Word: pinot
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...sizable wine list, for example, has a playful informality, with whites and reds divided by personality rather than type or terrain. Bottles of Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay turn up in the “Mid Weight, Refined But Lively” section, which could easily double for an appealing personal ad, while “Rustic, Spicy and Earthy” (too PSLM for me) houses Shiraz and Carmignano. Though leaning heavily on Italy, the cute categories are a veritable United Nations, with Argentina, Turkey and even Massachusetts fielding delegations...
...fresh wood paneling to pay for, along with new stereos piping in Nina Simone and two 42-inch flat screens hanging above the bar. And like the $9 movie ticket, the $4.25 premium draft has ceased to outrage many locals. Glasses of wine range from $6 (a nice pinot grigio) to $11, while bottles stick pretty close to the “glass times four” formula and span from $22 to $58. For those who have heard rumors of an $8 glass of beer, it does in fact exist and resides at Cambridge, 1 in the form...
...seeing the savory side of the bottle aging?a certain leathery character and a lot of lanolin." Travel in New Zealand and you had better learn to speak the language of vintners and wine tasters. You might find yourself chatting about Cabernet with a cabbie, and Pinot Noir with a parking attendant...
Central Otago, at the southern end of the South Island, is New Zealand's fastest-growing wine area?mostly producing Pinots and Rieslings. The Gibbston Valley vineyard sells nearly half of its acclaimed Pinot Noirs to some 125,000 tourists a year, many of whom come to the tasting rooms on day excursions from the nearby adventure sports capital Queenstown. Visitors can tour the vineyard and the cool, concrete-lined cave where wine sits in racked barrels before sitting down to lunch in a shady outdoor restaurant...
Soft-spoken former journalist Alan Brady founded the vineyard in 1987 but soon tired of the endless promoting and tourism. He moved down the road to start again, this time in search of the perfect Pinot Noir. "I really wanted to get back to the reality of wine," he says, his nose deep in a glass of his latest vintage, "which for me is getting tired and dirty at harvest time." He takes a sip and smiles. "Now I am not driven by any market demands?I am producing the wine I want to and the market seems to like...