Summary

The Australian Wine Guide Fifth Edition keeps you up to date on wine in Australia. It covers types and styles of wine, wine production, tasting and serving wine. It teaches you about developing your palate, interpreting a wine label and international wine styles. Wine and food matching and Australian geographical regions have been completely updated and expanded. Leading Australian winemakers offer their thoughts on wine regions and grape varieties. About 3,000 wines were tasted over 18months for inclusion into the new edition and wines have been rated into three categories -- Outstanding, Highly Recommended and Recommended; bolded entries indicate that a company has a reliable track record for producing this style of wine. First published in 1999: 2nd Ed 2002; 3rd Ed 2004; 4th Ed 2008 and 5th Ed 2011.