- Classic Persian Wines. Although wine is banned in Persia, the two grape varieties Chardonnay and Shiraz are used to make authentic Persian wine.
- ...at the time sometimes imported wine from Persia to add sweetness and body to their own wines, perhaps Busby thought the name Shiraz would add a sense...
- In Australia, Shiraz has different personalities. The McLaren Vale style of Shiraz featured in today's Wine Selections is jammy, laden with ripe black and red fruit.
- The origin in Persia is one of the theories of how the ‘Shiraz’ name came to be. But, there is yet to be a single concrete origin for this wine grape variety.
- In ancient Persia, Shiraz was known as the ‘wine of kings’ and was highly revered for its exquisite taste and intoxicating effects.
- The exact origins of Shiraz wine date back several centuries, with evidence of its cultivation and production in Persia as early as the 7th century.
- As far as the link to Persia, Shiraz is the name of the capital in the Fars province, and there’s evidence that the earliest wines were made in that part of the world.
- Syrah and Shiraz: the same grape variety but often a different wine style. We reveal how to tell them apart and list 18 top examples from around the world.
- "The plant - scyras - was originally brought from Shiraz in Persia." At that time European wine-makers sometimes imported wine from Persia to add sweetness...
- According to history, Shiraz refers to a kind of wine made in Persia/Iran. In the modern period, “Shiraz” is a term for the Syrah grape...