Where once Chardonnay was a synonym for wet, white and wine, now Pinot Grigio has become the latest shorthand for another bland and vacuous style of dry white,' remarks ANTHONY ROSE. But this does't mean that it all deserves to be washed down the sink, he counters. To be fair, Pinot Grigio is so imitated because it is capable of such good things.' Examples picked out to back this up include 2005 Da Luca Pinot Grigio(4.99; Waitrose).