"If the world is going to continue its love affair with warm-climate wines, well, I wouldn't argue too hard against Shiraz or Syrah ... waltzing off with the title of world's best red grape in the none too distant future."
OZ CLARKE'S 'GRAPES AND WINES'
“Late last year... I tasted the most exciting bracket of New Zealand red wines I had at that stage encountered in more than 40 years’ perusal of the re-evolution of red wine in New Zealand. The wines were all syrah...”
GEOFF KELLY WINE REVIEWS, NOV 2006