The Pinot Grigio grape, a genetic color mutation of the Pinot Noir variety from Frances Burgundy region, gets its name from the Italian word grigio, which means grey. This is due to the fact that the grapes skin color ranges from bluish gray to raspberry-pink. As Napoleons armies marched across the European continent, they brought grapes with them. It was during this time that the Pinot Grigio vine took root in Northeastern Italy and its only here in these cooler climates that it truly achieves its finest expression, lending it a characteristic personality and especially fragrant, perfumed bouquet.