Muscat of Alexandriaマスカット・オブ・アレキサンドリア

Wineries growing it: 6
Awards: 19

An ancient muscat, known in Japan as Okayama's glasshouse table grape and also made into perfumed white wine.

An ancient muscat grown around the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa, named after Alexandria in Egypt. It reached Japan in the Meiji period, and Okayama developed glasshouse cultivation to keep the fruit clear of the country's heavy rain. Districts such as Funao in Kurashiki remain a major source of premium table grapes, and wine is made from that same fruit. The unmistakable muscat perfume carries straight through, so even dry versions smell sweet. Among the wineries listed here it centres on Okayama, with further producers in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Fukuoka.

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Notes on aroma and taste describe general tendencies for this grape, not claims about any particular wine — the actual character depends on the producer and how it is made.

Statements of fact — origin, crossing, plant-variety registration and growing regions — have been checked against public bodies, research institutes, or the breeder (4 sources).

Wineries growing Muscat of Alexandria

6 listed wineries are recorded by their sources as growing this grape.