Pinot Noir Grape Sequenced Date: December 25, 2007 Source: Public Library of Science Summary: Viticulture, the growing of grapes to make wine, is an ancient form of agriculture.

Drappier is the first maison to grow all approved Champenois grapes ... Pinot Blanc is a genetic mutation of Champagne's most ...

Because wine has been made in France for at least 2,000 years, it probably only took a few hundred years of experimenting for winegrowers to figure out what grapes grow best where. Cabernet ...

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 ...

Pinot Noir is a notoriously difficult grape to grow. It has tight, almost seamless clusters that may trap moisture and begin rotting should any late-season rain fall on them.

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 ...

Harvesting pinot noir grapes is nothing new for Jim York. But pulling in the lush, deep purple fruit had special significance for York’s Catalina View Wines this week: They were the first grapes ...

Elsewhere in Burgundy, pinot noir is grown. Beaujolais, where Gamay grapes grow, is also part of Burgundy, but we didn’t visit there. Sometimes I’m tempted to give grape growing another ...

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 ...

Warming temperatures are forcing Oregon winemakers to rethink Pinot Noir, a picky but popular grape. But there is another problem with climate change — what if it gets colder instead of warmer?