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Wine Quiz Answer:  C. Some difference: they are related..

Petit Syrah is not Syrah, but a grape with several aliases, Petit Sirah and Durif being the most common. It is related to Syrah by parentage: it is the offspring of Syrah and the obscure French grape Peloursin. This connection was uncovered in 1996 via DNA research preformed at University of California at Davis.



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Keith is the director of the Wine School of Philadelphia and a guest lecturer for several universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University. He writes about wine & culture for several Philadelphia magazines, and has been cited in many national publications, including the Wall Street Journal.

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