"I could make them one of my special gris gris bags, " said Ms. Jones.
While Chardonnay grew to fame as "white Burgundy, " Pinot Gris began turning up in odd corners of the wine world under murky aliases: In France alone, Pinot Gris is also known as Tokay d'Alsace, Pinot Beurot in Burgundy and Malvoisie in the Loire.
In the Pacific Northwest, Pinot Gris is renowned as the dream match for the oily richness of salmon.
What Pinot Gris lacks in marquee value, it makes up for in sheer agreeableness.
Pinot Gris-or its wayward Italian sibling, Pinot Grigio (same grape, different name)-just might be your next white-wine love affair.
Pinot Gris is a lot of things to a lot of people, not all of them good.
Anthony Road Pinot Gris: light-bodied, dry but soft, some light fruity tones with a hint of mineral.
Chapoutier Domaine Bila-Haut Blanc, a lively, medium bodied wine made mostly from Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris.
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In the state where David Lett once maintained a lonely vigil there are now more than 90 wineries making Pinot Gris.
Pinot Gris--or its wayward Italian sibling, Pinot Grigio (same grape, different name)--just might be your next white-wine love affair.
The main varietals include Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir.
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Up in chilly Oregon, where they use the name "Pinot Gris, " the grape has become the state's signature white wine.
But in places where the grape aspires to greater things, Pinot Gris nearly always develops a more substantial weight, a touch of unctuousness.
Wherever it is made, the point is to let the essence of Pinot Gris-flavorful, juicy and seductively easy to sip-shine through.
He will also give the Met 14 pieces by Fernand Leger and 14 others by Juan Gris, according to the museum.
Pinot Gris (pronounced "gree") is the black sheep, or anyway, the purple-brown sheep, of one of the grape world's most noble families.
Great Pinot Gris is, in that sense, very much a purist's wine.
The collection "distinguished by its quality, focus, and depth, " includes 33 Picassos, 17 works by Braque and 14 by Gris and Leger.
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The Pinot Gris, now lovingly cultivated on its own, began as one such "sport" (to use the breezy scientific term) of Pinot Noir.
At 1, 800 acres, Pinot Gris covers almost twice as much vineyard land there as Chardonnay, much of the best in the Willamette Valley south of Portland.
Brent Webb crossed three minutes after the restart, Danny McGuire added number four and, despite late tries from Simon Gris and Ben Harrison, Leeds hung on.
Pinot Gris does share certain Pinot family traits, however, including up-and-down yields, instant blandification when it's overcropped and a hypersensitivity to where it's planted.
You'd think we were confused about what Pinot Gris actually is.
For the adventurous, Pinot Gris and Viognier provide sublime summer drinking.
Some wineries more or less successfully give Pinot Gris oak treatment, but it works best as a light touch, an accent that doesn't bury the wine's fruit character.
But unless you are Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Domaine Weinbach or a handful of other top Alsatian producers, that level of retail pricing is a hard sell with Pinot Gris.
"Anyone who plays games with it is trying to make it into something it's not, " states David Lett of Oregon's Eyrie Vineyards, the pioneer Pinot Gris producer in the United States.
Burgundy's growers have relegated Pinot Gris to the fringes--all but run it out of town, really--in favor of its oak-loving cousin, Chardonnay (a cross of Pinot Noir and something called Gouais Blanc).
Burgundy's growers have relegated Pinot Gris to the fringes-all but run it out of town, really-in favor of its oak-loving cousin, Chardonnay (a cross of Pinot Noir and something called Gouais Blanc).
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