The Bottom Line
This book offers good basics on Australian wines. You can get familiar with the main wineries, wine varietals, pricing structure, Australian wine-making regions and input on when is the best time to drink a particular wine. This is a good resource for discovering Australian wines.
Pros
- Small, compact book for easy carrying
- Easy referencing for favorite Aussie wines
- Rating system is intuitive and offers wine lovers a quick glance wine rating
- Pricing guide gives you a decent ballpark idea for what you can expect to pay for a particular wine
Cons
- The rating scale of 1-5 for Bradley and 1-7 for the winemaker is a bit confusing
Description
- Author: Robin Bradley
- Published by Hunter Agencies
- ISBN 0-9577280-5-0
- Published 2004
- 389 pages
- Color wine label pictures
- soft cover
- Twenty Second Edition
Guide Review - Book
Robin Bradley offers a bird's eye view of Australian wines available on the market today. This is a good book for those beginning to explore the Australian wine market and would like to get a better handle on who the big players are and whose wines are worth trying - provided that your own taste matches up with the author's. I would suggest buying a few of his wines that are well-rated and seeing if your own palate, is in sync with his. It is hard to take a subjective rating/review and pinpoint a tasting match based on a number. I do think this book is definitely worth taking to your local wine merchant to begin your Aussie wine adventure. Pick out a few wines and ask the staff at the wine store their thoughts on the wines and ratings, for added knowledge and experience.
