The Life Story of Australia’s First Great Winemaker
Australia’s first great winemaker was a Frenchman. He walked onto a hillside vineyard in the Hunter Valley north-west of Sydney in the early 1920s and in a hot, soggy climate worked to craft a set of wines that, when finally opened as fifty- and sixty-year-olds, could make people gasp. He made these wines without electricity, without any kind of personal or professional convenience, and with a broken heart. What he managed is now seen as a miracle; he died without knowing of the legend he and his wines would become. The Wine Hunter is the story of ‘I started reading a wine book last weekend and finished it on the Sunday night. Literally couldn’t put it down … It’s a wonderful story with a perception and sensitivity almost matching that of the subject. Campbell Mattinson has captured the essence of a great Australian artist. I heartily commend this remarkable book.’
Max Allen, The Australian Magazine
“One of the most remarkable wine books to come my way … It will capture anyone who reads it: this is not a wine geek book but an epic.”
Jeni Port, The Age
‘I started reading a wine book last weekend and finished it on the Sunday night. Literally couldn’t put it down … It’s a wonderful story with a perception and sensitivity almost matching that of the subject. Campbell Mattinson has captured the essence of a great Australian artist. I heartily commend this remarkable book.’
Grant Dodd, The Wining Pro
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