Thanks. For som reason I assumed Shiraz was of Austrailia.


"gerald" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:52:25 +0200, Mike Tommasi >
> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 07:17:21 -0400, gerald > wrote:
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>>>From where do you think the Aussies got their Shiraz plantings?
>>>France? California? Long Island?
>>
>>Not sure what you mean.
>>
>
> What I mean is that Shiraz is the Syrah grape in South Africa. Was
> brought there by the Huguenots somewhere around 1700. Was called
> Shiraz then, and is now.
>
> At a later date, the Australians got their original Syrah/Shiraz
> cuttings from SA, so they named them what they were where they got
> them, which was Shiraz. The OZ Syrah did not come directly from
> France.
>
> Do not know why SA called them Shiraz.