sparkling Shiraz

{{Short description|Australian wine style}}

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Sparkling Shiraz is an Australian wine style.{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/food/article/Wine-Pick-Of-The-Week-2004-Paringa-Sparkling-1254766.php|title=Wine Pick Of The Week: 2004 Paringa Sparkling Shiraz, South Australia|last=Kinssies|first=Richard|date=6 November 2007|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|publisher=Hearst Corporation|accessdate=19 November 2013}} The wine style has been claimed to have been created in 1895 by Edmond Mazure.{{cite web |title=Léon Edmond Mazure (1860–1939) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mazure-leon-edmond-13090 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=Australian National University |access-date=2 January 2024 |date=2005}} Before the enforcement of appellations d'origine contrôlée, the style was called Sparkling Burgundy.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/forever-sparkling/story-e6frg8h6-1226680806151|title=Seppelt is forever sparkling|last=James Halliday|author-link=James Halliday (wine)|date=20 July 2013|work=The Australian|publisher=News Corp Australia|accessdate=19 November 2013}}

The wine begins as a Shiraz on its first fermentation. Its secondary fermentation takes place in its bottle, or méthode champenoise.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S35VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C5cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3867,4411428&dq=sparkling-burgundy+secondary&hl=en|title=Resurgence for an old style|last=Port|first=Jeni|date=15 November 1988|work=The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=19 November 2013}}

The Sparkling Shiraz style has been described as "uniquely Australian".{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/epicure/sparklers-light-up/2007/08/03/1185648110196.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|title=Sparklers light up|last=Faulkner|first=Jane|date=4 August 2007|work=The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=19 November 2013}}