We all know Oregon’s signature red grape is pinot noir. For many vintages, the state’s signature white has been pinot gris. It might seem a curious choice to some. While the two grapes are genetically ...

Perhaps the least-understood white wine in America is pinot gris. In part, this is because the grape normally associated with France’s Alsace region and Italy simply often is a bland wine when made ...

The back labels of Alsatian pinot gris wines tend to mention foie gras. In today’s economy, this is not likely to win converts to a wine we know little about. The grape’s counterpart (and historically ...

For the past 15 years, pinot gris has been Oregon’s go-to white wine grape. With more than 15,000 tons harvested in 2015, pinot gris is even more dominant. Pinot gris, which experts believe is a ...

Pinot Noir is Oregon's most-known wine but its lighter-skinned relative - Pinot Gris - is gaining ground. A natural mutation of Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris is made in a variety of styles, depending on ...

PINOT NOIR is a notorious grape. It is maddeningly difficult to work with and hauntingly difficult to craft. Pinot noir also is infamous for being genetically unstable. Worldwide, there are two, and ...

The history and future of Oregon's wine industry is based on the pinot grape. Pinot noir established Oregon as one of the best red wine regions in the world. But because Oregon had little luck with ...

For whatever reasons, Napa Valley is still viewed as the Holy Grail of wine destinations for a majority of American wine lovers. Don’t get me wrong: I’ve been to Napa many times and there’s no denying ...

Oregon Pinot Gris is an “under­appreciated wine,” said Dave McIntyre in The Washington Post. It tends to have a minerally mouth-feel with hints of apples, pears, and floral aromas. “The best Oregon ...

Pinot Gris' genetic roots can be traced to both France's Burgundy region and southwest Germany, and is a lighter-skinned mutation of the red grape Pinot Noir. Today, there is relatively little Pinot ...

A bin of Pinot Gris grapes harvested in the north Willamette Valley rests before being crushed by Luisa Ponzi and her team at Ponzi Vineyards. Polara Studio Courtesy of Ponzi Vineyards We all know ...