In the northern part of the valley, chardonnay and pinot noir-based wines are crafted.

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Burgundy's growers have relegated Pinot Gris to the fringes--all but run it out of town, really--in favor of its oak-loving cousin, Chardonnay (a cross of Pinot Noir and something called Gouais Blanc).

FORBES: Pinot Gris makes the Pinot family proud.

Burgundy's growers have relegated Pinot Gris to the fringes-all but run it out of town, really-in favor of its oak-loving cousin, Chardonnay (a cross of Pinot Noir and something called Gouais Blanc).

FORBES: Pinot Gris makes the Pinot family proud.

Debunking the notion that good wines come only in glass bottles sealed with corks, French winemaker Boisset Family Estates is introducing into the U.S. a 750-milliliter polyethylene terephthalate bottle of wine called Yellow Jersey--a chardonnay, a sauvignon blanc, a pinot noir and a merlot, from grapes grown in the Languedoc region of France.

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