Their delicious 2008 Pinot Gris R & D Franscioni Vineyard exhibits crisp apple butter, orange blossom, and caramel notes in its fresh, medium-bodied personality. Readers looking for elegant, fruit-driven, reasonably complex, fairly-priced whites should check out these dry whites from the ever reliable Morgan Winery in Monterey.Tel. (831) 751-7777

Readers looking for a good Pinot Gris should check out Morgan’s 2006 Pinot Gris R and D Franscioni Vineyard. Most California Pinot Gris are insipidly light and innocuous, but this effort possesses real personality and character. Light to medium-bodied with plenty of orange and sweet apple jam-like fruit notes, it is a dry, refreshing, fruit-driven white to enjoy over the next 1-2 years. Tel. (831) 751-7777; Fax (831) 751-7780