pinot

With its crisp acidity and bright fruit, this high-toned wine seemed more akin to Pinot Noir than to Malbec.

Surrounded by rows of unsold Pinot Noir grapes in late August, Steve Dutton brushed away the hanging leaves to reveal the dark purple grapes.

Regardless, raise a glass of Pinot anytime someone says “This was a mistake.”

It’s during the annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival, held the third weekend of May each year.

I received a bottle of Vermont WhistlePig rye for my 40th birthday and a Merry Edwards Russian River Pinot as a wedding present.