Pinot Noir from California and Oregon can taste dramatically different thanks to climate, soil, and winemaking style.

It was crisis time in the Bayernmoor Cellars vineyard in the foothills northeast of Stanwood. Half of the pinot noir grapes growing in Larry and Kim Harris’ vineyard last year hadn’t finished ripening ...

Pinot Noir is a Vitis vinifera grape just like its cousins, Pinot Gris or Grigio, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Meunier. The name "pinot" translated is French for pine because of the tightly packed, pine cone ...

In between Los Angeles and San Jose, Monterey County’s wine scene is burgeoning—and Carmel Valley Ranch is embracing the spotlight with their private label, Swing, that emphasizes the terroir of the ...

People either love them or hate them. The same goes for Pinot Noir. Some people adore red wines made with these grapes. Other people just aren’t that into them. Personally, I think many of them are ...

Pinot noir grapevines are prone to what plant scientists call “spontaneous mutations.” Left to their own devices, one of the vast number of pinot noir vines may spontaneously generate a cane producing ...

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 ...

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 ...

pinot noir expecting another disappointing New World pinot noir. Instead I was pleasantly surprised. In 2004, Piero Incisa della Rocchetta, whose family produces the world-renowned Sassicaia from its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adam Tolmach of Ojai Vineyard harvests samples of Ambulo Blanc grapes to test for sugar and pH levels. His experimental vineyard ...