Primary Grape Pinot Noir This popular red grape originated in Burgundy but has spread across the New World. Like its white Burgundian counterpart Chardonnay, Pinot Noir is early-budding, ...

The history of New Zealand Pinot Noir Pinot Noir grapes have been planted in New Zealand since at least 1836, thought to be brought over from Europe by amateur winemaker James Busby and cultivated by ...

Bob Campbell's best buy this week is the Kumeu River 2020 Kumeu Village Pinot Noir for $20 a bottle. LISTEN ABOVE ...

The first pinot noir made in this country was in 1987. The 30 years from then to today is, in wine-making terms, what Germans would call an augenblick — a blink of the eye.

2008 Felton Road Pinot Noir is not a Kumeu River wine but a product of a completely different company, albeit represented by the same importer. It was present here because, although Kumeu make a ...