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, early-ripening and thin-skinned. The ...

Anderson Valley was once a quiet, rustic haven, shut to outsiders but for a long, winding low road and a vertiginous, winding high road. In the 1800s, the local Boontling dialect was invoked to ...

The fact that such renowned Pinot Noir producers as Williams Selyem, Copain, Siduri, Littorai, Hartford Court and Ici/La-Bas are making Anderson Valley Pinots, with many precisely designating the ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

Pinot noir is a varietal of wine known for being made from a stubborn grape that’s hard to tame. Because the grape is so finicky, many wine experts turn up their noses at pinot noir unless they find a ...

Pinot Noir inspires more passion in its most ardent fans than practically any other grape variety. It makes sense: The history of Pinot can be traced back for the better part of a millennium in ...

The first thing you notice about our Wine of the Week, Edna Valley Vineyard Central Coast 2012 Pinot Noir ($20), is that pinot aroma that rises from the glass to greet you. This almost indescribable ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. I’ll just out and out say it: Overall, Oregon makes the best Pinot Noirs in ...