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This month's great read - Wine
Australian Plonky by Ian Hickinbotham
One of Australia's most innovative wine-makers, Hickinbotham was involved in the creation of two great Australian wines, Penfolds Grange and Coonawarra Estate Claret. He introduced a scientific approach to wine-making, initiated the bag-in-the-box cask and 200ml bottles for airlines. This is his own account of his 50-year career.
Hardback, 244 pp, $39.95. Buy
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This month's great read - Food
Botanical: Inside the Iconic Brasserie by Paul Wilson
Presents a dazzling collection of more than 100 recipes by award- winning chef Paul Wilson from the iconic Botanical restaurant. The restaurant, located in the heart of South Yarra, Melbourne, across the road from the Royal Botanic Gardens, is an institution in the Australian food scene
Hardback, 280 pp, $85.00. Buy
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The Diva's Choice
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, $22.95. Buy
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For Beer Lovers
The Complete Guide to Beer and Brewing by Laurie Strachan
In a world where restaurants boast extensive beer lists and hotel counters are bristling with taps offering beers from all over the world, the choice of what beer to drink can be very confusing. Luckily, Australia's doyen of home brewing, Laurie Strachan, has assembled a wealth of information about the beers of the world. This is the most comprehensive book about beer and brewing ever to be published in Australia. Between its covers you will find all you need to know about telling beers apart, how to taste them, how to enjoy them, brew them?and even how to cook with them. From starting with beer kits, progressing to using malt extracts and then brewing all?grain beers to world standard, this is a book for anyone who loves beer
Paperback, $29.95. Buy
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Getting started
Why the French Hate Us by Campbell Mattinson
Australian wine is under siege.
A growing number of people scoff at it - the taste, what it stands for, the way it's grown and the way it's made. Others simply want to rid it from our shelves. This, at the very time when Australian wine stocks are at their fullest.
Why The French Hate Us travels through both sides of a passionate argument. It's about the forces fighting Australian wine, and the people who are saving it. If you enjoy a glass of Australian wine - or care about how it is farmed - you will care about this story.
Why The French Hate Us is a story that matters. It's bound to entertain you... and stir you up.
Paperback, 320 pp, $28.95. Buy
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Wine science and viticulture
Handbook of Enology: Microbiology of Wine and Vinifications v. 1 by Pascal Ribereau-Gayon, Others, Bernard Doneche and others
The Microbiology volume of the new revised and updated Handbook of Enology focuses on the vinification process. It describes how yeasts work and how they can be influenced to achieve better results. The last chapters in the book deal with the use of sulfur-dioxide, the grape and its maturation process, harvest and pre-fermentation treatment, and the basis of red, white and speciality wine making. The result is the ultimate text and reference on the science and technology of the vinification process: understanding and dealing with yeasts and bacterias involved in the transformation from grape to wine. A must for all serious students and practitioners involved in winemaking.
, 512 pp, $247.95. Buy
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Wine Guide 2008
The Australian Wine Annual 2008 by Jeremy Oliver
Jeremy Oliver, the most influential Australian wine writer to emerge in the last 20 years, is releasing the latest edition of his bestselling guide to Australian wine. The 2008 edition goes through the best and bestselling Australian wines, maker by maker, vintage by vintage. In addition to ratings and drinking windows for each of the many thousands of wines listed, it provides a full-colour image of each wine label, a pithy view of what's happening with each winery, its most important details and reviews of current wines. Encyclopedic, accessible and extremely easy to use, 'The Australian Wine Annual 2008' is the definitive guide to Australian wine for wine lovers the world over.
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Paperback, 320 pp, $27.95. Buy
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Wine Guide 2008
Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2008 by Hugh Johnson
Covers news on more than 6,000 wines, growers, and regions from world experts, with vintage information, peerless food and wine matching tips. This title also includes a full-colour feature on Italian wine.
