What is the best Moscato wine?
Stella Rosa Moscato (about $13) is the best Moscato for most people, Bartenura Moscato (about $13) is a close second, and Barefoot Moscato (about $7) is the best cheap one.
Moscato is the sweet, peachy, low-alcohol white that wine snobs love to tease and everyone else quietly loves to drink. It comes in two main styles: still (no bubbles, often from California or Australia) and lightly fizzy Italian Moscato d'Asti. Both are best served very cold with fruit, spicy food or dessert.
Lightly fizzy
1. Stella Rosa Moscato
about $13MoscatoGood buy
Italian, gently sparkling, all peach and apricot with low alcohol. Balanced enough that it tastes fresh, not sugary.
2. Bartenura Moscato
about $13Moscato
The one in the blue bottle. Light, fizzy, with pear and tangerine. A favorite for brunch and bridal showers.
3. Cupcake Moscato d'Asti
about $11Moscato
Proper Moscato d'Asti from Italy at a grocery-store price. Honeysuckle and peach with soft bubbles.
Still and cheap
4. Barefoot Moscato
about $7MoscatoGood buy
Sweet, simple and everywhere. Perfect for a party punch or poured over ice with a few berries.
5. Sutter Home Moscato
about $6Moscato
Juicy, orange-blossom sweet and one of the cheapest bottles in the store. Exactly what it promises, no more.
6. [yellow tail] Moscato
about $7Moscato
Australian, a little lighter and fizzier-feeling than Barefoot. Very easy with spicy wings or takeout.
Full sparkle
7. Martini & Rossi Asti
about $13Moscato
Fully sparkling and sweet, made from Moscato in the same part of Italy. The party cousin of Moscato d'Asti, great for a dessert toast.
Good to know
- Drink it within a couple of years
- Moscato is all about fresh fruit and flowers, which fade with age. Buy it to drink, not to keep.
- Pair it with heat
- A little sweetness cools down spicy food. Try Moscato with Thai curry, Nashville hot chicken or anything with chili crisp.
- Use it in a spritzer
- Half Moscato, half soda water, a few frozen peaches. Lower in alcohol, very refreshing, and it stretches a bottle for a group.
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Last checked 2026-10-04. Selection and prices vary by store and state.