http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs Blogs by The Wine Stop Hawaii Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:26:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-072009/ http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-072009/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:01:27 +0000 designnabi http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/2009/07/124/ Though the shiraz grape is not indigenous to Iran, grapes were first made into wine in the Middle East. As a matter of fact, the name Shiraz comes from a town in Iran, famed for its wine production. The story goes in an ancient Persian legend that Jamshid, a grape-loving king, stored ripe grapes in [...]]]> http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-072009/feed/ 0