The wines must be crafted only from the Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier or Chardonnay grapes grown in the region.
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In Oregon the Pinot Noir that is getting all kind of accolades, Wine Spectactor called it number one, is Evening Land.
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It is produced by a movie producer, Mark Tarlov and in very little time it has become the Pinot Noir of choice.
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He looks appreciatively at the Jersey cows grazing contentedly behind him and says that theirs is the pinot noir of milk, which makes very good butter (as the pinot noir grape makes very good wine).
The wine is made by one of the best Pinot Noir makers in France, Dominique Lafon, so the combination of great grapes and great wine maker make a great Pinot Noir.
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The secrets: The kind of old-fashioned, small-lot, artisanal distilling all but abandoned by the big Cognac houses, and the added fruit character of the local pinot noir.
The amount of Pinot Noir that was exported from the Languedoc-Roussillon region in Southern France between 2006-2008, the window of deception, far exceeded the amount of previous years.
The Red Bicyclette Pinot Noir single grape wine is hugely popular in the United States.
They found the amount of Pinot Noir being sold to Gallo was far more than the region produced.
And great Pinot Noir costs a great deal more: The best red Burgundies (made from Pinot Noir, of course) run into the thousands of dollars.
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In 1987, the 1985 Williams Selyem Rochioli Vineyard Pinot Noir won top honors at the California State Fair and the little garage winery was suddenly above the radar, as was Russian River Pinot.
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Most houses give the wine color by adding a portion of still, red Pinot Noir wine to the blend before the Champagne-to-be undergoes its second fermentation in the bottle, the one that produces the trapped bubbles.
The fundamental fact is that the family patriarch, Pinot Noir, is notoriously unstable because it is so promiscuous in producing mutations.
The fundamental fact is that the family patriarch, Pinot Noir, is notoriously unstable-not in an Ozzy Osbourne sense, but because it is so promiscuous in producing mutations.
Thursday saw many of the fans visiting vineyards in the Martinborough area, famous for its pinot noir output, and several coaches heading east to view seal colonies and the rugged coastline.
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In the northern part of the valley, chardonnay and pinot noir-based wines are crafted.
More than scarcity accounts for the relatively high price of pinot noir.
Some of those in the scandal were not even Pinot Noir producers.
While California has its big cabernets and buttery chardonnays, Willamette Valley winemakers have become famous for the finicky, cool weather pinot noir grape.
It's hard to overstate Burt Williams's influence: Since its creation, Williams Selyem has been the mother ship of Sonoma Pinot Noir and, more recently, of Mendocino Pinot training and spinning off several generations of winemakers.
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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.
Oregon vintner Richard Ponzi uses a gravity system to process his pinot noir, because the finicky fruit would be too roughed-up by pumps.
His extensive wine list came with an impressive number of half-bottles. (I wish more restaurants would do the same, enabling diners to experiment with different wines.) Following his sage advice, we tried the 2009 Pride Mountain Viognier, followed by the 2010 Hirsch Vineyards San Andreas Pinot Noir.
Local whites tend to be fruity and vigorous, with chasselas being the most produced, and the fine, well-balanced local pinot noir is also popular.
We covered all the Kiwi growing regions, with Grieco especially high on the Central Otago environment in the mountainous South (also a revered Pinot Noir zone).
Back home in Burgundy, the grape was traditionally used as "Pinot Noir Helper" to add richness to a feeble vintage of Pinot Noir or to soften an overly rough one.
The buzz has slackened a bit, but Pinot Noir is still an expensive hobby.
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and sparkling wine are the watchwords here, with notable producers including Hyde de Villaine, Saintsbury and, for sparkling wine, Domaine Carneros.
He's currently experimenting with aging teas in Pinot Noir and whiskey barrels: The teas absorb the moisture from the barrels and give off the alcohol's scent.
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