A perfect match for warm-weather menus, with the bright acidity bridging notes of hazelnuts with ripe tropical fruit. As always, a deft hand has guided the cool climate fruit to a perfect marriage of richness and earthiness. Do not mistake this for a fruit-bomb.

Ahh yes, Pinot Grigio. It’s synonymous with uninteresting and insipid wines and makes wine geeks and sommeliers alike shudder at the thought of it. But it seems to be a wine somms can’t live with yet can’t live without due to its insane popularity (or is it its insanely cheap price… hmmm.)

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