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Australian Shiraz: regional discovery

0fren refened to asAustralia’s flagship grape variety, Shiraz is grown in most ofAustralia’s wine regions. Wdl-lmown regions suchas BarossaValley and McLaren Vale are commonlymentioned for quintessential expressions ofShiraz, bm as resulrs from the Decanter World Wine Awards attest, Shiraz across the nae.ionshows stylistic diversitywith strnctured, agewonhy and powerfolly aromatic wines to be found from Frankland River in Western Australia to the Pyrenees in Victoria and Canbena in New South Wales.

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