Wine, etc.: Pinot noir grape demand growing

Capital (Annapolis);  June 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ......pinot noir. Pinot noir likes cool...area of the Anderson Valley is one of the...1990s that the Anderson Valley pinot noir took hold in...We've been on a pinot noir kick in recent weeks, so if Anderson Valley isn't your...

Pinot noir's popularity may compromise quality

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......even more site-specific than merlot. Good pinot noir requires a dry, cool climate, but with...that have had demonstrable success with pinot noir. France's Burgundy region is the most important for high-class pinot noir. There have been quality pinot noir sightings in ...

In search of an affordable pinot noir

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  July 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 In search of an affordable pinot noir -- What's drinkable for under $20 By...Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Pinot noir is to a restaurant wine list what an...an affordable - let's say $20 retail - pinot noir that offers much sophistication. Most...

America's hope for quality Pinot Noir rests with Oregon

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 6, 1987 ;     654 words ...Pinot Noir is the most difficult grape to grow, say...most exquisite and often ultra-expensive Pinot Noir often are racked with despair after a...harvest. Fragile, mercurial and demanding, Pinot Noir may be the oldest cultivated grape. It...

ON WINE Worshippers of Pinot Noir will happily consume new book

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Worshippers of Pinot Noir will happily consume new book The...Haeger, author of "North American Pinot Noir" (University of California Press...become a classic for worshippers of Pinot Noir. A massively informative tome, it...

Wine, Etc: Vintner in search of pinot noir perfection

Maryland Gazette;  May 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......apparently ruminated long enough about pinot noir that he named his Napa Valley winery...all accounts he already has a Ph.D. in pinot noir. Mr. Soter was among many adventurous...who in the early 1980s dared to make a pinot noir, the most onerous grape varieities. Then...

WINEMAKER PUTS FAITH IN PINOT NOIR.(LIFESTYLE)(THE SPIRITED GLASS)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  March 3, 2008 ;     634 words ......Michael Muckian ANDERSON VALLEY, MENDOCINO COUNTY...Rasmuson approaches pinot noir with both a fascination...might say that the pinot noir grape, particularly...Mendocino County's Anderson Valley, has become the...estate vineyards in Anderson Valley, which ...

Wines, Etc. Vintner in search of pinot noir perfection

Capital (Annapolis);  May 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......apparently ruminated long enough about pinot noir that he named his Napa Valley winery...all accounts he already has a Ph.D. in pinot noir. Mr. Soter was among many adventurous...who in the early 1980s dared to make a pinot noir, the most onerous grape varieities. Then...

Pinot Noir master uncorks the secrets of his craft

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ...ON WINE Pinot Noir master uncorks the secrets of his craft...myself at his purple feet. If you love Pinot Noir the way I do, then you know what I mean...Wisconsin, Dore agreed to spill all of Pinot Noir's secrets. It's an exasperating grape...

BERINGER'S PINOT NOIR DESERVES ATTENTION TOO

The Boston Globe;  July 15, 2004 ;     330 words ...Winemakers describe pinot noir as a temperamental grape that is...Champagne blend. Recently some delicious pinot noir have been emerging from New Zealand...valleys, has become well known for pinot noir because the heat of the upper end...

UNCORKED: Continuing our look at grape varieties with Pinot Noir.

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  January 17, 1999 ;     430 words ......tackling an equally difficult red variety, Pinot Noir. But this is not an issue of fashion or prejudice, for many producers making good Pinot Noir is their Holy Grail . It's just that Pinot Noir is so difficult to make successfully. If...

Pinot noir is the next splash in a changing wine market.(Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 24, 1995 ;     435 words ......if merlot is about to be eclipsed by pinot noir. Francis Mahoney, the guru at Carneros...country to the title ``Godfather'' of pinot noir, recently talked about the grape's future. Within a year, Mahoney projects, the pinot noir sections of wine stores are going to...

Calif. gets the hang of growing pinot noir grapes

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......years ago, when any serious discussion of pinot noir began and ended with the red wines of Burgundy. Very little pinot noir from anywhere else was worth talking about. Pinot noir is an unforgiving, thin-skinned grape that...because growers didn't always get the pinot ...

California pinot noir soars in '94

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 8, 1997 ;     604 words ......has been hyped as the greatest ever for pinot noir in California. That's the vintage the...for once the hype is true. California pinot noir producers have realized the equivalent...and of 1990 in Burgundy. For decades, pinot noir was the laughingstock of the California...

Thin-skinned and fickle, pinot noir still a darling.

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  October 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Janice Fuhrman WHAT IS PINOT NOIR? Pinot noir is a dry red wine that originally comes from the Burgundy...people rave about a red Burgundy, they are talking about pinot noir. The fragile, finicky pinot noir grape can produce some...