World Spirits

Shiraz Wine Heritage (Historical)

Iran

A historical entry (alcohol has been prohibited in Iran since 1979): Shiraz — the city of wine and roses, Hafez's home — gave its name to the Syrah grape's alternate name and to a wine style; Persian wine is among humanity's oldest (jars from Hajji Firuz, c. 5400 BC, hold wine residues).

What it is

A historical entry (alcohol has been prohibited in Iran since 1979): Shiraz — the city of wine and roses, Hafez's home — gave its name to the Syrah grape's alternate name and to a wine style; Persian wine is among humanity's oldest (jars from Hajji Firuz, c. 5400 BC, hold wine residues). For seven millennia, until 1979, Iran made wine (the Soviet-era and Pahlavi-era wineries of Shiraz and Urmia were famous) — today production is closed, and this entry documents the heritage honestly rather than describing a living product. Origins: the Zagros mountains are among wine's candidate birthplaces; Persian wine poetry (Omar Khayyam, Hafez) is world literature. Made from: historically, local grapes fermented in jars and later modern wineries. Served: in memory and in poetry — the diaspora's wineries (in California and elsewhere) carry some threads. Flavor: documented historically as rich reds of Shiraz and whites of the north. Culture: 'Shiraz' on a bottle anywhere on Earth is Iran's invisible export. See also: the Turkey and Armenia collections for the region's living wines.

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