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>On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:52:25 +0200, Mike Tommasi >
>wrote:
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>>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?
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>>Not sure what you mean.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Do not know why SA called them Shiraz.
Gerald,
Thanks for that info. I had not heard this put forth before - only the
possible tie to Iran, re the naming.
Appreciated,
Hunt
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