April 2024
The Pinot Issue
Pinot Noir inspires fanatic followers with a cult-like devotion for good reason. The “heartbreak grape” can be fickle in the vineyard and can create disappointing wines but also transcendent ones. Our Pinot Noir Issue explores these pleasures and pains, and the wines we love from California to Oregon, Burgundy to Champagne and Germany to Australia.
Featured Stories Illustration by Linda Baritski Culture What Makes Pinot Noir Pinot Noir? Image Courtesy of FOX Searchlight Via Maximum Film / Alamy Stock Photo Culture Director Alexander Payne on ‘Sideways,’ 20 Years Later Photography by Tom Arena, Illustration by Linda Baritski Wine Get to Know Spätburgunder, a.k.a. German Pinot Noir
Letter from the Publisher
Peace and Pinot
The healing power of place.
I did it. I returned to the scene of the most iconic crime in wine pop culture—the tasting room where Paul Giamatti’s character Miles dumps an entire spit bucket into his
This Article was originally published on Wine Enthusiast