Thin Skins: Why the French Hate Australian Wine

by Campbell Mattinson

Overview

Australian wine is in trouble: just as a growing number of connoisseurs scoff at its taste, the way its grown, and how its made, hundreds of the countrys small wineries are battling to survive. Thin Skins addresses the forces fighting Australian wine and harming its reputation. In witty, insightful writing thats a combination of P.J. ORourke and Oz Clarke, Campbell Mattison debunks the lies and showcases the people who are saving the industry by producing great wine.
Anyone who enjoys drinking Australian wine, or cares about how it is farmed, will savor this entertaining, inspiring story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402790935
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	10/04/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Campbell Mattinson has twice won Australia's most prestigious wine media prize, the NSW Wine Press Club Wine Communicator Award, and is a past winner of both the Best Australian Sports Writing Award (1996) and the Independent Young Writer of the Year Award (1995). He is the author of the award-winning book Wine Hunter, and a wine columnist at The Bulletin and Gourmet Traveller WINE. For the past nine years he has been the publisher of The Wine Front site. Campbell lives in Porepunkah, Australia.