Pinot Blanc (or in Italy, Pinot Bianco) tends to be medium-bodied, with moderate acidity and flavors that suggest orchard fruits—think nectarines, peaches, pears). It’s far less popular than its ...

With the proliferation of new wine brands from all over the world, it is not surprising to witness the growing confusion between pinot gris, pinot blanc and pinot grigio. In truth, they all are ...

In wine, as in most things in life, there’s black and white, and then there’s gray. This idea is abundantly clear in Alsace, the wine region in northeastern France where you can follow “pinot” ...

OK, what’s the difference? Different names, same grape. Pinot Grigio = Italian. Pinot Gris = French. The white-wine grape has a grayish / brownish hue to its skin; ‘gris’ means ‘gray’ in French. By ...

INRAE provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation FR. The diversity within grapevine varieties is incredibly rich. This is good news for viticulturists – grape cultivators – and wine ...

Pinot Gris' genetic roots can be traced to both France's Burgundy region and southwest Germany, and is a lighter-skinned mutation of the red grape Pinot Noir. Today, there is relatively little Pinot ...