New Zealand Wine Guide

Celia Hay, Director of the New Zealand School of Food and Wine and well-respected chef and wine educator, has written a new book on New Zealand wine. The New Zealand Wine Guide is a concise and accessible guide for people wishing to discover New Zealand's distinctive world of wine. It provides a long-overdue NZQA textbook for students of wine as well as an up to date resource for those who just like to drink wine. Never far from the sea, New Zealand's long, warm, summers with cool nights, provide a unique environment for growing grapes. New Zealand wine is often described as having a "brightness of fruit" with refreshing acidity especially in Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and newly fashionable grapes such as Albarino and Gruner Veltliner. Celia has used a selection of local maps as well as explanations of vine growing, and winemaking processes. The book is beautifully illustrated with photographs by well-known vineyard photographer-winemaker Kevin Judd of Greywacke Estate. Also included are extensive recommendations of wines to taste that express the different styles of winemaking and their regional character.