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The Wine Hunter: The Life Story of Australia's First Great Winemaker by [Campbell Mattinson]

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Australia's first great winemaker was a Frenchman. As a 24 year old, in 1921, he walked onto a hillside vineyard in the Hunter Valley north-west of Sydney and in a hard, hot climate set about growing and crafting wines that, when finally opened as fifty- and sixty-year-olds, became renowned as Australia's first great wines. He made these wines without electricity, with bare bones equipment - his winery, Mount Pleasant never once turned a profit during his 30 year struggle - and with a broken heart. What he achieved out there on that hillside is one of the miracles of wine. This is Maurice O'Shea's remarkable story.

Length: 248 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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Campbell Mattinson is an Australian journalist, author, editor and publisher. He is regarded as one of the foremost authorities on Australian wine. He is the editor of Halliday Wine Companion Magazine, is a key contributor to the best-selling Halliday Wine Companion, is the publisher of Australia’s most active wine review site The Wine Front, and is the only person to have won the Australian wine media’s top prize twice (Wine Communicator Award 2005 & 2007). Previous works include The Big Red Wine Book. The Wine Hunter is his fifth book.

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ASIN : B08RWQ9HJV
Language : English
File size : 2276 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
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Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 248 pages

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Compelling Australian Wine History

Reviewed in Australia on 24 April 2019

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Rich colourful storytelling around the life of an Australian wine legend. Recommended for all lovers of Australian wine and its history.

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Josh

Inspiring

Reviewed in Australia on 27 December 2016

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Inspiring story about the all consuming passion that grips some people in life. Makes me respect artisan wine making more than ever.

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Ellen Cook

Five Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 12 August 2015

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Fell in love with this real pioneer of Australian wine growers.

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Myffwyn Urban

Remarkable

Reviewed in Australia on 3 July 2015

I found this really moving and emotional. It is unlike any wine book I have read before. The writing style takes some getting used to, but once you do it sweeps you along. I agree with all the big name reviewers. This is a remarkable book.

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Troy Javis

I'm glad I did - it's even better than I remember

Reviewed in Australia on 6 July 2015

A friend lent me an earlier edition of this book so when I saw it was available again I decided to buy my own copy. I'm glad I did - it's even better than I remember.

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Left Field

Disjointed and disappointing

Reviewed in Australia on 5 June 2015

I tried reading the hard cover edition but just couldn't get into it. Read like someone trying to be F. Scott and comes off more like Ella. Good story behind it, but the writing style distracts, a lot. Better books on wine out there certainly

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Warwick Airey

Sumptuous

Reviewed in the United States on 15 July 2016

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The literary equivalent of terroir. It captures and bottles the essence of not only the great Maurice O'Shea, but of Australia's past.

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No photographs

Reviewed in the United States on 12 October 2015

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I bought this for my husband. While he enjoyed reading the book - he was very disappointed that it didn't contain any photographs (which were referred to in the text). So very strange.

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