Grown throughout much of Greece and primarily in Peloponnese where it is traditionally used to make a dry and bold wine with much spice and perfume.

It is characterized by a "rose garden' bouquet and is usually paired with fresh fruit or fruit-based desserts.

It makes still, sparkling, and dessert wines, and can have characteristics similar to the Muscat.

It is the grape required to make the "Mantineia" PDO blanc de gris wines.

The original Moschofilero cuttings were imported in 1948 by Harold Olmo, grape breeder at the University of California, Davis, where they were stored until the abbey of New Clairvaux took interest in the early 2000s.