Fans of California red wines no doubt have run across a Petite Sirah or two, but the wine is a fairly new — and rare — variety in the Pacific Northwest. If you are a fan of big, bold red wines, then ...

Big, bold and powerful American red wines come in many varieties. But for me, full-bodied, well-crafted Petite Sirahs are where many palates have been heading the past 20 years. Substantial, dark and ...

Mountain Tides took on the challenge of exploring the subtleties of petite sirah, a brassy grape long used to help color and flavor wines. The Mountain Tides labels are based on photos evoking the ...

It has been more than 60 years since Petite Sirah, the macho little grape, burst on to the front of a wine bottle when Livermore Valley’s Concannon Vineyards first put Petite Sirah on its label back ...

Say “petite sirah” and folks might think you’re talking about a diminutive version of syrah. Indeed, the two grapes share a similar name. But the grapes couldn’t be more different. A small, ...

Petite Sirah is often confused with Syrah — but they are not the same grape. And there’s nothing “petite” about this grape in the glass. Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; ...