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South Africa's Serious Syrahs

An emerging red joins a traditional white at the top of the quality hierarchy

By James Molesworth

Syrah has now taken the lead as South Africa's top varietal. In the Cape region, home to the vast majority of the nation's vineyards, Syrah typically combines a New World fruit profile with Old World .....

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