semillon et soupcon de Muscadelle, each row of vine picked just as the intensity in the grapes peaks. Luxuriously barrel fermented in seasoned French oak, treated to pressage sauvage for texture, lees stirring battonage and a year's maturation, fashioned for complexity in a tittilatingly dry style, for those who prefer their whites, savoury, salacious and structurally refined.

One of Australia's most internationally renowned wines, a superb Tokay of opulence and splendour. Its heady, fruit laden, honey and butterscotch nose, underpinned by the sweetness of raisin and aged vanilla, an exquisite concentration, smooth, silky textures and soft, warmth of spirit on the middle palate, a graciously drying finish over lingering length of mellowing, festive fruit characters. Assembled from a range of vintages, the older wines bringing an intensity of flavour, rancio and grape tannins, gently imparting the influence of time, as the wines evolve within a selection of seasoned casks and fine oak barrels.

Only the best vintages are selected for the Premium Rare Old Muscat, all releases win significant awards at major international competitions. In blending, a range of vintages are used, the older wines giving intensely concentrated luscious flavours and aged complexity and the younger wines imparting the fresh fruit character. A bouquet of intense raisiny fruit and soft wood aged characters. A rich and luscious palate supported by rancio complexity, a great depth of mouth filling and lingering flavours. Fortified Wine of the Year Trophy!

Rutherglen Tokay grapes, synonymous with Muscadelle, picked off the Morris Mia Mia vineyard. A selection of wines from different vintages is chosen, each contributing special characteristics to make a wine with complexity of age, youthfulness, freshness of flavour and consistency of style. A concentrated nose showing great depth of malty Tokay character. The palate is complex, intense and luscious, combined with freshness. A superb Tokay of real quality and richness.

The fifth generation of Morris endure as one of the world’s great winemaking estates, releasing an unbroken lineage of internationally renowned fortifieds year after year. Morris Liqueur Muscats are vinified from precious harvests of Brown Muscat grapes, a clone of the Muscat aux Petit Grains Rouge, which grows in bunches of small red berries. A rich bouquet of the most intense varietal Muscat characters, driven by a palate of wanton, indulgent complexity and beautified by the most beguiling rancio richness.

McWilliams's are one of the most recognizable names in the pantheon of enduring Australian brands, a significant part of their bequest is a priceless endowment of the oldest, most invaluable stocks of fortified wine in the land. The estate's history with fortifieds dates back to 1913, when John James McWilliam planted the first ever vines at Hanwood on the Riverina. Generations of viticulture and patient cellaring have established a legacy of the world's finest Old Muscats, assembled into a Show Reserve of immense concentration and exquisite balance.

A patiently matured, multi vineyard Muscat, vinified from Red Frontignac grapes and blended to an average age of five years. The fruit, picked extremely ripe to maintain the sweetness of the style, is sourced entirely from McWilliam's vineyards in the Riverina wine region of New South Wales. The warm and dry conditions are ideal for Fortifieds, enabling grapes to ripen superbly and to achieve great richness of flavour. Fermentation is arrested at the desired sweetness by the gradual addition of a high quality neutral Spirit, also made at the Hanwood wineworks.

There's nothing like a glass of Long Flat Moscato, exhilaratingly fresh with a lower alcohol than sibling white wines. The key to making fine Moscato is to capture and preserve the natural fruity, supply spiced aroma and flavour of the Muscat grape. So close your eyes and think of fresh grapes because that's what Long Flat Moscato tastes like. The most refreshing white wine in the world, one would be hard pressed to find a more satisfying chilled drink on a summer's day.

Chilled Moscato is such a treat, its luscious grape flavours and irresitible perfumes make it the first choice to match with chillied Thai and piquant curry recipes. Always highly welcomed at every festive situation or intimate soiree for two, its flexibilty makes it the perfect choice for matching with gelati or dessert, hors d'oevres and canapes, or your favourite spicey bistro faire.

Moscato is a style of wine that's fashioned from Muscat grapes, a variety that's highly aromatic with intense fruit and floral expressions. A good Moscato is ideal as a refreshing, delicately flavoured sparkling wine. Jacobs Creek have added a tantalizing pink hue and infused this charming wine with darling expressions of juicy red fruit.

Jacobs Creek are well positioned to produce the most luscious and fashionable sparkling Muscat wines. The trick is to keep the flavour and characters of the wine as close as possible to the qualities of fruit in the vineyard. The ultimate achievement in a petulant Muscat wine, deliciously fruity and decidedly refreshing, displaying attractive delicate summer fruit flavours with a light, fresh taste. Innately suited to all festive occasions or quite nights at home, so easy to prepare and always eager to please. Simply chill and enjoy with friends.