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  2. Syrah - Wikipedia

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    Syrah (/ ˈ s iː r ɑː /), also known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned grape variety grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce red wine.In 1999, Syrah was found to be the offspring of two obscure grapes from southeastern France, Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche. [1]

  3. Talk:Syrah - Wikipedia

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    Syrah is the grape's name in its home place, conclusively determined by DNA analysis to be Northern Rhône. Syrah is used as the main name in reliable sources on wine, such as the Oxford Companion to Wine in its latest (2006) edition. WP:WINE articles on grape varieties usually cover both the grape variety and wines made from the variety.

  4. Greek wine - Wikipedia

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    Dionysus with Hermes, a silenus and grapes Wine boy at a symposium. The origins of wine-making in Greece go back 6,500 years [9] [10] and evidence suggesting wine production confirm that Greece is home to the second oldest known grape wine remnants discovered in the world [6] [9] [11] and the world's earliest evidence of crushed grapes. [9]

  5. Shiraz wine - Wikipedia

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    Shiraz wine refers to two different wines.Historically, the name refers to the wine produced around the city of Shiraz in Iran. [1] [2] In the current era, "Shiraz" is an alternative name for the Syrah grape, mostly used in Australia and South Africa.

  6. Shiraz - Wikipedia

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    Shiraz in a photo by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield from the ISS on 20 March 2013 (1392 Nowruz) [14]. The earliest reference to the city is on Elamite clay tablets dated to 2000 BCE, found in June 1970, while digging to make a kiln for a brick factory in the south western corner of the city.

  7. Durif - Wikipedia

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    Durif is a variety of red wine grape primarily grown in Australia, California, France, and Israel.Since the end of the 20th century, wineries located in Washington's Yakima River Valley, Maryland, Arizona, Texas, West Virginia, Chile, Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, and Ontario's Niagara Peninsula have also produced wines from Durif grapes.

  8. Albanian wine - Wikipedia

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    Albanian wine (Albanian: Vera Shqiptare) is produced in several regions throughout Albania within the Mediterranean Basin. The country has one of the oldest wine making traditions, dating back at least 3000 years ago to the Bronze Age Illyrians. It belongs chronologically to the old world of wine producing countries.

  9. Wine - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known traces of wine are from Georgia (c. 6000 BCE), [3] [2] Iran (c. 5000 BCE), [9] [10] Armenia (c. 4100 BCE), [11] and Sicily (c. 4000 BCE). [12] Wine reached the Mediterranean Basin in the early Bronze Age and was consumed and celebrated by ancient civilizations like ancient Greece and Rome. [13]