Pinot grigio and pinto gris might have similar names, and they certainly have a lot in common, but they're not identical.

As many of our readers already know, Pinot Noir is a native of Burgundy, and the word pinot comes from the French word used to describe the shape of a pinecone, while the word noir simply means “black ...

Spring is here!. Put some Shrimp on the Barbie, toss up a salad, and open a bottle of Josh Pinot Grigio. Celebrate the Season and enjoy a real Treat! This Josh Pinot Grigio is just the right taste for ...

We’re big Burgundy Pinot Noir Fans, but in all fairness, we have always maintained that some of the best Pinot Noir outside of its home turf in France comes from cool climate areas like Sonoma County, ...

“In wine there is truth,” to cite a proverb quoted by Pliny the Elder—truth about humans, that is. Wine has been a staple of human drinking for thousands of years: it is captured in the frescoes in ...

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Ross Cobb’s youth could pass for an Indiana Jones subplot. By age 10, the Mill Valley native had lived in Saudi Arabia, skied the Swiss Alps and traveled through Kenya, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Spain.

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In November 2012, I started writing about wine for this newspaper. At the time, one of my goals was to dispel one of the myths about wine that never seems to die — that wine is an expensive luxury ...