Does Shiraz wine come from Iran?

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Soulfulness, spirit and poetry - words that come up time and again when talking about Shiraz wine. He attended elaborate banquets and recorded the first European account of what Shiraz wine actually tasted like. "But is there a connection between the "dark red wine that smells like musk" immortalised by Hafez, and the Shiraz wine drunk across the world today? Darioush Khaledi, a son of Shiraz, is the proud owner of a 120-acre vineyard in California`s Napa Valley producing what he insists on calling Shiraz wine. You can watch The Secret History of Shiraz Wine on BBC World at the following times:Saturday 4 February - 09:10; 20:10Sunday 5 February - 02:10; 15:10