Pinot Grigio

Originally from Burgundy, France

Pinot Grigio is a white grape producing light, dry, crisp wines with green apple, pear, lemon and a faint almond note. It is the same grape as Pinot Gris, but the name signals a style: Italian Pinot Grigio is picked early for a lean, neutral, refreshing wine, while French Pinot Gris from Alsace is riper, fuller and more aromatic. At its best from northern Italy it is delicate and mineral rather than bland; the mass-market versions that gave it a dull reputation are a question of yield and price, not of the grape itself.

Pinot Grigio is a white grape variety known for producing light-bodied, crisp, and refreshing wines with notes of green apple, lemon, and sometimes a hint of almond.