A fully independent expert catalogue of the very best Australian wines at each price point. It features more than 300 wineries and nearly 14,000 wines, each of which Oliver has tasted himself! The hot tips include Jeremy's Wine of the Year, his Top 100, plus his ever-popular best Australian wines for under $20.The 17th edition of Jeremy Oliver's best-selling guide to Australian wine is alphabetically arranged and conveniently sized to fit a handbag, glove box or coat pocket. It features professional tasting notes of more than 1200 new releases and includes commentary on current wine trends and concepts, and the issues facing Australian wine producers in a challenging global environment.Non-technical and simple to follow, it presents a scoreout of 100 and a tasting note for the current release ofeach wine listed with colour coded charts of drinkingwindows indicating quality cellaring potential of backvintages. The book also features full colour labels ofevery wine making it as easy as possible for people tofind the wines they want to taste and enjoy.Encyclopaedic, accessible and extremely easy to use, The Australian Wine Annual 2014 is the definitive and must-have guide to Australian wine for wine lovers the world over.

A Statistical Compendium, 1843 to 2013

Italo Calvino's beloved, intricately crafted novel about an Emperor's travels—a brilliant journey across far-off places and distant memory. “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.” In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: cities and memory, cities and desire, cities and designs, cities and the dead, cities and the sky, trading cities, hidden cities. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor detects these fantastic places are more than they appear.

In Extreme Wine, wine economist and best-selling author Mike Veseth circles the globe searching for the best, worst, cheapest, most expensive, and most over-priced wines. Mike seeks out the most outrageous wine people and places and probes the biggest wine booms and busts. Along the way he applauds celebrity wines, tries to find wine at the movies, and discovers wines that are so scarce that they are almost invisible. Why go to such extremes? Because, Mike argues, the world of wine is growing and changing, and if you want to find out what’s really happening you can’t be afraid to step over the edge. Written with verve and appreciation for all things wine, Extreme Wine will surprise and delight readers.

"This title provides an in-depth index and comprehensive consolidation of all legislation relating to the Australian GST system, and incorporates all amendments enacted to 1 January 2014. The book also includes all relevant luxury car tax and wine equalisation tax legislation. There is also a separate section containing the full definitions of terms used in the GST legislation which are defined in non-GST legislation."--Publisher's website.

James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion is the No. 1 bestselling guide on wineries and wine in Australia. Keenly anticipated by winemakers, faithful collectors and wine lovers alike, the 2013 edition has been completely revised and updated to bring you up-to-the-minute information. Halliday shares his extensive knowledge of wine via detailed tasting notes, each of which includes vintagespecific ratings and advice on optimal drinking, as well as alcohol content, price and a value rating. He provides important details on wineries – including opening times, contact details, vineyard sizes and web addresses – in addition to biographies on each, and information about the winemakers. An indispensable reference for all enthusiasts of Australian wine, the Australian Wine Companion is a must-have for anyone planning to visit a wine-growing region or to replenish their cellar or wine rack. It is the most authoritative and entertaining guide to Australian wine.