What is the difference between moscato d'asti and prosecco?

Different types of sparkling wine like prosecco, cava, crémant, moscato, and lambrusco comprise the rest of the market. And while each bears some .... These days, in Italy's Piedmont region, the finest, ripest moscato grapes become moscato d'Asti–a sweet, lightly sparkling white wine with an ABV of 5.5%. read more

Among these specific roles the wines play I find the significant difference between Moscato d’Asti - or the related Asti appellation - and Prosecco. Technically, the two wines are different by: Region: Piemonte for Asti and Moscato d’Asti and Veneto for Prosecco. read more

Asti and Asti spumante are two terms for the same sparkling wine made from Moscato grapes. Although some makers call their wine Asti spumante, "spumante" largely was abandoned after the wine earned a Denominazione de Origine classification in 1993. read more

Different types of sparkling wine like prosecco, cava, crémant, moscato, and lambrusco comprise the rest of the market. And while each bears some likeliness to champagne (i.e., they all fizz, thanks to varying amount of carbon dioxide captured in the wine), there are distinct and important difference among them. read more