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Pronouncing Wine Words:   Shiraz

One of the great things we just love about wine is that you never stop learning.  It's like a continuous self improvement program!  

When you work on geography and history you learn to appreciate wine countries and cultures . . . and listening to the show you can get a lot of work on your language skills!  Lots of tongue twister foreign names and regional words can trip you up!  

Here's a good one . . . how do you say S-H-I-R-A-Z?  Well we say SCHER-AHHZ  . . . but don't call it that in Sydney.   You see my mates there say SHE-RAZZ, and it's their most popular wine.

Then there's the French.  When they tell you what's in those yummy wines from the Rhone Valley they call the grape by the traditional name, Syrah ("SEE-RAH").  Which most of us would pronounce SIR-RAH.

So don't be confused by a little tongue twisting because it's all the same grape an inky dark, jammy wine no matter what you call it!  

Grab your glass and pass the SHE-RAZZ, SIR-RAH, SCHER-AHHZ . . . heck, pass the wine!  

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