Wine, Etc.: Petite sirah's identity crisis

Capital (Annapolis);  March 31, 2004 ;   Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr;   787 words ......challenge in getting petite sirah recognized. Then along came syrah, the darling grape...confuse matters. Syrah, a relatively new...immediate success that petite sirah did not, so today...between peloursin and syrah. Both grapes were...country, but only petite ...

WINE Q&A; What Distinguishes Syrah From Shiraz

The Washington Post;  April 26, 2006 ;     564 words ......on the palate. Petite sirah is genetically related to syrah/shiraz, but it...late 1800s when syrah was crossed with...the name implies, petite sirah is anything but...scale version of syrah. (Petite refers...flavor.) While syrah/shiraz is dominated...berry ...

Sturdy syrah finesse

Oakland Tribune;  September 6, 2006 ;   Column by Charles Olken;   787 words ......cellars to syrah. Let me turn first to syrah and petite sirah, because, as the father of petite sirah, syrah would be a bit of a bad sport to...more highly structured version of syrah. I go back to petite sirah every couple of years to shake the...

Petite sirah powerhouse among reds

Oakland Tribune;  May 30, 2007 ;     787 words ......Durif crossed syrah with a lesser...Atlantic, call petite sirah. He, on the...of the true syrah, the petite sirah moniker took...that the real syrah can demonstrate...growing the real syrah, petite sirah's popularity...

Petite sirah is on the comeback trail

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 10, 2004 ;   FRED TASKER, THE MIAMI HERALD;   604 words ......exclusively as petite sirah (but, adding...spelled petite "syrah"). By the 1960s...time, however, petite sirah slumped in California...aside again by syrah, which in that...determination that petite sirah is actually a cross between syrah and a ...

PETITE SIRAH ISN'T PETITE

Roanoke Times & World News;  March 19, 2008 ;   Gordon Kendall gmoney@ntelos.net;   787 words ......sturdier grenache, syrah and carignan became...They sought out "petite sirah" (clones of syrah with tight clusters...Durif as well as syrah, Alicante bouschet...picked. By 1900, petite sirah had become a popular...began producing petite sirah. The variety, ...

Petite sirah an excitingly bold red; Hybrid mixes French lineage with...

The Washington Times;  May 4, 2005 ;     787 words ......WASHINGTON TIMES Petite sirah can seem confusing...different from, syrah, the classic cepage...reference to the name petite sirah, a variation of...indigenous red grape, syrah. At the time, syrah...a cross of true syrah and an obscure French...more. Some of the ...

Wine, etc.: Break out the beef and petite sirah

Capital (Annapolis);  December 27, 2006 ;   Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr;   717 words ......parents, and for petite sirah - aka durif - syrah is dad and peloursin...38). This showy petite sirah is blended with syrah, grenache, viognier...uncharacteristically elegant, petite sirah. Raspberry and chocolate...dominate. Girard Petite Syrah Napa ...

Tangled history behind Syrah

Oakland Tribune;  September 5, 2007 ;   Charles E. Olken;   783 words ......grape going by the name Petite Sirah was thought to be the true syrah of France's northern...find the truth about Petite Sirah and Syrah. The research there concluded...went near Shiraz just as Petite Sirah is not Syrah. While the name Shiraz...

The puzzling petite sirah. (a kind of opaque grape wine)(includes related...

Country Living;  October 1, 1997 ;   Martin, Leslie;   787 words ......thought that the petite sirah planted in their...the prestigious syrah family. Varietal...vineyards over to syrah - much to the disappointment of petite sirah aficionados. But...future column), but petite sirah appears yet again to be a member of the syrah ...

Petite sirah, a grape with a history

Yakima Herald-Republic;  December 1, 2004 ;   Paul Gregutt;   787 words ......limited production of petite sirah today comes from...what it is NOT is syrah (although there...that most of the petite sirah planted in California...a cross between syrah and an even more...are concerned, petite sirah and Durif are synonymous...petit sirah, ...

Wine, Etc.: Petite sirah is a brute worth trying

Capital (Annapolis);  January 26, 2005 ;   Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr;   541 words ......earthy blend of petite sirah and syrah. Drawing grapes...oak. Stags' Leap Petite Sirah 2001 ($31). Blended with 12 percent syrah, grenache, mourvedre...Turley spells it "syrah." Concannon Central Coast Petite Sirah 2002 ($12). Ripe...

Diamond in the rough // Petite sirah grape has challenging character

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 4, 1996 ;   MICHAEL DRESSER;   638 words ...The petite sirah grape is neither petite nor is it syrah. That much we know. Petite sirah, sometimes spelled petite syrah, is a mystery grape...years, the rap on petite sirah has been that it...relative, the noble syrah, which produces...La Grand ...

The many faces of versatile Syrah

Oakland Tribune;  May 26, 2004 ;     787 words ......funny thing happened to Syrah on the way to the store...that its man-made scion, Petite Sirah, was the genuine article...forced to ask, "What is Syrah?" Is it the tight, structured...by the current evidence, Syrah, more than any other successful...for out-and-out value. Syrah can ...

Syrah can show it has many sides, from robust to ripe

Oakland Tribune;  May 9, 2007 ;     787 words ......fresh-shucked oysters with tannic petite sirah springs to mind), most typical wine...everything from light pinot noir to muscular syrah and petite sirah. And, with the possible exception of...experiment with this dish involved syrah. In almost any location that the grape...that they ...