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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Northern Italy’s pinot grigio is sometimes unfairly maligned as producing often slightly insipid and characterless wines: fridge door whites that may only work in very hot weather, with undemanding, ...

From the same grape, Pinot Grigio hits a more neutral note than the concentrated flavours of Pinot Gris Our wine critic's pick of Pinot Grigio and Pinot Gris options What a difference a yield can make ...