James Halliday Australian Wine Companion

by James Halliday

Book Overview

Completely revised and updated, 6405 wines are rated, 230 new winery entries, expert tasting notes for 5200 wines. Also includes profiles of 2176 wineries and a vintage rating chart for each region.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1740665155
• ISBN13: 9781740665155
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book (again) from James Halliday

760 pages - with all relevant details about Aussie wines. A full explanation first, on how to use the book. Lists of best varietals. Tasting notes of 5836 wines..! (phew) Many other informative articles : best of best, best of the regions, statistical info, etc etc...(seek and thou shall find) Description of the best of the most recent vintages - and/or other recommendables from (the not necessarily most recent vintages) - a good idea. Well organized.. Ths is NOT a book you carry in your pocket.. I really cannot find any negative thing to write about, BUT I would have loved some pictures of labels too - which would most likely have brought the bokk over the 1K page-size :-) Oh..One sort of complaint, I don't understand his idea of not rating any wines higher than 97 (when you have a 100-point scale it makes no sense, not to use it up to, at least 99. You may argue against using the top 100, because can a wine be PERFECT ?) So anyway, the verdict : highly recommended..