There’s nothing for it: Kevin Furtado has pinot on the brain. Describing it as the Holy Grail of wines, the Larkspur sommelier can barely contain himself as he excitedly talks about this wine of ...

Martin Ramirez, foreman, and Brianne Engles, winemaker, qualty check pinot noir grapes before putting them into bins during ...

The French call it Burgundy, the Italians call it pinot nero and the New World calls it pinot noir. Call it what you will, the dark-skinned, small-cluster grapes can produce some of the world’s most ...

The opulent aromas and refined flavors of pinot noir make it the perfect accompaniment to a holiday dinner. SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS puts me in the mood for pinot noir. Cultivated centuries ago by ...

Warming temperatures are forcing Oregon winemakers to rethink Pinot Noir, a picky but popular grape. But there is another problem with climate... Some grapes like it hot. But for growers of Pinot Noir ...

Pinot Noir is red, right? Well, yes. And no. Which is to say, it doesn’t have to be. Like almost all red grapes, the flesh of a Pinot Noir grape is pale green, which means that if you crush the grapes ...

As we reach the end of June, we find ourselves in peak rosé season. We no longer have to bust the myth that all pink wines are sweet, but it’s still worth discussing how rosé is produced and which ...

Pinot Noir is, to put it one way, high-maintenance. At its best it is one of the most sublime wines you’ll ever drink. For it to be at its best you need a statistically unlikely combination of moxie, ...

Is pinot noir the grape of California’s future? It’s difficult to predict because the thin-skinned black grape needs almost ideal — and cooler — conditions to produce quality fruit. Sunny, warmer ...

Can we see some ID? One hungry bear in northern California apparently found himself a delicious late-night snack. He was caught on camera eating pinot noir grapes in a Mendocino County vineyard. At ...