
Sip with Nikki
Hosted by Nikki · Nikki Lamberti
5.0from 54 ratings
- 119
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 54
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Sip with Nikki
Listen and dive into food, wine, pairings and all things California Wine Country. Weekly episodes are hosted by Nikki Lamberti, a winemaker and wine educator in Sonoma County. She breaks down topics in wine and interviews exciting guests, including winemakers, chefs and other fun and inspiring people from across different industries. Learn a little each week, elevate your food and wine game, all while laughing and not taking it all too seriously.
- Publisher
- Nikki Lamberti
- Category
- arts · comedy · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Nov 2023
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 119 episodes have a transcript.

6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Petite Sirah is Neither Petite Nor Syrah...

25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Knee Deep in Sangiovese: The Real Story of Harvest (Encore)

4 Aug 2026
STEREOGRAPH: How Two Perspectives Become One Vision, with Sally Johnson Blum and Max Blum
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Petite Sirah is Neither Petite Nor Syrah...
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They always ask it. Well, first of all, the spelling is not even the same. So Syrah is S-Y-R-A-H. The grape is from the Rhone region in France. And it's pretty much synonymous with Shiraz, which is from Australia. If you've had Shiraz, it's the same grape. It's just that the Aussies call it Shiraz. When they come and taste here in California, they say Shiraz, which is super fun. That's Syrah. Petite Syrah is S-I-R-A-H, so spelling is different, and it is much richer and darker and intense than a Syrah is. Without boring you with all of the plant DNA, all that you need to know is the grapes are somewhat related to each other, but Petite Syrah was essentially known as Durif, D-U-R-I-F, named after the botanist who discovered it after two grapes that he was growing, Syrah and Pellerson, literally cross-pollinated and created a new grape variety. […]
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- Sally Johnson Blum
- Max Blum
- Michael
- Gökhan Arkan
- Amy Bess Cook
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 38 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 71
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Nikki host the show. Published by Nikki Lamberti.
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