This offering from Noble Vines in Monterey, Calif., is named after the French clone 667. The French are big believers in terroir – the influence of the soil and weather on the grape – and the ...

I wasn’t going to write about Pinot Noirs, but changed my mind when I tried Noble Vines 667 Pinot Noir 2014. This wine is a lovely lush mix of fruit and earth on the palate and on the nose.

"WHILE other noble varieties - like cabernet sauvignon and shiraz - are grown successfully around the world, pinot noir achieves its apogee in the vineyards of Burgundy alone." ...

Info: 2014 Pinot Noir, Noble Vines, Monterey, California; $15. Taste: Creamy, and with notes of cream soda, and a long finish.

The Barda pinot noir is made from grapes of the new 37-acre vineyard developed with cuttings from the 1932 and 1955 pinot noir vines. No modern nursery-raised pinot noir clones are used.

China launched a cache of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Noir vines into space on the orbiting Tiangong-2 lab during this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept. 15, in an experiment that ...

This offering from Noble Vines in Monterey, Calif., is named after the French clone 667. The French are big believers in terroir – the influence of the soil and weather on the grape – and the ...