THE WINE FRONT

WINE HUNTER, by Campbell Mattinson

He is known in some circles as Australia’s greatest ever winemaker. In others, more simply, as its most remarkable. Between the early 1920s and the late 1950s he made a swag of great wines, many of which came to be known as the best ever made in Australia. Many of them were magnificent drinks at 50 and 60 years od age. That they were made in the humblest of circumstances, in the hardest of times – and at great personal cost – makes that man’s story all the more rivetting. That man is Maurice O’Shea. He gave it all so that the world could have something beautiful to drink.
The Wine Hunter is Maurice O’Shea’s story.
Wine Hunter is published in Australia by Hachette Australia.

"One of the most remarkable wine books to come my way. If this book does not add yet more awards, there is no justice. It will capture anyone who reads it: this is not a wine geek book but an epic."
JAMES HALLIDAY

"Campbell Mattinson is arguably Australia's most literate, and certainly most literary, wine writer. I admire his monograph on the Hunter Valley pioneer Maurice O'Shea The Wine Hunter, immensely.”
JANCIS ROBINSON

"In my opinion, this is the best book on wine to be published in Australia for many, many years."
MAX ALLEN, THE AUSTRALIAN

"Wine Hunter is a breakthrough wine book: an astonishing, cerebral, emotional entanglement of fact and dramatisation, of tender detail and beautiful, expressive words. Has there ever been a wine book written quite this way? It's the story of our greatest winemaker, Maurice O'Shea, a man blessed with an astonishing gift who changed the face of early Australian winemaking at his vineyard.”
JENI PORT, THE AGE

The Wine Hunter book is also available in book stores across Australia.

International orders are also now being taken. See below for rates. 

This is a book about an inspirational Australian who beat quite incredible odds – and became a legend.

If you enjoy a glass of wine, you will love this book.

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Australian Orders:
* $34.95 for 1 copy delivered to your Australian address
* $59.95 for 2 copies delivered to your Australian address
* $85.95 for 3 copies delivered to your Australian address

International Orders:
* AUD$35 for 1 copy delivered to your Canadian address
* AUD$35 for 1 copy delivered to your USA address
* AUD$37.50 for 1 copy delivered to your UK address
* AUD$35 for 1 copy delivered to your Hong Kong address

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