Michael Harden is a freelance writer who regularly contributes to The Age, Sunday Life, The Melbourne Weekly Magazine, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Winestate and the Melbourne and Sydney Good Food Guides. He is the author of Celebrazione!, the story of the De Bortoli winemaking family, and Of A Nation, the history of Peters Ice Cream and co-author of several other books including the Wyndham Estate Seasons Cookbook, The Food and Wine Lovers' Guide to Melbourne and Surrounds and Top Five. He lives and works in Melbourne.