Pinot Gris is a white-wine grape originally from the vineyards of Burgundy, but now found in wine regions all over the world. When produced in the pale, light style popularized in late 20th-Century Italy, the variety and its wines are typically referred to by the Italian name Pinot Grigio.
"Embrace, do not fear, the slight sweetness in this honeyed, fragrant Pinot Gris. Play up its voluptuous texture by matching it with something equally rich and unctuous. Pork belly, creamy cheeses, and newly legal foie gras come to mind. You could also appreciate its glorious lusciousness and grandeur unaccompanied— it makes a marvelous apéritif, a sensuous nectar that exudes pure class. Its elegant golden fruit is perfectly balanced by the sensation of slick wet stone." –Anthony Lynch