Tip of the Day

Kirkland Signature Moscato d'Asti

A 1950s watercolor-style brunette woman in a cream-and-yellow strapless summer dress lounges by the coast holding a glass of pale Moscato, with a chilled wine bottle in an ice bucket, green grapes, leafy vines, blue water, and hillside buildings in the background.

John We’re going back to the well here with the only tips that anyone really likes: Costco wine.

Adam Yes, we always pine for the Costco wine.

John Okay, here’s a $7.99—$7.96, that’s what I paid; it could vary by a buck or two here and there—and this is just a stunner. It’s a low-alcohol summer wine. We’re entering summer, so it’s about time we started drinking this stuff. It’s the Kirkland Signature Moscato d’Asti.

Now, Moscato d’Asti is an area of Italy that makes this sweet, low-alcohol, slightly spritzy wine that is so good. And I just say right off, I’ve had probably 20 examples of this product from different vendors. They’re all terrific. I’ve never had a bad one. I don’t know if they can make a bad one. It’s just one of those falling-off-a-log wines. And this stuff is so tasty that on a hot afternoon, chilled, it’s a stunner. I think it’s like 5%, 6% alcohol.

Adam Now, does it come in flavors?

John No, it’s a Muscat grape.

Adam So what kind of flavor is that? Is it sweet? Is it—

John Yeah, it’s a sweet wine. It’s a sweet, spritzy, refreshing, dynamite product.

Adam So it has carbonation in it?

John Yeah, it’s always had carbonation a little bit.

Adam But not like champagne?

John No, not like champagne.

Adam Oh, okay. So it’s a wine cooler is what you’re saying.

John It’s beyond any wine cooler you think you’ve had.

Adam What was the name of that? It was really popular for a while with the college girls. It was like a spritzer drink and all the girls were drinking it.

John The girls would love this stuff.

Adam It was really popular in Europe too. Zima? No, not Zima. It was something else. It was something with a B… Breezer! That’s what it was. Breezer. I remembered by myself. Breezer.

Well, that’s not a Breezer. It’s a Tip of the Day!

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