De Bortoli Petit Moscato NV

Designed to be enjoyed now, The Muscat family, quite a diverse group of characters, are often used to make Moscato styles – sweet, lightly sparkling and low alcohol. These can vary a lot but the best ones balance bright fruit sweetness with fresh acidity. For the new Petit Moscato, De Bortoli have selected a family member known for its poise and elegance – Muscat Rouge à Petits Grains. So lush! Rose petals and lychees pirouette from the glass. There’s strawberry sherbet and delicate Turkish delight with a twist of lime. It’s sweet but not cloying, with a lovely creamy fizz and fresh acidity.

For a wine that is all about party there’s complexity too – baskets full of strawberries, Persian fairy floss, musk sticks, pink grapefruit and pomegranate seeds that burst on your tongue. At 7% alcohol, this is perfect for slow sipping on hot summer days or perhaps with brunch. Serve it with summer fruit salad filled with red berries, white stone fruit and topped with a dollop of creamy Greek yoghurt.

Nicole Bilson

Wine Critic at Winepilot

Nicole loves wine. So much so that she gave up a successful career in Pharmacy, perfected her spitting technique, and moved from sunny Queensland to the wine-drenched laneways of Melbourne. Stints in hospitality, wineries, retail, sales and marketing filled the next few years while Nicole built her knowledge and searched for the right path. She completed the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Diploma in 2016 and became a certified WSET Educator the following year. She now juggles a number of roles including teaching people about wine, curating wines lists for restaurants and bars, judging in Australian wine shows and, of course, writing. In 2016 she won the Negociants Working With Wine writing award and has since contributed to Gourmet Traveller WINE, Halliday Wine Companion Magazine and Nourish Magazine.

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