1.   And there is petite sirah.

2.   As distinctive as petite sirah is, it suffers serious identity problems.

3.   At the same time, many petite sirah vines were found to be the true syrah of the Rhone Valley.

4.   A good table wine can be made from the petite sirah.

5.   A grape called petite sirah had been around for a long time, and some people, even experts, once thought the two were related.

6.   A full-bodied zinfandel or a petite sirah from California, a Chateauneuf-du-Pape from France or a Barolo from Italy would make a considerable difference.

7.   Connoisseurs looked down on Hearty Burgundy as a cheap hot-climate wine, unaware that its major component often was petite sirah from Napa and Sonoma counties.

8.   Considerable fuss has been made in recent years over the provenance of the grape known as petite syrah or petite sirah.

9.   Foppiano, an old-line Sonoma County winery, has long championed petite sirah and knows how to make it.

10.   Four percent petite sirah was blended in to add color, structure and a bit of body.