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This International Pinot Noir Day, we're inviting wine lovers around the world to raise a glass to New Zealand's leading red wine export and rediscover a variety renowned for its vibrancy, versatility and refreshing appeal. Here you will find all you need to know about Pinot Noir - the history of plantings in New Zealand, fast facts about the variety, and Pinot Personalities of the New Zealand wine industry.
Wind the clock back 20 years and Pinot Noir was barely known, leave alone grown, in New Zealand. But today there are plenty of reasons to celebrate the variety, and on 18 August, you can do just that.
Intense, expressive, and fruit-driven, the Pinot Noir grape has found a home in New Zealand, and this International Pinot Noir Day is the perfect time to celebrate this notoriously fickle grape.
Every year on 18 August, wine lovers around the world raise a glass to Pinot Noir. Known as one of the most captivating and expressive grape varieties, Pinot Noir has earned a devoted following globally. And increasingly, many of those wine lovers are turning their attention to New Zealand.
Every year on 18 August, wine lovers around the world celebrate Pinot Noir Day. But if there is one place uniquely suited to honour this captivating grape, it's New Zealand.
From the people who make New Zealand Pinot Noir.
Intense, expressive, fruit-driven. Native to Burgundy and notoriously fickle, the Pinot Noir grape has found a home away from home in New Zealand.
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