Pinot gris, pinot grigio (us: , uk: ) or grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety of the species vitis vinifera. thought to be a mutant clone of the pinot noir variety, it normally has a grayish-blue fruit, accounting for its name but the grapes can have a brownish pink to black and even white appearance. the word pinot could have been given to it because the grapes grow in small pine cone-shaped clusters. the wines produced from this grape also vary in color from a deep golden yellow to copper and even a light shade of pink, and it is one of the more popular grapes for skin-contact wine. pinot gris is grown around the globe with the "spicy" full-bodied alsatian and lighter-bodied, mor...

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