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Article: Much-denigrated Petite Sirah gets more respect.(Lifestyle)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- September 8, 2009
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Over the last decade, while infatuations with Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio have grabbed some of California's wine business headlines, a stealth story has been woven around Petite Sirah.
Yes, Petite Sirah - Zinfandel's buddy in the handful of mixed-red heritage vineyards that still survive from Dry Creek to Lodi. The majority tenant in Napa Valley vineyards until the Cabernet revolution. Even now, it's an unsung component in numerous blends.
Following two decades of precipitous decline, California vineyard acreage devoted to Petite Sirah has more than quadrupled since 1999. More than 600 wineries now produce it, up from just 65.
"It's big like ...