Classic Wines of Australia and New Zealand by Halliday, James - 2002

HarperCollinsPublishers PTY Limited June 1, 2002. 2002. Softcover. 8vo softcover 214pp very good. This completely revised and updated 3rd edition of this unique and popular book provides a comprehensive insight into even more of the greatest wines made in Australia and New Zealand over the past fifty or more years. James Halliday's notes on vertical tastings cover all the most famous names and for the first time this book includes substantial tastings on classic New Zealand wines such as Cloudy Bay. As equally absorbing are the notes for the classics of tomorrow, wines known only to a chosen few. A brief introductory background is given to each of the 82 wines chosen, and tastings range far and wide across sparkling wines, white table wines-both dry and sweet-dry reds and fortified wines. James Halliday is Australia's most respected wine writer. Over the past thirty years he has worn many hats: lawyer, winemaker and grape grower, wine judge, wine consultant and author. .