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Pinot Grigio is the Italian name for the Pinot Gris grape variety. The style in which Pinot Grigio is typically made is so distinctive that Gris and Grigio are typically treated as different varieties (even if they do have identical DNA). The international marketing behind Pinot Grigio is so strong that for many consumers, its name is more recognizable than the original, Pinot Gris.
The Italian style has been successfully adopted in the United States, and to a lesser extent Australia, where some wineries produce both a Pinot Grigio and a Pinot Gris, in contrasting styles. Bottles labelled Pinot Grigio in Australia will be crisp and dry whereas wines labelled Pinot Gr ... more
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delle Venezie IGT wine region
IGT delle Venezie, one of Italy's best-known wine appellations, has been made famous by the ocean of crisp, light Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie that makes its way westwards to the United Kingdom and the United States from north-eastern Italy each year.
The Venezie in the title is not Venice (the historic city of canals, islands and bridges) but the Tre Venezie (the 'three Venices') – Venezia Euganea, Venezia Giulia and Venezia Tridentina. These are the names of three Italian administrative regions which existed between 1866 and 1919 and correspond to the modern-day regions of Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige. The I ... more
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Veneto IGT wine region
Veneto IGT – the region-wide IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) title for the Veneto region of north-eastern Italy – is one of the country's most widely used appellations. It covers a broad range of wine styles from Veneto, the engine room of Italy's wine industry. Each year, a substantial number of reds, whites and r ... more
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Saratoga Wine Exchange |
$8.74
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Saratoga Wine Exchange |
$79.68
Case of 12 Btls
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