Villa Lanata Moscato D'asti

[tandkvd]

I went to a wine tasting at Total Wine yesterday and they had several Champaigns and sparklers. Included was this Moscato D'asti 2002, for $10.99.

I picked up a bottle because I thought it was something my wife would like. We sipped on this while watching a movie at home last night. We both liked it very much. Which supprised me because I tipicaly don't care much for sweeter wines. It tasted like very ripe pears and a little apple. However it is a heaver wine, a flute and a half filled us up.

My question though is, is this a true sparkling wine? It had a regular cork unlike the ones tipicaly associated wiht sparkling wines. There were very few bubbles that disapeared quickly. But there was a slight fizz on the toung when you hold it in your mouth. That was the only thing my wife didn't like. She likes a lot of bubbles.