To wine lovers around the world, Syrah means the Rhone Valley in France, particularly the northern section where it is used to produce the great wines of Hermitage and Cote Rotie. This full-flavored ...

What’s the difference between Syrah and Shiraz? Technically nothing, but don’t tell that to winemakers making bottles labeled with either one of those names, who will tell you it has a lot to do with ...

Regina King never expected to make wine, but MianU became a way to honor her son, Ian. Each bottle carries his name and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Britt & Per Karlsson write on wine and wine travel, based in Paris This article is more than 5 years old. Syrah is the fourth most ...

It’s hard not to like syrah. Perhaps that’s because winemakers in so many corners of the world have found ways to make it their own, even to the extent of giving it an alternative name. In much of ...

What is the difference between syrah and shiraz? Although they might taste different to you, the salesperson at the wine shop will insist they are exactly the same grape. Then someone else tells you ...

I like syrah a lot. The grape is not afraid to go it alone, making a wine that’s dark as ink, full-bodied, with big, ripe tannins and flavors of blueberries, mulberries and black pepper. Syrah reaches ...

Let’s knock one misconception out of the way right up front: Shiraz did not originate anywhere near the Persian city of the same name, and it is not an ancient grape that sprung up in the cradle of ...