Syrah Serine, and Sereine. Legends of Syrah's origins come from one of its homonyms, Shiraz. Because Shiraz, Capital of the Persian Empire (modern-day Iran), produced the well-known Shirazi wine, legends claim the Syrah grape originated in Shiraz and then was brought to Rhône. At least two significantly different versions of the myth are reported, giving different accounts of how the variety is supposed to have been brought from Shiraz to Rhône and differing up to 1,800 years in dating this event. In one version, the Phocaeans could have brought Syrah/Shiraz to their colony around Marseilles (then known as Massilia), which was
Santenay wine red and white Santenay Premier Cru. The annual production of Premier Cru wine, as a five-year average, is 4,238 hectoliters of red wine and 607 hectoliters of white wine. The "climats" classified as Premiers Crus are: Santenay wine Santenay wine is produced in the communes of Santenay and Remigny in Côte de Beaune of Burgundy. The "Appellation d'origine contrôlée" (AOC) Santenay may be used for red and white wine with respectively Pinot noir and Chardonnay as the main grape variety. The production consists of almost 85% red wine, and a little over 15% of white wine. There are no Grand