Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide

The Story

An updated guide to over 1000 red, white, sparkling and fortified Australian and NZ wines. Each wine is rated for quality and value, general information such as the type of grapes used, which region the grapes are grown and cellaring guidelines. Includes chapters on how to choose a wine in the bottle shop, restaurants with the best wine lists and wines selected for the Penguin Wine of the Year Award. Includes index of common names, glossary of wine and tasting terms and directory of Australian wineries, and Hooke is a journalist who graduated from a wine-marketing course in 1982, worked in several wineries and then became a wine retailer. Kyte-Powell writes a weekly column for the' Age' and 'Sunday Life!', and is a judge of Australia's Wine List of the Year Awards.