Wine Age?

[Innkeeper]

Pinot Grigio is an ever increasing popular Italian version of pinot gris such as you make out there in Oregon, and is made best in the Alsace. It is the middle sister in the pinot family which includes pinot noir the red grape used to make Red Burgundy wine, and is also made in your neck of the woods. Little sister is pinot blanc or Pinot Bianco in Italy. It is done best in Alsace too (we recently posted TNs on one on the German/Alsace thread), although there are some excellent California bottlings.

Pinot gris is a greenish/brownish grape that makes a white wine because the skin is removed, like most other white wines, before it is crushed. It does make a more yellow wine than pinot blanc.