Australian Wine Vintages

The 29th edition of Australian Wine Vintages, or the 'Gold Book' as it is affectionately known, offers more than ever before to wine drinkers and collectors. This new edition has over 4000 wine reviews and focuses on the highest quality producers and wines which represent excellent value.

Now in its 35th edition, the Gold Book, also known as Australian Wine Vintages, is an essential guide to wine. It provides detailed tasting notes of over 3,500 wines from across Australia and New Zealand in print, and over 15,000 in the related app. It provides advice on vintage quality and times to drink a wine, features a comprehensive selection of Top 100 and Gold Star Wines of the Year, includes information on past vintage wine details for those who are cellaring and/or have the chance to trade back vintages, presents a range of wineries, and is the perfect guide for exploring wine country or even your local bottle shop. Thirty-five years since its inception this book continues to take its place on the shelves of loyal wine lovers as a comprehensive and enjoyable guide, no matter what your level of wine knowledge!

2016 Guide to the top 10% of Australian Wine

Each year Rob and his tasting panel highlight the best wines while providing winery ratings, and expert's star ratings for each wine. In addition to the wine and wineries review section, the best wines conveniently appear in the Top 100 wine list for the year's most outstanding wines and the Gold Star wine list for wines that consistently perform their best vintage after vintage. This year you will experience the taste of place of 17 new wineries and over 35 new wines of the highest quality.