{"id":16285,"date":"2008-08-24T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/gold-book-unearths-real-gems-2\/"},"modified":"2008-08-24T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T23:59:00","slug":"gold-book-unearths-real-gems-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/08\/gold-book-unearths-real-gems-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GOLD BOOK UNEARTHS REAL GEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Wc25Aug08<\/p>\n<p>wine with david ellis<\/p>\n<p>WE&#8217;ve long considered one of the most valuable assets in the cellar to be Australian Wine Vintages \u2013 truly &#8220;the Gold Book&#8221; for the true wine enthusiast.<\/p>\n<p>And the latest edition reflects the first change in authorship in the book&#8217;s 29 year history, with Master of Wine, Robert Geddes joining original creator, Robin Bradley for the 2009 edition \u2013 Robin&#8217;s last before he retires in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Wine Vintages provides buffs and collectors with a unique, easy to understand data base about the quality, value and &#8220;use-by&#8221; potential of the best wines from Australia&#8217;s top 350 producers \u2013 with Robert this year undertaking an enormous 18,000 data searches to create a realistic snapshot of current values and prices through retail outlets and at auction.<\/p>\n<p>Since first appearing in 1979, the &#8220;Gold Book&#8221; has sold over 900,000 copies and provided enormous assistance both to the trade and sophisticated wine drinkers and collectors: one Sydney man has built-up a $100,000 cellar based purely on the book&#8217;s recommendations, and two others have used it to amass over 650 bottles each including rare vintages dating back to 1976.<\/p>\n<p>The 2009 edition of this must-have book for true wine aficionados is priced at $34.99 and will be on sale in time for Father&#8217;s Day\u2026 if you can take the hint.<\/p>\n<p>ONE FOR LUNCH: IF ever a wine has &#8220;special event&#8221; written over it, it&#8217;s Lindemans 2005 Coonawarra Pyrus \u2013 a classic Bordeaux style blend with a backbone of 81 per cent old vine Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and a touch of Malbec.<\/p>\n<p>This is a wine whose rich and supple palate has intense sweet berry fruit flavours, pluminess from the Merlot component, and spicy and earthy notes from the small 2% Malbec contribution. <\/p>\n<p>Pay $54.99 for that special-occasion and share with a hearty Beef Wellington.<\/p>\n<p>(Need a drink? We&#8217;re archived on <a href=\"http:\/\/vintnews.com\/\">http:\/\/vintnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO CAPTIONS:<\/p>\n<p>. A MUST-have for those who take their wine seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wc25Aug08 wine with david ellis WE&#8217;ve long considered one of the most valuable assets in the cellar to be Australian Wine Vintages \u2013 truly &#8220;the Gold Book&#8221; for the true wine enthusiast. And the latest edition reflects the first change in authorship in the book&#8217;s 29 year history, with Master of Wine, Robert Geddes joining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}