"BFSON" > wrote in message
...
> The Aussies, who came up with the term, say sheer (like what you do to a
sheep)
> raz (rhymes with has). Or at least the winemakers I know from down under
say
> it that way.

That sounds about right to me, except it wasn't the Aussies who came up with
the name. Quite likely they don't pronounce it correctly either! Shiraz is
a city in Iran, and close to where wine originated. Ironic that it isn't
the local beverage there anymore, isn't it? :^(

BTW, Shiraz and Syrah are the same grape. I don't know why we spell and
pronounce it differently here in the US, but we do.

Tom S