*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Most dry rosè wines get their color from juice that has been in brief contact with the dark skins of red wine grapes. Among ...

Last week I wrote a column about the allure and versatility of pinot blanc wines. I began the article by discussing how a friend had thought pinot blanc and pinot grigio were the same wine. Of course, ...

In the historically war-torn region of Alsace, Pinot Noir was considered table wine, and subsequently overlooked in the original 1975 decree of the Alsace grand cru designation as well as in later ...

There's nothing quite like a pinot noir to sip alongside some roasted duck or savory mushroom risotto. The dry medium body with complex red fruit notes and smooth mouthfeel perfectly complements rich, ...

A classic Champagne blend consists of three grapes and while Chardonnay and Pinot Noir get top billing, Pinot Meunier, the workhorse of the trio, is often overlooked. Pinot Meunier, with its fruity ...

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 ...

BY Monday, I honestly thought I was home and dry – that I had got away with not predicting grape varieties that will (might) ...

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 ...

I am now the proud, if somewhat worried, possessor of a shoot of Dijon clone 115 pinot noir on a phylloxera-resistant root. It’s not the phylloxera, a root louse that has devastated the vineyards of ...

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 ...