Pinot, Chardonay, Meunie, Petite Sirah (1883-1892)

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   OED has 1911 for "Chardonnay."  Merriam-Webster has 1941!
   The WINE LOVER'S COMPANION (1995) describes "Meunier" as "French red grape
that is the most widely cultivated variety in France's CHAMPAGNE region, even
though its relative, PINOT NOIR, and CHARDONNAY get most of the attention."
It's not in the revised OED.
   "Petite Sirah" gets a special entry in Mariani's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN
FOOD AND DRINK, but it didn't make OED, either.
  This was excellent:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
_REPORT OF THE VITICULTURAL WORK_
During the Seasons 1883-4 and 1884-5
By Eugene W. Hilgard
Sacramento: James J. Ayers
1886

Mataro...43
Petite Sirah, 1883, from J. H. Drummond...57
Black Pinto, L. P. Berger, Lakeport...94
Meunier, William Scheffler, St. Helena...95


REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORK
DURING THE SEASONS 1887-89
By L. Paparelli
Sacramento: A. J. Jonston
1892

Pg. 90:  THE PINOTS AND THEIR SYNONYMS.
(...)
   _Pinot blanc Chardonay_.--_Syn_.:  Chardonay, or Chardenai; Noirien blanc;
Epinette; Morrillon blanc; Beaunoir; Auxior; Plant de tonnerre; Auvernat
blanc; Arnoison blanc; Gamai blanc; Meslier jaune; Gentil blanc; Weisser
Rulander, or Weisser Claevner.
Pg. 81:  REMARKS ON THE PINOTS INTRODUCED IN CALIFORNIA.
   _Pinot Noir_, _Black Pinot_, _Noirien_, _Franc Pinot_.