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If I Could Buy Only One – July 24th VINTAGES Release
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Buyer’s Guide to VINTAGES July 24th, 2021 Release
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The Stellar 2019 Vintage, Greening Trends, Digital Atlas Unveiled & Buyer’s Guide By John Szabo MS This feature was commissioned by Austrian Wine. This past June 8th, Austrian Wine organized the most ambitious digital tasting event yet seen in Canada. In this first (last?) “stay-at-home” edition substituting for the bi-annual Vievinum in-person tasting event in … … Continue reading More
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Its small berries, and consequently high skin-to-juice ratio, allow Petite Sirah to produce wines with high tannin levels, surprisingly high acidity, and thus the ability to age. Characteristically, these wines have dense blackberry fruit character, mixed with black pepper notes. The grape’s similarity to parent Syrah became confusing for early planters in California. Starting in the 1880s, some of the original Durif vines were confused for a clone of Syrah and subsequently named Petite Sirah. The variety is also found in Mexico, Argentina and Brasil, although the best-known and most successful examples come from California.
