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Pinot noir grapes

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Pinot noir grapes

Pinot noir’s thin-skinned berries are prone to fungal diseases, and the vine crops best in cool dry climates.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Viticulture – Grape varieties, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18300/pinot-noir-grapes (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.