Vinodiversity the Book: New Grape Varieties and Wines in Australia [Kindle Edition]

Darby Higgs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2010

In Australia over 140 grape varieties are used commercially to Make wine. Most wine consumers know about only a handful of these.

Winemakers in Australia are increasingly diversifying the range of wines they use, in response to climate change and to more challenging markets. As tastes change consumers are seeking more information about new wine varieties.

This book includes information about 130 wine grape varieties, including synonyms, county of origin and wine styles produced. Each variety entry lists the Australian wineries which are producing wine from the variety.

Sixty Australian wine regions are described in the second section of the book.

Over 1600 Australian wineries which use alternative varieties are included in the index, along with their web address, region name and varieties used.

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About the Author

Darby Higgs is a wine writer from Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of the popular website Vinodiversity.com which details the new and emerging wine varieties and styles in Australia. For the past six years Darby has closely followed the emergence of new wine varieties as some have emerged from being curiosities to becoming regular inclusions on wine lists and bottle shop shelves.

Product Details

• File Size: 240 KB
• Print Length: 200 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1451596138
• Publisher: Createspace (June 1, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003UNJZH8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,300 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)