Hardback, 288 pp, $25.00. Buy
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Gift Ideas
The Perfect Glass of Wine by Ben Canaider
'I've never heard anyone say: This wine is perfect. Admittedly I once gave a wine 20 out of 20 at a wine show, but it was the very first wine of the very first day of the show, and I only did it to signal to the other judges that I'm essentially a pretty facetious person. Every other judge had given it a 14.' As wine writer Ben Canaider admits, wine is an inexact science. But that doesn't stop him carrying out his own search to find his, and THE perfect glass of wine. This book is the result: a rollicking account of Canaider's sober trials and drunken tribulations as he attempts to find perfection in wine. From drinking his first bottle of Grange aged 21 to a mixed case of the world's greatest champagnes in 33 hours from romantic wine nirva
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101 Beautiful Towns in Italy: Food and Wine by Paolo Lazzarin
A lavishly illustrated one-of-a-kind tour through the country explores the tantalizing tastes of hilltop and seaside towns, in a guide that helps travelers plan their culinary journeys: what wine cellars to visit, where to dine, and how to navigate a busy market.
Hardback, 280 pp, $75.00. Buy
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Yum!
Christine Manfield Originals by Christine Manfield
'My philosophy of life and work is based on the premise that life is too short to eat bad food.' Christine Manfield uses ingredients and methods from around the world - from the Mediterranean to the Middle East, North Africa, France and Asia - to create a truly Australian culinary style. Christine's work is incomparable for its original blend of assertive flavours and harmonious textures, and is a passionate celebration of fresh Australian produce. Christine Manfield Originals is an inspiration.
Paperback, 176 pp, $39.95. Buy
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Wine guide 2008
Quaff 2008 by Peter Forrestal
So you've spent the last 12 months drinking $1-a-bottle clean-skins and now you realise it's not that different to drinking paint stripper. You're ready to go back to the bottleshop, but you're still looking for value. Luckily, leading wine expert Peter Forrestal has done all the hard work for you, tasting and researching Australia's best wines under $15, and publishing them in 'Quaff 2008'. 'Quaff 2008', the essential guide for the savvy wine-drinker, provides tasting notes for more than 400 good-value local and imported wines, listing them by variety in an easy-to-follow-format. This year Forrie has also selected his top 100 wines, provided food and wine tasting notes, and included information on which wines work best for particular situa
Paperback, 256 pp, $19.95. Buy
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Cocktails
Cocktailsmarts by Stephanie Lucianovic
If you've ever had a cocktail that tasted like an elixir of the gods - and wondered what made it so fabulous - then CocktailSmarts is for you. Inside this stylish tin box you'll ?nd everything you need for a festive cocktail party: great drink recipes, elegant coasters, fun question and answer cards, and tips and tricks for making the perfect drink. CocktailSmarts tests your cocktail connoisseurship on such topics as: What's in a Cosmo? Why would you want your martini dirty? Which country did gin come from? Each card contains not only the answer to the question but other intoxicating facts that will make you as much of a pro in front of the bar as the guy or gal behind it.
Kit, 100 pp, $34.95. Buy
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Lost Desserts; Baked Alaska, Souffle Rothschild, Charlotte Russe, and Many More Recipes from Legendary Restaurants and Famous Chefs by Gail Monaghan
'Lost Desserts' is lavish, elegant, and evocative of other times and worlds, with new photographs by Eric Boman illustrating 30 of the 75 recipes and including memorbilia of menus, logos, and other ephemera from the heyday of some of such beloved restaurants The Brown Derby, Blum's, and La Pyramide. Organised by such conceptual categories as "Lost Hollywood", "Lost Tradition," and "Old World Elegance," to name a few, the book also has an appendix in which all recipes are cross-referenced according to type of dessert. The 75 recipes featured will be adapted to work for the home cook and tweaked for the modern palate to taste as good as they looked and are remembered. Each recipe is prefaced by an informative and entertaining header giving th
Hardback, 192 pp, $65.00. Buy
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