Vins doux naturels are lightly fortified wines typically made from white Muscat grapes or red Grenache grapes in the south of France.

Muscat grapes are grown widely, and are used to produce an unusual table wine that is dry yet has a strong Muscat flavor.

Nowadays, it is more common to encounter Sovetskoye Shampanskoye produced in a dry style, although a Moldovan made semi-sweet version from Muscat grapes has been regularly available in the U. S.

Other grapes sold as table grapes are Flame, Sultana, Muscat, Almeria and Concord grape.

Muskatova rakiya is made from Muscat grapes, while the preparation method of dzhibrova rakiya is the same as for Italian Grappa.

The Furmint, Yellow Muscat, and Hárslevelű grapes are the primary grapes used in this wine.

The Muscat variety of grapes of the species Vitis vinifera is widely grown for wine, raisins and table grapes.

Muscat grapes are grown around the world.

* Black Muscat ( also called Muscat Hamburg, Moscato di Amburgo ) Used for some Eastern European wine but mainly for table grapes in Italy, Australia and France.

Muscat grapes are one of the major varieties grown for table wine in Chile, and is a minor variety in California and Italy.

Muscat grapes are used to make a variety of sweet dessert wines in various parts of the world.

Typically, these are fortified wines, though some sweet late harvest and noble rot wines are also made from Muscat grapes.

France also produces a number of sweet fortified vins doux naturels from muscat grapes, such as Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, Muscat de Rivesaltes, Muscat de Frontignan, Muscat de Lunel, Muscat de Mireval, and Muscat de St-Jean Minervois.

Muscat grapes contain a number of compounds that give muscat wines their distinct flavor.

There are several large cities on the Arabian Sea coast including Karachi, Gwadar, Pasni, Ormara, Aden, Muscat, Mumbai, Mangalore, Kochi, Keti Bandar, Salalah and Duqm.

As the name suggests, Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, Muscat de Rivesaltes, and Muscat de Frontignan are all made from the white Muscat grape, whilst Banyuls and Maury are made from red Grenache.

The Grenache vins doux naturels can be made in an oxidised or unoxidised style whereas the Muscat wines are protected from oxidation to retain their freshness.

The two best are at Muscat and Matrah, where natural harbors facilitated the growth of cities centuries ago.

They are divided by the Wadi Samail ( the largest wadi in the mountain zone ), a valley that forms the traditional route between Muscat and the interior.

The relationship between Islamabad and Muscat is warm, because it is the nearest Arab country to Pakistan and the fact that some 30 % of Omani's are of Balochi origin from Pakistan's Balochistan province, having settled in Oman over a hundred years ago.

Mature distillates ( of 3 to up to 80 years old ) made from sun-dried Savatiano, Sultana and Black Corinth grape varieties are blended with an aged Muscat wine from the Greek islands of Samos and Lemnos.

Thus, most fortified wines are regarded as distinct from dessert wines, but some of the less strong fortified white wines, such as Pedro Ximénez sherry and Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, are regarded as honorary dessert wines.

As the name suggests, Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, Muscat de Rivesaltes, Muscat de Frontignan, Muscat de Lunel, Muscat de Mireval and Muscat de St-Jean Minervois are all made from the white Muscat grape, whilst Banyuls and Maury are made from red Grenache.

Muscat is widely grown in Portugal and Spain, where the grape and the wines produced from it are known as Moscatel or Muscatel.

In Austria Muscat wines ranging from dry to very sweet are produced.

Muscat dessert wines are also produced in Cyprus, analogous to those produced in Greece.

" muškat ruža porečki " ( English: Muscat Rose ) is produced in mid Istra, a peninsula on the north Adriatic coast in Croatia.

Muscat dessert wines ( moschato ) are produced on Samos, Rhodes, Patras and Cephalonia.

Dry Muscat table wine is produced on Lemnos.

Fortified Muscat wines are produced in Tunisia and Morocco.

Among the most advertised varieties of Muscat produced in Romania are the wines from the regions Jidvei, Murfatlar and Dealu Mare.

Fortified Muscat ( Moscatel ( Spanish )) is produced in Andalusia, the Valencian Community, Navarre, Aragón and Catalonia, and the Canary Islands.

As of 2011, all wines are white and can be produced from the noble Alsace varieties: Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Gris and Gewürztraminer grapes.

Originally produced from 100 % Clairette, Aligote and Muscat are now included.

On Friday, March 18, 2005, Lee completed a small set of mixes for his final album, produced by Alex James Muscat at Last Stop Records.

* Indian School Muscat, a Central Board of Secondary Education-affiliated school in Oman

File: MuscatRoadGate. jpg | Gates decorate routes in the entrance of Muscat, Oman

By the late 1720s, the village was trading across the Arabian Sea with Muscat and the Persian Gulf region.

The local Sindhi populace built a small fort, that was constructed for the protection of the city, armed with cannons imported by Sindhi sailors from Muscat, Oman.

On 30 November 1967, Lord Caradon, the British Ambassador to the United Nations, announced that in accordance with the wishes of the local inhabitants, the islands would be returned to Muscat and Oman, despite criticism from President Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi that the islands should be transferred to the People's Republic of South Yemen.

In the late 18th century, the Khan of Kalat is said to have granted sanctuary at Gwadar to one of the claimants for the throne of Muscat.

Important naval victories of the Ottoman Empire in this period include the Battle of Preveza ( 1538 ); Battle of Ponza ( 1552 ); Battle of Djerba ( 1560 ); conquest of Algiers ( in 1516 and 1529 ) and Tunis ( in 1534 and 1574 ) from Spain ; conquest of Rhodes ( 1522 ) and Tripoli ( 1551 ) from the Knights of St. John ; capture of Nice ( 1543 ) from the Holy Roman Empire ; capture of Corsica ( 1553 ) from the Republic of Genoa ; capture of the Balearic Islands ( 1558 ) from Spain ; capture of Aden ( 1548 ), Muscat ( 1552 ) and Aceh ( 1565 – 67 ) from Portugal during the Indian Ocean expeditions ; among others.

The relatively recent name of " Muscat and Oman " ( which was abolished in 1970 in favor of " Sultanate of Oman "), implies two historically irreconcilable political cultures: the coastal tradition, the more cosmopolitan, secular, Muscat tradition of the coast ruled by the sultan ; and the interior tradition of insularity, tribal in origin and ruled by an imam according to the ideological tenets of Ibadism.

Muscat was taken by the Portuguese on 1 April 1515, and was held until 26 January 1650, although the Ottomans controlled Muscat between 1550 – 1551 and 1581 – 1588.

The latter recaptured Muscat from the Portuguese in 1650 after a colonial presence on the northeastern coast of Oman dating to 1508.

He assumed power in 1748 after the leaders of both factions had been killed in battle, but the rivalry continued, with the factionalization working in favor of the Iranians, who occupied Muscat and Sohar in 1743.

The leader of the revolt, Ahmad ibn Said al Said, was elected sultan of Muscat upon the expulsion of the Persians.

The position of Sultan of Muscat would remain in the possession of the Al Said clan even when the imamate of Oman remained out of reach.

The Al Said clan became a royal dynasty when Ahmad ibn Said Al Said was elected imam following the expulsion of the Iranians from Muscat in 1744.

The population of Muscat fell from 55, 000 to 8, 000 between the 1850s and 1870s.

As a result of this struggle, the empire — through the mediation of the British Government under the Canning Award — was divided in 1861 into two separate principalities: Zanzibar ( with its East African dependencies ), and Muscat and Oman.