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  • Unlike many Australian shirazes it was (a) from a cool climate, (b) older, and (c) 13.9% alcohol.

    Syrah: beyond the fruit bomb | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • A hot place where vines are well-watered, like Napa or Australia's Barossa Valley, yields wines of girth, like the big Napa cabernets and high-alcohol Barossa shirazes.

    Molly Laas: Toast the dregs of summer with hot-weather reds 2008

  • Forget those ponderous zins and shirazes, this is the red for a barbeque.

    Fifteen Five-Star New Zealand Wines Cable... 2006

  • Despite its feted past, Oddbins was loss-making for most of this century, squeezed by the might of the supermarkets which now account for 70% of UK wine sales and can deliver sancerres and shirazes to the door along with the weekly groceries.

    The Guardian World News Tom Bawden 2011

  • The big Easter dinner often lends itself to jammy red zinfandels and grapey shirazes as well as gutsy French and Italian reds, wines I think of as more purple than red

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Beppi Crosariol 2010

  • The Aussies have been experimenting with that intense grape they love so much, and we've tried some very pleasant sparkling shirazes.

    The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News 2010

  • These old vines are now the pride of the region, many of them responsible for those full and fleshy shirazes that Australian wine has made a reputation on.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The big Easter dinner - or, in my family's case, lunch - often lends itself to jammy red zinfandels and grapey shirazes as well as gutsy French and Italian reds, wines I think of as more purple than red.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Beppi Crosariol 2010

  • These old vines are now the pride of the region, many of them responsible for those full and fleshy shirazes that Australian wine has made a reputation on.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • These old vines are now the pride of the region, many of them responsible for those full and fleshy shirazes that Australian wine has made a reputation on.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

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