How many calories are in a glass of pinot grigio?
A standard 5 fl oz glass of pinot grigio weighs 147 g and carries 122 calories. Per 100 g the wine runs 83 calories, and almost none of that comes from carbohydrate. The glass holds just 3.0 g. Pour a generous 6 fl oz instead and you are already at 146.
You'd need to walk about 24 minutes to burn the 122 calories in a 5 fl oz glass (147 g).
How long does it take to burn off Pinot Grigio?
A 5 fl oz glass (147 g) is 122 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb
| Activity | Time to burn 122 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 24 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 15 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 17 min |
| Jogging | 14 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 27 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (147 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Pinot grigio quick facts
- US pours, from one ounce to the whole bottle
- Other wines on the same shelf
- Where the calories actually come from
- How does pinot grigio compare?
- FAQ
Pinot grigio quick facts
There is exactly one USDA record for this grape: SR Legacy 174841, "Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, white, Pinot Gris (Grigio)". That is the wine in the glass on a restaurant table and the wine coming out of the bottle at home, so it is the row this page is built on. USDA gives it a household serving of one 5 fl oz glass, weighed at 147 g, which is also the pour the CDC counts as one standard drink for a wine at 12% alcohol.
The nutrition panel for wine is unusually short, and that is not an oversight on our end.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 5 fl oz glass (147 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 83 | 122 | — |
| Total fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 2.06 g | 3.0 g | 1% |
| Protein | 0.07 g | 0.1 g | 0% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Saturated fat, total sugars, added sugars, dietary fiber, sodium, cholesterol and potassium are all absent here, because the SR Legacy edition simply does not publish those values for this record. Rather than borrow a number from a different wine and call it pinot grigio, we left those rows out. The three that survive tell the story anyway: a glass is 1% of the Daily Value for carbohydrate and 0% for everything else on the FDA's Daily Value list, yet it still costs 122 calories.
That mismatch is the whole point of this page. Most foods that cost you 122 calories give you something back on the label. This one gives you a rounding error.
US pours, from one ounce to the whole bottle
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 fl oz | 29.3 g | 24 kcal |
| 1 oz by weight | 28.4 g | 24 kcal |
| One glass, 5 fl oz | 147 g | 122 kcal |
| One generous pour, 6 fl oz | 176.4 g | 146 kcal |
| One bottle, 750 ml | 745.6 g | 619 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 83 kcal |
Only the 5 fl oz glass is an actual USDA household serving. The 6 fl oz pour, the 750 ml bottle and the two ounce lines are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings.
Two things in that table trip people up. The first is the ounce. A fluid ounce of wine weighs 29.3 g and an ounce by weight is 28.4 g, so both round to 24 calories and the distinction does not matter here, which is rare enough to be worth saying out loud. It matters enormously for cheese and peanut butter. For wine you can log either and be right.
The second is the pour itself. Nobody measures wine. A restaurant glass, a wide bowl-shaped glass at home, a pour from a host who likes you: these land at 6 fl oz or beyond, and the meter runs at about 24 calories per extra fluid ounce. Three of those generous pours over an evening is 438 calories, which is a full meal you did not eat and will not remember eating. The bottle number, 619, is worth memorizing for the same reason. It is a little over five standard glasses, and shared between two people on a Friday it is roughly 310 calories each.
Other wines on the same shelf
USDA carries separate records for most of the common table wines, and they are close enough to be startling. Here are seven of them at the same 5 fl oz pour, with carbohydrate included because that is the only column that actually moves.
| Wine | Per 100 g | 5 fl oz glass (147 g) | Carbs per glass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinot grigio | 83 kcal | 122 kcal | 3.0 g |
| White table wine, generic | 82 kcal | 121 kcal | 3.8 g |
| Rose | 83 kcal | 122 kcal | 5.6 g |
| Merlot | 83 kcal | 122 kcal | 3.7 g |
| Cabernet sauvignon | 83 kcal | 122 kcal | 3.8 g |
| Syrah | 83 kcal | 122 kcal | 3.8 g |
| Table wine, all types | 83 kcal | 122 kcal | 4.0 g |
Six of the seven land on 122 calories a glass. The generic white row is the only record in the whole set that comes in under 83 calories per 100 g, and it wins by a single calorie a glass. If you have been choosing white over red to save calories, the USDA data says you saved one.
Carbohydrate is the column that separates them, and pinot grigio wins it outright. At 2.06 g per 100 g it is the lowest of the eight USDA table wine records, below merlot at 2.51 g, below claret at 3.01 g and well below rose at 3.8 g, which turns into 5.6 g in the glass. Nearly double the carbs of pinot grigio for identical calories. Nobody puts that on a wine list.
One more note for anyone searching the grocery aisle: USDA Branded has no rows for pinot grigio wine itself, because it does not cover alcoholic beverages. Every branded match is a food made with the wine, such as white wine vinegar, a salami or a pasta sauce. If you are scanning a label that says pinot grigio, check for wine and for vinegar alike, because the vinegar is close to zero calories and the wine is not.
