Petite Sirah
News & Reviews2005 News & Reviews
December 19, 2004
- “ Nothing Petite About Petite Sirah”
- The Journal Sunday
- Scott Greenberg
What is able to stain teeth purple in a single swallow? What is darker than a juicy blackberry?
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- “ Petite Sirah Is Growing”
- Wine & Vines
The number of wineries producing Petite Sirah has grown from 65 in 2001, to 187 in 2004, according to Jo Diaz, a director of PS I Love You...
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- “ Petite Sirah, a grape with a history”
- PoppingCork.com
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December 01, 2004
- “ History Stains Powerful Petite Sirah”
- The Seattle Times
- Paul Gregutt
Attention, all you who love a big, brawny bruiser of a red wine.
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- “ Syrah, sirah: What's in a wine name?”
- Ventura County Star
- Len Napolitano
Question: Are syrah and Petite Sirah the same wines?
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- “ 2000 Guenoc Serpentine Meadow Vineyard Guenoc Valley Reserve Petite Sirah”
- Orange County Register
- Chris Knap
While winemakers across California were jamming Merlot and Chardonnay intovery conceivable crevice during the 1980s...
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- “ CREATIVE CHOICES”
- Cheers
- Dan Berger
Petite Sirah: This dark red wine is always a sleeper for restaurants that serve char-grilled steaks.
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- “ Association sponsors heritage clone vineyard”
- Wines & Vines
Directors of P.S. I Love You, the Petite Sirah booster association voted to establish a Petite Sirah heritage clone vineyard...
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- “ Petite Sirah makes it big”
- Decanter Magazine
- Jordan Mackay
While the debate du jour in California appears to be whether Pinot Noir or Syrah is the variety of the moment...
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- “ Petite Hurrah”
- Letter to the Editor
- Wine Enthusiast
On behalf of P.S. I Love You, the grower/producer advocacy group for Petite Sirah, I'd like to thank you.
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- “ Some Petite Sirahs finally going light on tannin”
- Oakland Tribune
- Charles Olken
MY general policy is to ignore Petite Sirah. I haven't always turned a blind eye to the grape, but..
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- “ The All-American Grape”
- Vintage Experiences
- Dan Berger
Forty years ago, Concannon Vineyard in Livermore Valley released a non-vintage red wine with the then-mystical name Petite Sirah
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- “ Oeno-file: Tracing a family tree ...er, vine”
- New York Daily News
- Mary Ewing Mulligan
If you could read every wine column in America this holiday weekend, you'd probably find more than a few on the topic of Zinfandel...
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- “ Petite Sirah”
- On the Vine/Review Magazine
- Ellen Landis
Huge monstrous, yet called petite? The only thing petite about this wine is the size of the berry...
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- “ The History of Petite Sirah in California According to Wine Industry Historian Charles Sullivan”
- Charles Sullivan
Historically, the Petite Sirah story is really very complicated by what we know, and by what we don't know.
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- “ What kind of wine lover are you?”
- East Valley Tribune
- Larry Lipson
PETITE SIRAH: Petite sirah fans of long standing know the names Concannon and Foppiano.
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- “ What kind of wine lover are you?”
- azcentral.com
- Larry Lipson
PETITE SIRAH: Petite sirah fans of long standing know the names Concannon and Foppiano.
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- “ Patrick, J. Comiskey's Picks”
- Wine & Spirits
- Patrick, J. Comiskey
Take Petite. Once a staple of the jug wine enterprise that fueled the growth of California wine industry...
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- “ Petite Sirah makes a big splash”
- Decanter Magazine
- Norm Roby
Forty years ago Concannon Vineyard in Livermore released a 1961 Petite Sirah, the first to be labelled and sold under that varietal in the U.S.
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- “ From Syrah to Petite Sirah”
- Paul White
Let's not beat around the old bushvine here. Durif is a bastard.
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- “ P.S., I love You”
- Wine Report
- Deborah Grossman
In the heart of Napa valley, the burgeoning reputation of Petite Sirah is evident at Robert Biale Vineyards.
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- “ Letters to the Editor”
- Wine Spectator
The members of "P.S. I Love You" would like to applaud James Laube's column "Petite's Road Back"...
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- “ Similar sounding but different: Syrah, Petite Sirah”
- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
- John Solomon
This week I would like to talk about Syrah, Shiraz and Petite Sirah.
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- “ Talking wine: P. S., I love you”
- Metrowest Daily News
- Jonathon Alsop
California is famous for taking unknowns and elevating them to celebrity status.
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- “ WEEKEND WINE FOR MARCH 8, 2004”
- WineSkinny.com
We caught up with the "Blue Tooth Tour" on its first annual nationwide effort to educate trade and media on the lure of Petite Sirah.
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- “ Experiencing Bliss with Petite Sirah”
- Patterson's Beverage
- Meridith May Brandel
"Petite Sirah has a better chance than other alternative reds in making it into the forefront as the next big varietal,"...
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- “ Honoring Petite Sirah”
- Vintage Experiences
- Dan Berger
Whenever I evaluate a range of Petite Sirahs, a number of friends have cracks they think are funny.
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- “ Petite sirahs are wines with wallop”
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Deborah Scoblionkov
The grapes are little, but the juice is a strongman of color, tannins, flavor.
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- “ A Valentine For Petite Sirah”
- Patterson's Beverage
- Meridith May Brandel
When Dr. Carole Meredith...established Petite Sirah's true identity in 1996, the mystery and debate over the pedigree of the varietal was solved.
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- “ Petite's Road Back”
- Wine Spectator
- James Laube
Winemakers are often at a loss to explain why Petite Sirah, with its devout, cultlike following, isn't more popular with the general public.
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- “ Taster's Choice”
- Star-Tribune: Minneapolis-St. Paul
- Tim Teichgraeber
Long popular with California's oldest grower producers - Foppiano, Parducci and - Livermore Valley's Concannon -petite sirah has recently been championed by boutique producers.
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- “ Liquid Assets: Petite Sirah”
- Star-Tribune: Minneapolis-St. Paul
- Tim Teichgraeber
Some wine professionals, mostly scientists, think abstract terms such as "elegant," "massive" or "exuberant" have no place in describing wine.
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- “ The Deliciously Simple End To a Complicated Story”
- Wall Street Journal
- Dorothy Gaiter & John Brecher
This column is about Petite Sirah, which is sometimes called Petite Syrah but is different from Syrah.
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