The story of Syrah in the southern hemisphere is believed to have started with the Scottish viticulturist and ‘father of Australian wine’ James Busby, who brought Syrah vines with him to the continent in 1832.
Since then, Australia has become one of the world leaders in Syrah, and still has some of the original, ungrafted vines, planted in the mid-1800s.
Second only to France in area under vine (see box below), Australia has made Syrah its own – not only in plantings, but also in name. The nation’s adoption of ‘Shiraz’ as a synonym for Syrah had two notable impacts on the broader wine industry.
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Source : https://www.decanter.com/premium/syrah-shiraz-25-of-the-best-from-the-southern-hemisphere-546148/
