shiraz

IPA: ʃɪrˈɑz

Root Word: Shiraz

A major city in Fars province, in southern Iran, near the remains of Persepolis.
A variety of black grape used to make wine
A wine made from these grapes
Alternative letter-case form of Shiraz [A major city in Fars province, in southern Iran, near the remains of Persepolis.]

Examples of "shiraz" in Sentences

Any shiraz from the Barossa Valley is pretty spectacular.
She includes Aussie shiraz, as I expected, but to say that all Aussie shiraz is overrated is ignorant.
As you can see, the term shiraz is a marketing invention and doesn't refer exclusively to Australian wine.
Chardonnay and riesling are the leading white grapes and syrah (called shiraz locally) and cabernet sauvignon dominate the reds.
Australians called shiraz "Hermitage" up into the late 1980s, but the French put a halt to that with their "protected designation of origin".
Boatloads of cheap, colorfully labeled syrah from Down Under (dubbed "shiraz" there) have turned off many North American drinkers to all syrah.
Australia's Hunter Valley, a broad swath of land known for its chardonnay and shiraz grapes, is also one of the world's largest coal-export basins.
The revolution demands a more geographically appropriate focus on Mediterranean varietals, such as shiraz, cinsault and grenache for reds, and chenin blanc and clairette blanche for white.