Three Great Syrah Blend Wines from Australia, South Africa and Portugal.

Syrah is a very storied grape. Wine aficionados will fervently debate its origins.

 As the legend goes "From Syracuse in Sicily? Perhaps, since the name "syrac" is also a synonym for this grape. From Shiraz in Iran? Legend supports this possibility, recounting that the grape was brought back from the Persian Gulf in the 13th century during the Crusades by the Chevalier de Sterimberg who retired to the hillside of the Hermitage. In any case, this is the origin of another synonym for the syrah grape: Hermitage rouge. A final hypothesis: the grape was introduced into France in the 3rd century when the Emperor Probus authorized the planting of vines in Gaul. But that still wouldn't rule out a Sicilian or Persian origin! Whatever the true story, no one denies that syrah has southern origins, borne out by its extraordinary development in all the warm wine-producing regions of the world. " Eric Cullen, Decanting the Mysteries of Syrah and Petite Sirah.  

Tonight these wines went perfectly with this delicious Southern dish called Country Captain with Cauliflower and Pea. It has an Indian influence