Another stellar year for Syrah
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California wines made from Syrah has found a very nice niche and consumers have a very real and genuine appreciation for it. Syrah is precocious in warm climates, where it makes fruity, early-drinking and alcoholic wines from huge crops and performs better in cooler climates, where it displays more austerity, structure and concentration, producing wines that merit cellaring.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2006
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Cabernet milestones
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Reports are presented on the way wine propelled California into international prominence and the taste of three vintages of 1974, 1984 and 1994 is described. The tasting held round the world put California wines in the limelight, setting the stage for the 1974 cabernets, which are the perfect embodiment of what Napa Valley could produce in a nearly perfect harvest.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2004
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Syrah shines in Paso Robles
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Syrah has emerged as California's Paso Robles region's top grape even as they experiment with other varieties in their vast growing region's many microclimates. The 2004 vintage is believed to be the best yet from the vineyards of Paso Robles.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2005
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