The Kyoho black-purple table grape variety has long ruled the domestic market, even earning the moniker “king of grapes.” But it is losing its throne to the Shine Muscat, a relatively new ...

produced from black muscat grapes; and even sweeter dessert wines. In sharing their sparkling and sweet styles, moscato and muscadine taste best with the same types of foods. Both muscadine and ...

A grape variety called Shine Muscat is helping to change perceptions that farming isn’t lucrative, say officials in Yamanashi Prefecture. That may explain a surge in new mostly young farmers to ...