Moscato

Genuinely sweet — one of the sweetest popular wines, with pronounced peach, apricot and orange-blossom flavors. If you find most wines too dry, Moscato is the usual starting point.

Less than most wine. Moscato d'Asti runs around 5–7% ABV — roughly half a typical table wine — which is part of why it's such an easy, low-key pour.

Moscato d'Asti is the Italian original from Piedmont: lightly fizzy (frizzante), low in alcohol, delicately sweet. Other Moscato can be still or fully sparkling and often higher in alcohol.

Serve it cold, around 45°F. It's excellent with fruit desserts, pastries and cheese — and it's one of the few wines that stands up to spicy food, since the sweetness tames the heat.