Last time, in an overview of wine’s called Pinot , it was noted that if you were to do a search on “Pinot” wine grapes you could come up with a list that includes at least 26 different ones. In fact, according to the New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia, there are 258 official synonyms!

But, for brevity, here’s the list of the 26 Pinots that you might have actually heard of:

• Pinot Aigret (Synonym for Rufete)

• Pinot d’Anjou or Pinot d’Aunis (Synonym for Pineau d’Aunis)

• Pinot Beurot or Pinot Burot (Synonym for Pinot Gris)

• Pinot Bianco (Synonym for Pinot Blanc)

• Pinot Blanc

• Pinot Blanc Cramant or Pinot Blanc Chardonnay (Synonym for Chardonnay)

• Pinot Blanco (Synonym for Chenin Blanc)

• Pinot Blanc Vrai (Synonym for Pinot Blanc)

• Pinot Branco (Synonym for Pinot Blanc)

• Pinot Chardonnay (Synonym for Chardonnay)

• Pinot Droit or Pinot Fin (Synonym for Pinot Noir)

• Pinot d’Evora (Synonym for Carignan)

• Pinot Fin Teinturier or Pinot Teinturier (A parent of the Chardonnay grape)

• Pinot Fleri (Synonym for Mourvédre)

• Pinot Giallo (Synonym for Chardonnay)

• Pinot Grigio (Synonym for Pinot Gris)

• Pinot Gris (Also known as Pinot Grigio)

• Pinot Liébault (A clone of Pinot Noir)

• Pinot de la Loire (Synonym for Chenin Blanc)

• Pinot Meunier (One of three primary grapes used to produce Champagne)

• Pinot Nero (Synonym for Pinot Noir)

• Pinot Noir (The star of the show!)

• Pinot Noir Précoce (Synonym for Frûhburgunder)

• Pinot St George (Synonym for Négrette)

• Pinot Vache (Synonym for Mondeuse)

• Pinot Verdet (Synonym for Arbois)

Next time, we’ll start looking into the most widely known Pinots - Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Meunier.