Australia’s harvest season is underway, so here is a reading list of some of the Wine Library’s best resources on Australian wine.  Come to the library to read the periodicals, or place holds on any of the books below:

Periodicals:

• Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker: excellent periodical that has broader appeal, for example, the January 2019 issue had a feature on smoke taint
• Australian Journal of Grape & Wine Research: produced by the Australian Society of Viticulture & Enology and focuses on vine and wine science

New books:

• Hunter Wine: a look at the history and heritage of Australia’s oldest wine region, the Hunter Valley
• Lonely Planet’s Wine Trails: Australia & New Zealand: plan perfect weekends in Australian wine country

Older reference books:

• Varietal Wines (2015): a guide to 130 varieties grown in Australia and their place in the international wine landscape
• James Halliday's Wine Atlas of Australia: the most recent 2014 edition of this text which was first published in 1991