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Books 1 to 13 of 13 – Biography

Wolf Blass: Behind the Bow Tie ISBN 1921486139 new ISBN 9781921486135

Wolf Blass: Behind the Bow Tie  by Liz Johnston
Wolf Blass is an icon of the Australian wine industry, the man and the brand are recognised around the world. This book traces his life, right up to the present day.

Paperback,  $39. pp,  $39.99. Buy now

Jane Hunter ISBN 1869506480 new ISBN 9781869506483

Jane Hunter  by Tessa Anderson
From Marlborough to Manhattan, from Rapaura Road to the Ritz – the inspiring story of a quiet, unassuming woman who took her wines to the world. Jane Hunter had no romantic illusions about life among the vines. Growing up in South Australia, she always knew it was a business. When she met Ernie Hunter, a passionate, larger-than-life Irishman with a fledgling vineyard, they were the perfect team. Their complementary talents – his for dreaming large and her knowledge and experience – clearly belonged together. Ernie’s genius for promotion saw their wines win international acclaim and their future seemed clear. It would be hard, but they had the right terroir and their wines were world class. When Ernie died tragically in a road accident, Jane

,   $43.99. Buy now

The Emperor of Wine ISBN 1906502242 new ISBN 9781906502249

The Emperor of Wine  by Elin Mccoy
This is the first book to chronicle the rise of Robert Parker, the world’s most influential and controversial wine critic, who over the last twenty-five years has dominated the international wine world. This is the story of how an American lawyer raised on Coca-Cola caused a revolution in the way wines are made, sold and talked about, around the entire world. Parker’s influential bimonthly newsletter The Wine Advocate, with more than 45,000 subscribers in more than 38 countries exerts the single most significant influence on consumers’ wine-buying habits and trends across America, Europe and the Far East, and impacts on the style of wine being made in every wine-producing country in the world, from France to Australia. To his legions of fan

Paperback,  352 pp,  $24.99. Buy now

History in a Glass ISBN 0812971949 new ISBN 9780812971941

History in a Glass  by Ruth Reichl and Gourmet Magazine
New York Times bestselling author Ruth Reichl reread sixty-five years of wine articles in Gourmet to select the best for History in a Glass. The result is a rollicking tale of great meals, great walks, and wonderful drinks as Americans discover the pleasures of wine. These marvelous essays were written by men and women who were not only on hand to witness wine’s boom but, in many cases, helped to foster the environment that made it thrive. The early days after World War II provided a great opportunity for James Beard and Frank Schoonmaker to reacquaint oenophiles with the joys of European wines. Through tireless dispatches from the Continent, they inspired American vintners to produce world-class wines on their own rich soil. In subsequent

Paperback,  400 pp,  $23.95. Buy now

New Classic Winemakers of California ISBN 0520247221 new ISBN 9780520247222

New Classic Winemakers of California  by S. Heimoff
Wine critic and writer Steve Heimoff traversed the state of California to record lively and informative conversations with more than two dozen winemakers and grape growers who represent today’s leaders and visionaries. While Benson’s book captured a wine industry on the brink of exponential growth and recognition, Heimoff surveys a multibillion-dollar business with a global reputation and new issues to face. His interviews provide an oral history of contemporary California winemaking. Through this intimate and engaging book, wine lovers can sit in on the back and forth as Heimoff and his vintner subjects talk informally about their favorite subject: wine.

,  238 pp,  $69.95. Buy now

Women of the Vine ISBN 0470068019 new ISBN 9780470068014

Women of the Vine  by Deborah Brenner
Women are wine’s largest consumers, and this book brings to life the world of wine from a distinctly female viewpoint. Here, Deborah Brenner, wine negotiant and owner of Women of the Vine Cellars, introduces us to women winemakers, women sommeliers, and the growing number of women wine groups.

Paperback,  256 pp,  $23.95. Buy now

Families of the Vine ISBN 0553817280 new ISBN 9780553817287

Families of the Vine  by Michael Sanders
Presents the working lives of three families whose sole crop is the grapes grown in their vineyards, grapes from which they all make very good, yet quite different, wine, as they have been doing for more than four generations. This book follows them throughout the winemaking year, into the wine barns heady with the smells of fermentation.

Paperback,  352 pp,  $24.95. Buy now

The Whisky Men ISBN 1841582999 new ISBN 9781841582993

The Whisky Men  by Gavin D. Smith
Gavin D. Smith spent two years talking to people whose working lives have been spent in the Scotch whisky industry. He has recorded and edited the results of many conversations, which have taken place the length and breadth of Scotland, and in this book he allows the whisky-makers of Scotland to do the talking.

Paperback,  288 pp,  $44.95. Buy now

Morrissey's Perfect Pint ISBN 0007284683 new ISBN 9780007284689

Morrissey’s Perfect Pint  by Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox
The beer-fuelled book for blokes! The companion book to C4’s new series which follows Britain’s favourite badly behaved man and his best mate Richard Fox as they set up their own brewery and try to make a go of their laddish dreams. With this book they share their secrets to the truly important things in life: home-brewing, pub games, bloke jokes, anorak beer & pub trivia, drinking games that may or may not get you arrested, chat-up lines that may or may not get you slapped, beer recipes guaranteed to pull, where to find the best beer festivals and everything in between to make this a must have for every lad (or ladette’s) shed library.

,  160 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Alpana Pours ISBN 0897335465 new ISBN 9780897335461

Alpana Pours  by Alpana Singh
Alpana Singh is uniquely qualified to talk about wine, contemporary women and relationships. At age 26, she became the youngest woman to be inducted into the world’s most exclusive sommelier organisation, the 120 member Court of Master Sommeliers. She spent five years as sommelier at a world famous four star restaurant, Everest of Chicago. While there, she closely observed the sometimes humorous, sometimes absurd, social interactions between men and woman at all stages of their relationships. Her mental journal of these ‘social observations’ came in handy as she wrote her first book, Alpana Pours. The book reaches readers in playful language they will understand, and in a highly entertaining manner they will enjoy.

Paperback,  220 pp,  $25.95. Buy now

Good Wine Bad Language Great Vineyards ISBN 0977514706 new ISBN 9780977514700

Good Wine Bad Language Great Vineyards  by Emeralda Wood
Bursting with photography fron World renowned Esmeralda Wood. Each photo draws the reader in and confessions of some of Australia’s most prominent and respected wine makers are told

,  168 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

Good Wine, Bad Language, Great Vineyards  by Hayden Wood and Suni Badami
This coffee table book features stories and beautiful photographs of 26 landmark New Zealand wineries

,  184 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

The House of Mondavi ISBN 1592402593 new ISBN 9781592402595

The House of Mondavi  by Julia Flynn Siler
An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built–and then spectacularly lost–a global wine empire. Award-winning journalist Flynn Siler brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama.

,  452 pp,  $39.95. Buy now


 

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