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Romanée-Conti, among the world's most expensive wines, is made from Pinot noir. Pinot noir (French: [pino nwaʁ] ⓘ), also known as Pinot nero, is a red-wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name also refers to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French words for pine and black.
Today the grape is permitted in several Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) wine regions of the Loire Valley, including Cheverny and Coteaux du Vendômois. [5] While a red wine grape, Pineau d'Aunis is often treated like Pinot noir and used to make rosé and white wines in both still and sparkling wine styles. [2]
Another grape used to produce vin gris is Gamay, particularly in Lorraine, where the Côtes de Toul zone produces a light vin gris. The vinification is the same as with Pinot noir (short contact of the white juice with the red skins during the pressing), but the fruity flavor of Gamay greatly changes the taste of the wine.
After World War II, the wines gained a reputation in the Paris bistro scene as an easy drinking white wine equivalent to Beaujolais. In the late 1970s and 1980s, a wave of quality consciousness helped elevate the reputation of Sancerre as an elegant and food friendly white wine that became a popular feature on restaurant lists across the globe.
Stranger Wine Company Pinot Noir 2022 Lake Michigan Shore ($35) Owners Maxx Eichberg and Sidney Finan opened the winery in 2021, and it produces wines with minimal intervention and a focus on ...
Kabinett wines are made from grapes that have achieved minimum defined potential alcohol levels. Those minimum requirements differ by region and grape variety. Essentially, Kabinett is the first level of reserve grape selection. Spätlese wines ("late harvest") are made from grapes that have achieved minimum defined potential alcohol levels ...
One Instagram user’s version of “wine pie” has racked up eight million views over the past two weeks, and it’s easy to understand why: Content creator @itsmejuliette pours a bottle of wine ...
Orange wine (a.k.a. skin-contact white wine) is wine made with maceration in the manner of rosé or red wine production, but using white wine grape varieties instead of red. To start primary fermentation, yeast may be added to the must for red wine, or may occur naturally as ambient yeast on the grapes (or in the air).