Where the calories actually come from
Run the arithmetic on the glass and the answer is uncomfortable. Carbohydrate contributes 3.0 g, worth about 12 calories. Protein is 0.1 g and fat is zero, so they contribute effectively nothing. That leaves roughly 110 of the 122 calories, about nine in ten, coming from the alcohol itself. That is our own arithmetic from the USDA figures, not a USDA value, but the direction is not in doubt.
This is why "dry" wine does not mean low calorie, and why the sugar question that dominates wine marketing is mostly beside the point. A dry pinot grigio and an off-dry one differ by a gram or two of carbohydrate, which is four to eight calories. The alcohol difference between a light 11.5% bottle and a bold 14% one is worth far more than that, and it is printed right on the label where nobody looks.
It also explains the shape of the Daily Value column above. There is no fiber to slow it down, no protein to keep you full, no fat and no sodium. In MyPlate terms wine is not a food group at all, and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans treat alcohol as calories that come on top of, not instead of, the rest of the day. If you are managing a calorie budget, two glasses is a 244-calorie snack that arrives without a plate.
The practical version: if you want the wine, spend the calories on the wine and count it like food. If you are watching your carbohydrate intake specifically, pinot grigio is the better pick on this shelf. If you are watching calories, the size of the pour is the only lever that matters.
How does pinot grigio compare?
| Wine | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinot grigio | 83 kcal | one glass, 5 fl oz (147 g) | 122 kcal |
| White table wine, generic | 82 kcal | one glass, 5 fl oz (147 g) | 121 kcal |
| Rose | 83 kcal | one glass, 5 fl oz (147 g) | 122 kcal |
| Merlot | 83 kcal | one glass, 5 fl oz (147 g) | 122 kcal |
Our take: stop switching grapes to save calories, because there is nothing to save. Pinot grigio, rose and merlot are all 122 calories a glass, and the generic white row beats them by one calorie, which is noise. The only real choices here are how big the pour is and how many pours there are. Pinot grigio does earn its reputation on one count, though: at 3.0 g of carbohydrate a glass it is the lightest wine in this set on carbs, and it takes rose by 2.6 g. If carbs are the number you track, pour the pinot grigio. If calories are the number you track, pour 5 fl oz of whatever you actually enjoy.
Pinot grigio FAQs
How many calories are in a glass of pinot grigio?
122 calories in the USDA standard 5 fl oz glass, which weighs 147 g. That is 83 calories per 100 g. The glass also carries 3.0 g of carbohydrate, 0.1 g of protein and no fat, so roughly 12 of those 122 calories come from carbs and the rest from alcohol.
How many calories are in a bottle of pinot grigio?
619 calories in a 750 ml bottle, which weighs 745.6 g. That is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure of 83 calories, not a USDA serving. A bottle is a little over five standard 5 fl oz glasses, and it carries about 15.4 g of carbohydrate in total.
How many carbs are in pinot grigio?
3.0 g of carbohydrate in a 5 fl oz glass, or 2.06 g per 100 g, which is 1% of the Daily Value. That is the lowest carbohydrate figure of the eight USDA table wine records: generic white sits at 2.6 g per 100 g, merlot at 2.51 g and rose at 3.8 g.
Does pinot grigio have sugar?
USDA publishes no total sugars figure for this record, so the 2.06 g of total carbohydrate per 100 g is the only honest guide. It works as a ceiling: sugar in a 5 fl oz glass cannot exceed 3.0 g, and a dry pinot grigio sits well below that.
Is pinot grigio keto friendly?
3.0 g of carbohydrate per 5 fl oz glass, 1% of the Daily Value, is low enough that pinot grigio fits most low carb budgets on paper. The calories are the catch: 122 a glass and 619 a bottle, and none of them bring protein, fat or fiber along with them.
Pinot grigio vs chardonnay: which is lower in calories?
USDA has no separate chardonnay record, so the honest comparison is the generic white table wine row: 82 calories per 100 g and 121 in a 5 fl oz glass, against 83 and 122 for pinot grigio. One calorie a glass. Pour size decides this question, not the grape.
How many calories are in 6 fl oz of pinot grigio?
146 calories in a 6 fl oz pour, which weighs 176.4 g. That is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving. Restaurant pours often land here. The extra ounce adds 24 calories over the standard 122 calorie glass, and carbohydrate rises from 3.0 g to 3.6 g.
What is a standard pour of pinot grigio in the US?
5 fl oz, or 147 g, is the standard US pour and the serving USDA uses for wine. CDC counts the same 5 fl oz as one standard drink at 12% alcohol. It carries 122 calories. A 750 ml bottle holds a little over five of them, for 619 calories in the bottle.
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Count it without the math
Point the camera at the table and BodyPal logs the glass along with the food next to it.
