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How to observe International Pinot Noir Day
Interesting Facts about Pinot Noir
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Intro

Happy International Pinot Noir Day to you. National Pinot Noir Day on August 18 encourages wine lovers to experience one of the wine world’s most versatile wines. Pinot noir is grown around the world, mostly in cooler climates, and the variety is chiefly associated with the Burgundy region of France. This wine is over 1000 years older than Cabernet Sauvignon.

Pinot noir is a red-winegrape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French words for pine and black. The word pine alludes to the grape variety having tightly clustered, pinecone–shaped bunches of fruit.

How to observe International Pinot Noir Day

The easiest way to celebrate the day is by having a glass of Pinot Noir. However, don’t stop there. There are other ways to get the fullest enjoyment of this wine.

While sipping your wine, read up about it.
Another way to savour your Pinot Noir is to watch a documentary on how it’s made.
Curl up with your ruby red glass and enjoy the flavours with a charcuterie board while watching the film Sideways starring Paul Giamatti.
Attend a wine tasting and sample a variety of wines.
Serve a meal of salmon, pasta or game. If root vegetables and mushrooms are your pleasure, Pinot Noir will enhance your enjoyment.

Share your favorite pairs and bottle of Pinot Noir by using #InternationalPinotNoirDay or #NationalPinotNoirDay on social media.

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Pinot noir is now used to make red wines around the world, as well as champagne, sparkling white wines such as the Italian Franciacorta, and English sparkling wines.

Regions that have gained a reputation for red pinot noir wines include the Willamette Valley of Oregon; the Carneros, Central Coast, Sonoma Coast, and Russian River AVAs of California; the Elgin and Walker Bay wine regions of South Africa; the Mornington Peninsula, Adelaide Hills, Great Southern, Tasmania, and Yarra Valley in Australia; and the Central Otago, Martinborough, and Marlborough wine regions of New Zealand.

Pinot noir is the most planted varietal (38%) used in sparkling wine production in Champagne and other wine regions.

Pinot noir is a difficult variety to cultivate and transform into wine. The grape’s tendency to produce tightly packed clusters makes it susceptible to several viticultural hazards involving rot that require diligent canopy management.

Interesting Facts about Pinot Noir

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Pinot Noir is over 1000 years older than Cabernet Sauvignon.
Pinot Noir = Pinot Grigio = Pinot Blanc. Pinot Gris/Grigio and Pinot Blanc are simply color mutations of Pinot Noir. Each grape DNA was analyzed only to find out they are identical.
The 3 top Pinot Noir Producers in the world: France, the United States and Germany.
Where is Pinot Noir grown in South Africa? The country found its sweet spot for Pinot Noir, on the south coast west of Cape Agulhas among the orchards of Elgin and, particularly, in an underpopulated valley that is known as ‘Heaven on Earth‘ (Hemel-en-Aarde) in Afrikaans, in the hinterland of the whale-watching resort of Hermanus. Worth a visit!