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This is a clip that I made from some beautiful scenes of City of Shiraz in Iran.

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Got a date saturday night, we’re going to make pizza from scratch and probably a berry crostada for dessert. HEB recommended these two wines for both the pizza and dessert. What’s a good year and brand for these? Or would you suggest a different type of wine?

Italian wines are made for pizza… after all pizza came from Italy. However, our pizzas are very different than pizzas in Italy, so the most widely available wine (Chianti) is often too acidic to match your traditional American tomato sauce.

The key is to find a good wine that can cut through the grease of the pizza by having a bit of acidity, but still have enough fruit and spice left over to give your mouth something interesting and to go with the richness of the tomato sauce.

Zinfandel is good, but some fruitier light Italian wines (Southern or other Sangiovese besides Chianti) are a better idea to me and might do well with your berry crostada.

Dancing Bull Zinfandel is widely available. I’ve dranken too much in my lifetime of that wine so I can’t do it any more, but it is very pleasant and a good pizza wine.

Cantina Zaccagnini Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is one I can usually find at Sam’s Club, so maybe it is available at HEB. This is one tasty Italian wine, and is going to be a little more satisfying and elegant thank Dancing Bull.

Others I like:
A Mano Primitivo Puglia (Primitivo is the Italian Zinfandel)
Yalumba Shiraz
Fat Croc Shiraz
Blackstone Zinfandel
Any Aglianico if you can find it

Good luck!

Thinking of buying one as a christmas present for someone, although i’m almost completely skint. How much are they? I have no knowledge of wine prices. lol

from £3.99 upwards. have a look at the specials, theres loads in the supermarkets at half price. just look for an expensive one (8-9 quid) thats on offer and it should be fine.

lovely tipple, i might say.

http://WineMiser.Com – Video Tasting rating review of the 2008 Yellow Tail Shiraz from Casella wines

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I want to try a Shiraz wine but I have a sensitive stomach. Can’t drink anything too acidic. How is Shiraz wine? I normally drink cabernet sauvignon.
I want to try Black Box Shiraz
why do they oxidize more quickly? how about compared to a red Merlot?

I find Shiraz to be much lighter in character than Cabernet Sauvignon. If I were worried about my stomach being sensitive I am sure I would not drink a Cabernet.

My friend just gave me a nice bottle of Shiraz. I do not have much experience with this wine and I am wondering what foods would go best with this?

From wineanswers.com:

Syrah/Shiraz

Here are our suggested Food pairings.

» Beef stew
» Beef/Meat stock-based soup (like beef barley, vegetable with meat)
» French Onion (with cheese)
» Lamb kabobs, grilled
» Middle Eastern
» Pasta carbonara
» Pork chops, smoked
» Spicy bean soup

I’m looking for a good, dry, spicy wine under $25 or so and common enough to find at most liquor stores.

If you know of a Cabernet that really blows your socks off for the same price, that’s OK, but I’m primarily looking for a good Shiraz.

The Thorne-Clarke Shotfire Shiraz from Australia’s Barossa Valley is a consistent performer and a great value.

The current release is 2006 and should be widely available. It scored 91 points from Wine Spectator Magazine and is their #57 wine on the 2007 Top 100 list.

It retails at or just over $20 a bottle.

I heard the shiraz will give a burgundy type of color and will not look nice

Any good full bodied red wine, one that you would drink. I usually use an Italian wine but sometimes French. A lot of really good American & Canadian wines available now. Australian wines are very good.

Just tried my first Shiraz from California ($15 Canadian) and was pleasantly surprised. I have tried many from Australia and found them a bit to bold tasting for my vegetarian meals.

Both California and Australia produce some very fine Shiraz varietals.

I purchased a shiraz because I’ve never had it before. How different is it?

I think its a Barefoot…

Syrah is my favourite wine/grape.
Syrah:
A distinctive, richly flavoured red wine that appeals to wine drinkers who find cabernet sauvignon too astringent. It also is an excellent blender with varieties as diverse as cabernet, grenache, and mourvedre. (Many of the excellent red wines emerging today from the vast growing regions of the south of France are blends of syrah and complementary grape varieties.)

Good syrah offers a captivating aroma of ripe black fruits, black pepper, and a distinctive gamey scent aficionados often compare to the smell of roasting meat. On the palate, the wine delivers rich, deep, black fruit flavors with big, but supple tannins reminiscent of zinfandel, with which it also shares an affinity for hearty, spicy foods.

Cabernet Sauvignon
The "king" of the world’s red wine grapes, cabernet sauvignon originated in the Bordeaux region of France, but also produces superlative wines around the globe.

Cabernet Sauvignon profits from blending with other complementary grape types, such as the softer, fruitier merlot and the highly perfumed cabernet franc (with which it is customarily blended in Bordeaux), and also from extended wood aging, most notably in French oak barrels. Often hard and monochromatic when young, cabernet sauvignon, with extended bottle aging, can develop fine, complex aromas and flavors.

Cabernet is an excellent accompaniment to red meats, especially steak and roast beef.