Vendi Pinot Grigio 2009

Price: $6 Maker: CL Dolo, Italy Variety: Pinot Grigio Packaging: Bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 12% Our Rating: 8.2 out of 10

Vendi Pinot Grigio 2009 Delle Venezie isn’t typical of the varietal. It’s pale straw color doesn’t lead you to expect an overwhelmingly fruity taste. Its flavors are pear and tropical fruit, and this wine [...]

Angel Juice Pinot Grigio

Price: $19 Maker: Underdog Wine Merchants, Ripon,CA Variety: Pinot Grigio Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 12% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Angel Juice Pinot Grigio is appropriately named – it’s a mild, pleasant wine that some will think is heaven-sent. (After I wrote that line, I found that the winemaker had put similar wording on [...]

Golden Gate Pinot Grigio

Price: $3 Maker: Golden State Vineyards, American Canyon, Napa County, California Varietal: Pinot Grigio Packaging: 750 ml bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 12% Our Rating: 8 out of 10

Golden Gate Pinot Grigio is a non-vintage California wine priced in the Two Buck Chuck range. Surprisingly, it’s not all bad. The mild nose has weak notes [...]

Wine Tasting at the Vine & Spirits

We love to attend wine tastings, as they let us sample a range of wines in the space of an hour or two, without having to commit to buying and consuming a bottle of something that turns out to be not to our liking. The Vine & Spirits hosted one the other night, with a [...]

Voga Pinot Grigio 2004

Price: $9 Maker: Voga I.C.R.F, Calmasino, Italy Varietal: Pinot Grigio Packaging: 750 ml bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 12% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

The packaging of Voga Pinot Grigio 2004 caught our attention. Unlike virtually every other wine bottle on the shelf, Voga’s 2004 bottle is a perfect cylinder, with a large vertical logo [...]

Beringer Pinot Grigio

Price: $6 Maker: Beringer Variety: Pinot Grigio Packaging: Bottle, natural cork Our Rating: 8 out of 10

For a staple of supermarkets and convenience stores, Beringer Pinot Grigio (2004) is a pleasant surprise. It has a melony aroma, and tastes of apple, melon, and citrus. Its flavor is crisp and slightly tart, and its finish [...]