Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Syrah or Shiraz is a dark-red grape used to make robust wine and is grown around the world. It is uses as a varietal alone and is also popular in blended wines. The wine produced from this grape is powerfully flavored and full bodied with a very wide range of flavors. It is known by its characteristic floral black-pepper fragrance. As with most other wines, its taste depends greatly on the climate and soils where it grapes are grown. The grape is believed to be one which was brought back from Shiraz in Persia by the 14th-Century crusader Gaspard de Sterimberg. DNA profiling in 1999 found the Syrah/Shiraz grape to be the product of two rare grapes from southeastern France, Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche. Many confuse this grape with Petite Sirah, but this is a completely different grape.
Recommended Citation
Crews, G. (2015). Syrah (shiraz). In S. C. Martin (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of alcohol: Social, cultural, and historical perspectives (Vol. 1, pp. 1230-1230). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n468
Publication Title
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives
DOI
10.4135/9781483331096.n468
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by SAGE in The SAGE encyclopedia of alcohol: Social, cultural, and historical perspectives.