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Pinot Blanc is a white wine grape. A glass of red wine Wine display at the Mt Markey Winery This article is about the beverage. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis...


It is grown in France, particularly Alsace, in Germany where it is known as Weisser Burgunder, and in the U.S. In the U.S., many of the vines called Pinot Blanc are actually a related variety, Melon de Bourgogne/Muscadet, that has the same parents as Chardonnay. This mistake was discovered around the mid 1980s, and now Pinot Blanc purchased from a nursery will be the genuine article. Alsace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... Melon de Bourgogne is a variety of white grape grown in the Loire Valley region of France and best known through its use in the wine Muscadet. ... Muscadet is a type of French white wine. ... Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make a white varietal wine. ... A nursery is a place where plants are propagated, usually for sale as a business, though some gardeners and farmers keep private nurseries. ...


Pinot Blanc has also been confused with Chardonnay, and wineries often vinify it in a similar style, using barrel fermentation, new oak and malolactic fermentation. It can also be treated more lightly and made into a crisper wine that still has some ability to age. A winery is a facility where fruit, usually grapes, is processed into wine. ... Grow and harvest grapes. ... A barrel is a hollow cylindrical container, usually made of wood staves and bound with iron bands. ... In its strictest sense, fermentation (formerly called zymnosis) is the energy-yielding anaerobic metabolic breakdown of a nutrient molecule, such as glucose, without net oxidation. ... Oakland International Airport is located in Oakland, California and serves the San Francisco Bay Area metro region. ... Malolactic fermentation is a process of fermentation where malic acid is converted to lactic acid. ...


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Pinot Blanc (370 words)
Pinot blanc is a genetic mutation or clone of pinot gris, which is in turn, a clone of pinot noir.
Pinot blanc berry skins have an unusually high tannin content and the wines are prone to browning.
Pinot blanc is allowed in both the Mâconnais and wine labeled "Bourgogne Blanc", but plantings are nearly phased out of the Burgundy appellation.
Pinot Blanc (373 words)
Based on DNA fingerprinting, she concluded that an original Pinot prototype and an obscure vine called Gouais Blanc are the parents of Pinot Blanc and fifteen other Gallic varieties, including Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris.
Pinot Blanc may in fact be a second generation mutation of Pinot Gris.
Pinot Blanc is best represented in Alsace, where is produced both as a single varietal wine and also blended with other varieties to yield sparkling, still, dry and botrytized wines, these latter a result of the overripe berries being attacked by the fungus responsible for the sweet dessert wines of Sauternes.
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