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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pinot

type of grape vine used in wine-making, 1912, American English variant spelling of French pineau (attested in English from 1763), name of a family of wine grapes, from pin "pine tree" (see pine (n.)) + diminutive suffix -eau. So called from the shape of the grape clusters. Variants are pinot noir, "black," pinot blanc, "white," and pinot gris, "gray."

Wiktionary
pinot

n. 1 Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America 2 Any of several wines made from these grapes

Wikipedia
Pinot

Pinot may refer to:

  • Pinot (grape), a grape family
  • Pinot (surname)
  • Pinot (restaurant), a restaurant by chef Joachim Splichal
Pinot (surname)

Pinot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Cynthia Pinot (born 1974), American actress and model
  • Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio (1902–1964), Italian painter
  • Manohara Odelia Pinot (born 1992), Indonesian model
  • Thibaut Pinot (born 1990), French cyclist

Usage examples of "pinot".

Napa and Sonoma, with the picking of pinot noir, chardonnay, pinot blanc, and pinot meunier, the grape varieties of champagne.

There was a Thermos full of fruit punch for Cristy and a bottle of pinot noir for the adults.

The cuvee of this particular liquid was a blend of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, a single-fermentation process.

Pinot noir is versatile at the dinner table, but it goes best with lamb, duck, turkey, game birds, semisoft cheeses, and even fish.

Sarah could sing, and Mel Torme, and Dave McKenna was the piano player, and The Four Seasons, in New York, for that one meal, and Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir, and Catamount beer, and German shorthaired pointers, and Ali maybe was the best heavyweight, though Ray Robinson was, of course, the best ever, any weight, and Krug champagne, and Faulkner, and Vermeer, and Stan Kenton and Mike Royko, and fitful sleep.

Much later that night we rustled up some eggs with Vidalia onions and cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, opened a nice bottle of Pinot Noir.

Ilse was throwing these five cent deposit soda bottles he has with his Pinot Grigio into the trash and made a dreadful scene, will you hand me those nail scissors?

God Oscar what do you do here all day, sit there with your Pinot Grigio and plan your little luncheon menus in the Spanish style?

And so over Pinot Grigio and cold salmon with mayonnaise and a boiled potato they watched Errol Flynn in The Charge of the Light Brigade.

Leave you alone for ten minutes you open a bottle of your Pinot Grigio up running around the room like a, will you sit down!

I mean my God you can be glad you may come out with enough to buy yourself one last bottle of your Pinot Grigio, will you stop waving those papers around and weeping over money is that all you can think about?

A bartender in a tuxedo pours champagne and eggnog, mixes Manhattans and martinis, opens bottles of Calera Jensen pinot noir and a Chappellet chardonnay.

When they had been making their own wine, the grapes would have gone into highly prized blends of chardonnays, cabernet sauvignons, sauvignon blancs, pinot noirs, and zinfandels.

As she opened a bottle of pinot noir, Kaye noticed an envelope on the white tile counter near the espresso maker.

This was acceptable to both parties, and so we sat down to a lunch of smoked rainbow trout and Melton Mowbray pie, accompanied by Okanagan Valley Pinot Noir and Zinfandel.