Date: September 6th 2010

Hello Everyone,

This week at Cafe Hidalgo on Wine Wednesday...it's all about Pinot! The tasting starts at 6pm and the cost is $15.00 for the flight along with assorted cheeses, crackers, and fresh fruit.

Pinot Noir is often described as being a "difficult" grape, to grow, to deal with in the winery, and to find truly great examples of, but fans are passionate about this veriety, as sensually expressed by the dialogue between Miles and Maya in the 2004 movie "Sideways."
Pinot Noir is one of the oldest grape varieties to be cultivated for the purpose of making wine. Ancient Romans knew this grape as Helvenacia Minor and vinified it as early as the first century AD. Recognized worldwide as a great wine grape, pinot noir has many alias and is grown in Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria (called Blauburgunder or Spätburgunder), Brazil, Canada, Croatia (Burgundac), Czechoslovakia, England, France, Germany (Spätburgunder), Greece, Hungary, Italy (Pinot Nero), Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland (Clevner, but labeled "Dole" when often blended with Gamay Noir), and the United States.Pinot gris (or pinot grigio, as it is known in Italy) probably is the best-known "white" variant-clone of Pinot Noir. Ripe pinot gris grapes may be described as having colors from bluish grey to light pinkish brown. Clusters with a variety of colors are not unusual.
The variety can attain a very high level of sweetness, but will begin to lose acid rapidly when near to fully ripe. Sometimes it is used to add richness and to lighten, when blended with Pinot Noir.

So........are you getting the picture ????? Its all about Pinot !!! Pinot Grigio, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. I hope you enjoy the line up from Spain, France, New Zealand and California.

Here what we are featuring for the evening.....

Segura Viudas Sparkling Pinot Noir, Spain
Luna Vineyards Pinot Grigio, Napa Valley
Cline Cellars Pinot Gris, Sonoma
Etude Pinot Noir Rose, Carneros
Louis Latour Valmoissine, France
Crossings Pinot Noir, Marlborough NZ
Row Eleven Pinot Noir, Santa Maria

Hope to see you all there...

Dena David
Cafe Hidalgo Events
www.cafehidalgofullerton.com

Winery websites:

www.seguraviudasusa.com
www.lunavineyards.com
www.clinecellars.com
www.etudewines.com
www.louislatour.com
www.thecrossings.co.nz
www.roweleven.com