Like a Shakespearean tale, what we have in pinot gris and grigio is two wines, both alike in dignity and yet different in style. Named for its grey-red colour as a grape (gris and grigio translate to ...

Sometimes something as simple as word choice can speak volumes. For example, one Oregon winery’s decision to label their wine as a ‘pinot gris’ rather than a ‘pinot grigio’ communicates something ...

Genetically speaking, there's no difference between the first two. And, contrary to widespread belief, there's virtually no difference with regard to the latter. Pinot grigio is merely the alternative ...

Pinot Gris (or Grigio, if Italian) is grown around the world these days, but the most significant sources are northern Italy, France’s Alsace region, and Oregon. Much of it, especially in Italy, goes ...

Pinot gris or pinot grigio? This apparently harmless question caused quite a stir among wine writers and makers in London the other day. We were tasting a promising range from the Verus winery in ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – Last week we talked about the allure and versatility of pinot blanc wines. I received an interesting email from a reader asking me if pinot gris and pinot grigio were wines made from the ...

Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio from northern Italy changed everything. I’ll never forget the first time I saw a bottle of the wine in a Southern Californian gourmet supermarket in the 1980s. The bottle ...

Pinot gris is wildly popular today, especially when given its Italian name, pinot grigio. At low yields, it can make deep-coloured, full-bodied, gently aromatic wines with lots of extract, but it is ...

Vibrant, crisp, and the ultimate food-friendly wine – here are two pinot gris and a pinot grigio to try. Pinot gris or grigio (gris and grigio translate to ‘grey’ in French and Italian respectively) ...