Richard Sanford — Pinot Country Read weather data instead of real-estate listings, worked out that the Santa Ynez Valley runs east-west and lets the ocean in, and planted pinot noir at Sanford & Benedict in 1971. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/person/richard-sanford/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 26K
Cru — Pinot Country A growth: a vineyard, or a class of vineyards, recognised for what it yields. Grand cru and premier cru rank the ground in Burgundy; in Bordeaux the same word ranks the château instead. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/word/cru/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 25K
Green harvest — Pinot Country Cutting unripe bunches onto the ground in summer so the vine ripens fewer. Yield control with secateurs, after the vine has already set more fruit than the grower wants. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/practice/green-harvest/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 26K
Hand harvest — Pinot Country Picking into small crates by hand, so the bunch arrives whole and the cellar decides what to do with it. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/practice/hand-harvest/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 26K
Coq au vin — Pinot Country A tough old bird braised in red wine, lardons, mushrooms and onions, thickened with its own blood in the oldest versions. Burgundy cooks it in Burgundy and drinks the same wine with it. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/pairing/coq-au-vin/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 26K
Salmon — Pinot Country A fish oily enough to take a red wine, and in Oregon the pairing is local logic rather than theory — the fish and the pinot come from the same watershed. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/pairing/salmon/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 26K
Malolactic fermentation — Pinot Country A bacterial conversion, not a yeast one: lactic acid bacteria turn sharp malic acid into softer lactic acid and let off CO₂. Nearly every red pinot noir goes through it. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/practice/malolactic/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 27K
Punching down — Pinot Country Pushing the floating cap of skins back under the wine, by foot or by plunger, several times a day. Pinot's cap rises fast and dries out if nobody moves it. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/practice/pigeage/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 26K
Négociant — Pinot Country A merchant who buys grapes, juice or finished wine, raises it in their own cellar and sells it under their own name. Half of Burgundy's output moves this way. nanobotco.github.io/pinot-noir/word/negociant/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 26K