Product Description: A unique account of the Australian wine industry, this work tells the story of its development throughout the 20th century. Weaving together an oral history full of firsthand recollections from winemakers, cellar hands, business leaders, and grape growers, this record offers personal insights into how Australian wine has received its phenomenal international reputation...read more

Product Description: Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) is history's most celebrated urban critic. In addition to her classic, Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs authored another half dozen influential books on urban planning, economics, and design...read more

Product Description: As global warming and continued drought threaten the state of the Australian wine industry, many winemakers are beginning to think long-term, and in doing so are starting to better understand the unique relationship they have with their vine-growing land...read more

Product Description: Giving advice on how to get maximum enjoyment from drinking wine, this book explores in detail how countries, regions, grapes and winemaking in all corners of the world affect the taste of wine. This equips you to understand why wines from different areas taste the way they do...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Exploring how, over the last ten years, the world of wine has been transformed by the rise of New World wines - from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and North and South America. Each country is focused on separately, with information on grape varieties and which wines to seek out...read more