Pinot Noir is the star grape in Burgundy’s red wines and Champagne. It is grown throughout Europe and in the New World. With 277,000 acres (112,000 hectares), it is the fifth most planted red grape ...

Pinot is the first word of many French vine varieties and its thought to refer to the shape of pinot grape bunches -- in the form of a pine (pin) cone. Researchers cite hundreds of different sorts of ...

Love Pinot Noir? This overlooked wine region delivers elegance, freshness, and value, making it a must-try for fans of ...

There’s nothing for it: Kevin Furtado has pinot on the brain. Describing it as the Holy Grail of wines, the Larkspur sommelier can barely contain himself as he excitedly talks about this wine of ...

Pinot Grigio is widely considered an easy-to-drink, uncomplicated wine. Don’t be deceived. The “gray Pinot” is a devious grape. It changes identity like a spy, according to local climate and popular ...

The French call it Burgundy, the Italians call it pinot nero and the New World calls it pinot noir. Call it what you will, the dark-skinned, small-cluster grapes can produce some of the world’s most ...

Pinot Noir is red, right? Well, yes. And no. Which is to say, it doesn’t have to be. Like almost all red grapes, the flesh of a Pinot Noir grape is pale green, which means that if you crush the grapes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emily writes about what’s in your glass and why it matters. If you’ve ever heard a winemaker call Pinot Noir the “heartbreak grape ...

White Pinot Noir was invented in Champagne and perfect around the world. Pinot Noir is red, right? Well, yes. And no. Which is to say, it doesn’t have to be. Like almost all red grapes, the flesh of a ...