Petite Sirah
News & Reviews2007 News & Reviews
December 19, 2007
- “ ...A Taste of History”
- Sarasota Herald/Tribune
...The story begins in the 1880s when the California wine industry was getting started, with the majority of its energy in Sonoma County.
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- “ More Powerhouse Petite Sirahs”
- ellenonwine.com
- Ellen Landis
Reviews of Epiphany, Miro, Parducci, Ursa, Mounts, and 39 Degrees petite sirahs.
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- “ Petite Sirah Made for the Man's Man”
- WCF Courier
- Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr
If ever there is a name for wine that is misleading, it's petite sirah.
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- “ Petite Sirah Goes Great Alongside a Slab of Beef”
- San Marcos Daily Record
- Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr
If ever there is a name for wine that is misleading, it's petite sirah.
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- “ Petite Sirah Warms the Spirit on a Cold Day”
- USA TODAY
- Jerry Shriver
When you've just trudged back to the house after cutting that cord of wood or dropping the brood off at fall soccer practice, you need an appropriately hardy cold-weather wine as your reward.
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- “ YOU PROBABLY DRINK MORE PETITE SIRAH THAN YOU THINK”
- NORTHBAY BIZ
- Korinne Munson
In California, to be labeled as a specific varietal, a wine needs to contain a minimum of 75 percent of the listed grape.
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- “ POTENT AND POWERFUL PETITE SIRAH”
- Ellenonwine.com
- Ellen Landis
Huge, monstrous, yet called petite? The only thing petite about this varietal is the size of the berry (about half the size of syrah berries!)
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- “ PETS: A Blue Tooth Triumph”
- Sante Magazine
- Rebecca Chapa
Although Petite Sirah has grown in California since 1878, it has not gained the cult following of Zinfandel. But change is afoot.
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- “ Blue Teeth Anyone? Apollonaire takes a look at some Petite Sirahs”
- Apollonaire
If you think Petite Sirah is a junior version of the Rhone Valley's famous Syrah grape, you're wrong....
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- “ Wine of the Week”
- Washington Times
- Paul Lucas
Belying its name, petite sirah can be a bruising wine, powerfully tannic and full of teeth-staining extract. Yet when tamed by careful winemaking, it also can be...
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- “ P.S., Sneaky Me!”
- www.biggerthanyourhead.net
- Fredric Koeppel
I invited five people to the house for a double-blind wine tasting. That means that not only do the tasters not know the genre of the wines, they don't know anything about them...
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- “ In the Heat of the Summer, Light Red Wines Can Be a Cool Option”
- Bloomberg.com
- John Mariani
...most wine lovers wouldn't want to go through August and Labor Day weekend drinking nothing but white wine and rose...
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- “ Toast of the Valley”
- Napa Valley Register
Bryan Del Bondio of Markham Vineyards and Robert Brittan of Brittan Family Vineyards have been elected to the board of directors of PS I Love You...
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- “ This Sirah's not so petite”
- The 30 Second Wine Advisor
For many wine enthusiasts, Petite Sirah is the Rodney Daingerfield of wine grapes, a variety that doesn't get any respect.
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- “ Petite Sirah: Nothing Petite About This Wine”
- Dining
- Bob Ecker
Petite Sirah, a big, macho, red grape is truly an up-and-coming varietal on American wine lists, but it has been around for some time.
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- “ The No Account Grape: Petite Sirah”
- The Napa Valley Register
- Dan Berger
I'm not entirely sure why I like petite sirah so much, but my fascination with this otherwise no-account grape variety from southern France seems to know no bounds...
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- “ Wine: Big Flavorful Petite Sirahs”
- Gannett Newspapers on the Web
- Frank Sutherland and Kate Sutherland
This column is for people who like to drink big red wines. The cliche in the wine business says, "There's nothing petite about a petite sirah."
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- “ The No Account Grape: Petite Sirah”
- KGO Newstalk AM-810
- Dan Berger
I'm not entirely sure why I like petite sirah so much, but my fascination with this otherwise no-account grape variety from southern France seems to know no bounds.
