Up in chilly Oregon, where they use the name "Pinot Gris, " the grape has become the state's signature white wine.

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Outside of France, the grape variety finds a home in Austria, Australia and California and Oregon in the U.S., as well as in the San Antonio Valley in Chile, where it produces an intense pungent aroma with notes of grapefruit and ginger.

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