The unique climate of each vineyard allows for the production of cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, merlot, pinot noir, sauvignon blanc, malbec, syrah and viognier.

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Winemakers are experimenting with other varietals like Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir.

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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).

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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).

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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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The main varietals include Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir.

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