Jeremy Oliver celebrates 25 years in the business as one of Australia’s leading wine critics with his 20th book. The best-selling guide to Australian wine, The 2010 Australian Wine Annual, now in its 13th edition, sports a brand-new design and features more wines and wineries than ever before. This year Oliver has named the stunning 2004 vintage of Penfold’s Grange as his tenth Wine of the Year (a wine he actually considers to be the best Grange ever made!) and has introduced Hardy’s Eileen Hardy Shiraz, Main Ridge Half Acre Pinot Noir, Mount Mary Chardonnay and Seppelt Drumborg Riesling to the most exclusive list of all in Australian wine Ð Jeremy Oliver’s Five Star Wines, which number a mere twenty in total.The Australian Wine Annual is a must-have for wine enthusiasts and the definitive guide to Australian wine for wine lovers the world over. It takes the hard work out of selecting Australian wine, for Jeremy Oliver only includes the best of the best in this book, from the cheapest to the most expensive.This guide rates nearly 13,000 vintages of more than 1,200 wines from nearly 300 different wineries. It features Jeremy Oliver’s own professional tasting notes of more than 1200 new releases, his Top 100 for 2009 and a special section on the Best Australian Wines $20 and Under. It also features Oliver’s updated commentary on wine trends and the issues facing Australian wine today.Easy to navigate, this handy sized book fits easily into a handbag, glove box or coat pocket. It’s non-technical and simple to follow, with a score out of 100 and a tasting note for the current release of each wine listed. Colour-coded charts of drinking windows indicate the cellaring potential of back vintages. There is also a full-colour high-resolution label of every wine covered, making it as easy as possible for people to find the wines they want to taste and enjoy. While The Australian Wine Annual is available from all good book stores, fine wine outlets and selected cellar doors, it can also be ordered via this website, using the link on the homepage.
