| Pinot Noir is the red wine grape of Burgundy, now adopted (and feverishly studied) in wine regions all over the world. The variety's elusive charm has carried it to all manner of vineyards, from western Germany and northern Italy to Chile, South Africa, Australia, and perhaps most notably California and New Zealand. It is the patriarch of the �Pinot� family of grape varieties � so called because their bunches are similar in shape to pine cone (pinot in French). Other members of this family are Pinot Gris, . |
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