Pinot Gris is a color-mutant sibling of Pinot Noir, a grayish-pink-skinned grape from France that makes a white wine, bottled in styles ranging from crisp and neutral, as Pinot Grigio, to richer and more textured, as Pinot Gris. California has planted it aggressively: bearing acreage grew from 940 acres in 2000 to 15,262 acres in the latest report, with 15,679 total acres logged for 2025 across 37 counties, one of the fastest-growing white varieties in the state's own numbers. It is grown here mostly for the lighter, high-volume Pinot Grigio style rather than the richer Alsatian one.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- GRIS
- Country of origin
- FRANCE
- Parentage
- PINOT NOIR MUTATION
- Synonyms
- 249
- Approved on a US label
- Pinot gris (Pinot Grigio)
- FPS selections
- 11
confirmed by DNA markers
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
the names TTB permits on a bottle
distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Pinot Gris, not what California grows. A zero is a published answer: it means the source names the grape and reports nothing under it, or does not name it at all.
- 811
county-years of acreage
37 counties, 15,262 bearing acres in 2025
- 425
district-years of crush
17 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 425
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 57
producers in this atlas
producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California
- —
regions with a maturity date
not one of the eight cultivars with a
Acreage in California
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Counties and concentration
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Where it is planted
Reported by county — never by AVA
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Share of each county's vineyard
Reported by county — never by AVA
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The counties
Reported by county — never by AVA
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Tonnage and price by district
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
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Brix at the crusher
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Growers in this atlas's roster
- Barefoot Cellarsbottled
Brand · Pinot Grigio
- Bernardo Winerybottled
Winery · Pinot Grigio
- Ferrari Caranobottled
Winery · Pinot Grigio, Reserve Pinot Grigio
- J Vineyards & Winerybottled
Winery · Estate Pinot Gris
- Joseph-Jibril Winesbottled
Winery · Skin Contact (Off-White Wine)
- Long Meadow Ranch Winerybottled
Winery · Pinot Gris
- Miramonte Winerybottled
Winery · Pinot Gris
- Nichelini Family Winerybottled
Winery · Sparkling
- Schramsbergbottled
Winery · Mirabelle Brut
- The Hess Collectionbottled
Winery · Lion Tamer White Blend, Pinot Gris California
- 101 Northlisted
Brand · Pinot Grigio
- 11th Hour Cellarslisted
Brand · Pinot Grigio
and 45 more in the roster, each listing it without a named wine in the atlas.
57 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 10 of them with a named wine in the atlas made from it. A roster is not a census — this is who the atlas has entered, not who grows the grape in California.