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Muscat à petits grains rouge Rutherglen fortifié

Origin
Most likely Greece or Asia Minor (current Turkey).
Growing regions
France, Italy, Turkey, Austria, Germany, South Africa, California Argentina
Also known as
Brown Muscat, Moscatel de Grano Menudo Tinto

Red Muscat à petits grains from Rutherglen — a red-berried mutation of white Muscat à petits grains, producing the famous Rutherglen Muscat in north-east Victoria in Australia — is one of the world’s greatest expressions of muscated fortified wine.