Australia's Liquid Gold

* Australia in line to export more wine to the UK,US & Canada, and Germany than any other country,with sales to the wine producing countries vying to take over those of indigenous wines * In the mid-1980s Australia exported one million cases of wine, by 2002 this has risen to 35 million cases * The success of Australia's wine industry is recognized globally in all areas of business, and is s

How did Australia achieve such phenomenal success in its wine business? Historian and critically acclaimed wine writer Nicholas Faith gives an indepth account of the growth and international boom of Australia's wine industry and describes how these wines have risen to the point of becoming the world's number one choice. This is the first book to chart the success story of Austalia's wine trade.