When you think of Australian wine, you think of James Halliday. For almost 40 years, the legendary winemaker and critic has been the most trusted name in the industry, and his celebrated Halliday Wine Companion is the final word in what to drink now. This bestselling annual sets the benchmark for winemakers, collectors and wine lovers alike, and the 2023 edition has been revised and updated, featuring all new scores, notes, wineries and the lastest information on ?exceptional?, ?outstanding? and ?highly recommended? wines. Inside, a team of Halliday expert share their extensive knowledge of wine with over 5000 tasting notes offering advice on great value wines, as well as key wine regions, wineries and winemakers, vineyard sizes, opening times and contact details. The Halliday Wine Companion 2023 is quite simply the essential guide for drinkers of Australian wine, or a perfect gift for the wine lover in your life.

When you think of Australian wine, you think of James Halliday. For almost 40 years, the legendary winemaker and critic has been the most trusted name in the industry, and his celebrated Halliday Wine Companion is the final word in what to drink now. This bestselling annual sets the benchmark for winemakers, collectors and wine lovers alike, and the 2023 edition has been revised and updated with over 760 pages, featuring all new scores, notes, wineries and the lastest information on 'exceptional', 'outstanding' and 'highly recommended' wines. Inside, a team of Halliday expert share their extensive knowledge of wine with over 5000 tasting notes offering advice on great value wines, as well as key wine regions, wineries and winemakers, vineyard sizes, opening times and contact details. The Halliday Wine Companion 2023 is quite simply the essential guide for drinkers of Australian wine, or a perfect gift for the wine lover in your life.

For over thirty years James Halliday has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his 'Halliday Wine Companion' is recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. A best-selling annual, the Halliday Wine Companion is the go-to guide for wine ratings, regions, best varietals, winery reviews and a curated selection of the best wines in Australia. The 2020 edition has been completely revised to bring readers up-to-the-minute information, as well as re-designed in a modern new style to reflect the brand's ever expanding audience. In his inimitable style, Halliday shares his extensive knowledge of wine through detailed tasting notes with points, price, value symbol and advice on best-by drinking, as well as each wine's closure and alcohol content. He provides information about wineries and winemakers, including vineyard sizes, opening times and contact details. The perfect self-purchase or gift for the wine lover in your life.

Australia became known as a wine drinking nation in the 1970s, and our national love affair with wine continues. Yet Australian winegrowing is as old as European Australia. While the Hunter Valley is not the ideal place to grow grapes climatically, it's the only Australian wine region planted in the nineteenth century to continuously host vineyards. Hunter Wine profiles the people, history and technology that have shaped the region's wine from vine to glass, including families like the Wyndhams, McWilliams, Lindemans and Tyrrells. It traces the evolution of Hunter winegrowing, and its winegrowers, from frontier violence in the 1820s and early British and German-born wine producers, to the development of large-scale vineyards and wineries in the early twentieth century, and the new style Hunter wines produced since the 1960s and 70s.

Halliday wine companion is recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. The 2019 edition has been completely revised to bring you up-to-the-minute information. Halliday shares his extensive knowledge of wine through detailed tasting notes with points, price, value symbol and advice on best-by drinking, as well as each wine's closure and alcohol content. He provides information about wineries and winemakers, including vineyard sizes, opening times and contact details.

"Australian Wine: styles and tastes, people and places" is the key to understanding and enjoying Australian wine. Absorbing text and interesting photography take the reader on a journey from the vineyard to the wine in the glass. It is a comprehensive and practical guide to the way grapes are grown and how wine is made and how the different practices influence the taste of the wine. A feature of the book is the extensive coverage of the sensory profiles of Australia's wine styles, highlighting the incredible and fascinating diversity that make up the modern Australian premium wine scene. The concise, easy to follow, educational approach makes it an ideal book for anyone who is interested in wine. The book contains 290 pages of informative text, maps, wine style guides, tasting clues and over 300 photographs to illustrate the richness, diversity and quality of Australian wine. It has been written for students, the wine trade and the general wine consumer who wants to know a little more about Australian wine. It can be used in wine courses, hospitality courses, and for training retail, marketing and cellar door sales personnel or just to enjoy the read.

In this completely updated edition of the original landmark volume, James Halliday situates Australian grape varieties and varietal wines in an international context. Profiling 130 wine grapes, covering classic, second tier and alternative varieties, Varietal Wines provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the varieties currently grown and made in Australia. Halliday explores the history of classic and second tier varieties and their significance in both international and Australian wine landscapes, including detailed information on the characteristics of each variety and wine,

The Aussie Wine Trail was shot on location in Australia. This series takes the viewer on a journey through the historic wine regions of Australia. Produced on location, this beautiful series will give rare access to the exotic and colourful world of Australian wine. While Australian wines are available for purchase in many countries, little is known about the vineyards, process, culture and people who cultivate the grapes.This may very well be the only wine series available on Australia.

In James Halliday's Top 100 Australian Wineries , James Halliday , Australia's leading wine writer and former, long-serving wine judge, makes his personal selection of our finest 100 wineries - from Bannockburn to Bay of Fires, Woodlands to Wirra Wirra. Arranged alphabetically, and representing many regions, the profiles here reveal the background to the wineries' establishment, plantings, production and winemaking styles. James also provides descriptive notes covering the style of and winemaking techniques for two nominated wines. With extensive introductory material - which includes a histor

Halliday shares his extensive knowledge of wine via detailed tasting notes, each of which includes vintage-specific ratings and advice on optimal drinking, as well as alcohol content, price and a value rating. He provides important details on wineries - including opening times, contact details, vineyard sizes and web addresses - in addition to biographies on each, and information about the winemakers.