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- Birmingham Eccentric
- Eleanor & Ray Heald
If you're still confused about syrah and shiraz being the same variety, don't let this column about petite sirah confuse you further...
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- “ Resurgence of Petite Sirah Has Made for Notable Wines”
- The Gazette (Colorado Springs)
- Rich Mauro
Four years ago, I wrote my first review of wines labeled petite sirah. In interviews with several producers, I found a passion and enthusiasm...
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- “ Petite Sirah Powerhouse Among Reds”
- InsideBayArea.com
- Charles Olken
It is the fate of petite sirah, for better or for worse, that it is blessed with the potential to produce the biggest, toughest, brawniest red wines made in California.
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- “ Welcome home”
- Weekly Calistogan
- Jack Heeger
Since Sept. 11, 2001, Sgt. 1st Class Cheryl Dupris, a member of the U.S. Army's Individual Ready Reserve, has completed three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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- “ Welcome home”
- Napa Valley Register
- Jack Heeger
Since Sept. 11, 2001, Sgt. 1st Class Cheryl Dupris, a member of the U.S. Army's Individual Ready Reserve, has completed three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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- “ Petite No More: Petite Sirah, a varietal once reserved for blending, breaks out on its own in California”
- Market Watch
- H. Lee Murphy
On a Thursday evening in early February, winery owners and special guests were invited to Rosenblum Cellars, in Alameda, California, for a tasting of Petite Sirah wines...
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- “ Petite Sirah”
- The Colorado Wine News
- Harold Baer
Petite Sirah defined...Notes on a few recently tasted Petites follow...(Several PS I Love You member wines reviewed)
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- “ Buyer's Guide”
- The Wine Investor
Best Buys: Among the wines reviewed in this issue, these are regarded as unusually good values.
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- “ "Signature" Red Varieties Can Make Stars Out of Wines That Risk Being Overlooked”
- The Authentic Bartender Blog
- Mary Ewing-Mulligan and Ed McCarthy
Many wine lists are organized by grape variety--and generally the categories are those of such major international grapes as Cabernet, Merlot and Chardonnay.
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- “ A Beef Stew That's Almost as Good as a Roman Holiday”
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Joyce Goldstein
The sun was out and the air balmy. Such a day reminds me of Rome, and I had an overwhelming desire to drop everything and hop on a plane.
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- “ California Petite Sirah”
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Jon Bonne
California vintners sure must like Petite Sirah. In 2005, The Chronicle received 35 of them to taste. Last year that increased to 65, and this year we received 99 wines.
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- “ Wine Tasting: P.S. I Love You”
- Bohemian.com
- Alastair Bland
In this big messy world of war, heartache, and scandalous newspaper headlines, about the last thing that need support and promotion...
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- “ Petite Sirah - One of California's Original Varieties”
- Wine Library Terroir
- Tom Ciocco
If the topic of California red wine comes up, the lion's share of the conversation will almost surely revolve around Cabernet Sauvignon...
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- “ The Wine Stained Teeth Are Worth It”
- Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog
- Tom Wark
Ginny and I skidded through the rain this evening to check out the variety of Pets at Rosenblum Cellars in Alameda...
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- “ Petite Sirah - Undeservedly Overlooked”
- Piedmont Post
- Pierre du Mont
For years I have been trying to get people to give Petite Sirah a chance. I have not been too successful for the variety is still undeservedly overlooked.
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- “ The Blue Tooth Tour: A Case Study in PR”
- Wines & Vines
- Richard Paul Hinkle
It is wise to be wary of anything that needs a powerful public relations push to get your attention, particularly something you're certain you don't need...
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- “ Grape Escape and Grapevine”
- Kansas City Star and Salt Lake City Weekly
- Doug Frost and Ted Scheffler
Petite Sirah Highlights
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- “ The State of the Grape”
- Wine Enthusiast Online
- Steve Heimoff
Zinfandel, Petite Sirah: There's no longer any reason to separate these two because, texturally, they're so close. Both are dark, full-bodied wines...
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