Syrah Shines in Santa Barbara Wine Futures Tasting

2006 Pinots are good but not exciting

By James Laube
Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2008

Hurrah for Syrah—it dominated. Pause on Pinot, at least for now. And good for Grenache, it's coming along nicely. The gutsy Rhône-inspired reds trumped the red Burgundian transplants in Wine.....

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