Syrah

Shiraz or Syrah is a variety of grape that is used to produce red wine. Originally, these grapes grew in the Rhone valley, but they are now cultivated all over the world to produce red wine.

Syrah Media

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  The Rhône-Alpes region. Dureza is believed to have originated in the Ardèche (#1) in the southwest and moved east/northeast into Drôme (#2) and Isère (#3). Somewhere in this area, most likely in Isère, the vine crossed with Mondeuse blanche, a variety native to the Savoie region (#4), to produce Syrah.

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  Clusters of Shiraz, or Syrah grapes. Note the deep color of the berries.

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  Syrah leaf from Hedges vineyard in en:Red Mountain AVA. Image taken Sun June 10th, 2007 with a kodak z650

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  A Shiraz from Washington State

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  A New World wine labeled as Syrah

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  Vineyards on the Hermitage hill are dominated by Syrah.

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  The first planting of Syrah in Washington state was done at Red Willow Vineyards in 1986.

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  A Washington Syrah from the Columbia Valley AVA