There are two entirely different worlds of Pinot Grigio, and American imbibers are slowly catching on to the better one. True, there is an awful lot of highly indifferent PG sloshing around, and its ...

Pinot grigio’s heritage in Italy does not stretch back to Romulus and Remus, although it may seem that way. Even now, pinot grigio is not even the most planted white grape in the country. An also-ran ...

America's fickle wine drinkers have a new darling. Their long-term love affair with Chardonnay fading, they've fallen for Pinot Grigio. It's become a chic alternative for aperitifs, and for diners ...

What’s a real pinot grigio taste like? Parties, wine lists and home wine racks seem to be awash in pinot grigio, or pinot grig (greezsh) as some call it. Most of those pinot grigios can be zippy and ...

Unlike many of my fellow wine critics, I regard the popular rise of pinot grigio as a positive development. My only concern is that pinot grigio is eclipsing many other refreshing, food-friendly ...

If you’re well versed in this paradox, fast-forward down the page to six mouth-watering whites mainly in the pinot gris style – even if a couple are labelled pinot grigio. Confused? Perhaps you better ...

I’ve always been a fan of underdogs. The horse with 50 to 1 odds. (Remember Mind That Bird, the 2009 winner of the Kentucky Derby?) A number 16 seed miraculously knocking out a top seed in the first ...

Hot summer nights. Lazy afternoons. Baseball on the radio. Ah, summer! This is the time of year many people live for, especially in New England. (Although truth be told, I'm one of those nuts who ...

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 ...

One man’s vino is another woman’s wein. In Alto Adige, the Italian wine region also known as Sudtirol by the locals who drink “wein,” multicultural bilingualism comes with the territory. This is Italy ...

New types of grapes begin either as a cross or a mutation. A horticulturist would say pinot grigio is a “spontaneous mutation” of pinot noir that just sort of happened one day. Hundreds of years ago, ...