Len Evans' Complete Book of Australian Wine
Title | Len Evans' Complete Book of Australian Wine PDF eBook |
Author | Len Evans |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 496 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Wine and wine making |
ISBN | 9781863020930 |
How to Taste Wine
Title | How to Taste Wine PDF eBook |
Author | Len Evans |
Publisher | Xoum Publishing |
Total Pages | 87 |
Release | 2014-06 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 1922057924 |
Life's Too Short to Drink Bad Wine
Title | Life's Too Short to Drink Bad Wine PDF eBook |
Author | Len Evans |
Publisher | Xoum Publishing |
Total Pages | 165 |
Release | 2015-03-09 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 1922057932 |
‘Wine is a good, familiar creature and once bitten, that’s it.’ Len Evans Len Evans was bitten early and that was it. He remained an enthusiastically successful promoter of the ‘good, familiar creature’ until his untimely death in 2006. But after almost half a century of a life in wine, he wasn’t keen on getting into the autobiography business. ‘I was asked to write my memoirs,’ he said in 1985, ‘but I didn’t like the idea – for one reason I’m still living them, and for another, my many conceits do not include a belief that my life has been particularly fascinating.’ Well, he didn’t write his memoirs but he left us something else that is uniquely Evans – an anecdotal ramble through a life devoted to the production, promotion – and drinking! – of wine. There are occasional detours to paint a picture of an old mate, tell a wise or hilarious wine tale, or just spin a good yarn. And there was many a yarn garnered in the new Welsh migrant’s progress from ring-barking trees in the bush to washing glasses in a pub, writing comedy sketches and embarking on a career-changing role in a major hotel before becoming established as a restaurateur, vigneron and ultimately – almost inevitably – as Australia’s most influential wine personality. In 1979, Len wrote of a friend’s book, ‘It’s a funny book, it’s a serious book. It contains something for every wine lover.’ Few words could better describe what he has left us in Life’s Too Short to Drink Bad Wine. Praise for Len Evans ‘There was, and will only ever be, one Don Bradman – and only one Len Evans AO, OBE.’ – James Halliday ‘[Len Evans is] the finest judge of wine I know.’ – Hugh Johnson ‘Len Evans has done more to advance the cause of Australian wine than any other individual.’ – The Oxford Companion to Wine
Evans on Earth
Title | Evans on Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Oliver |
Publisher | Lothian Books |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Authors, Australian |
ISBN | 9780850915129 |
Biography of a notable figure in the Australian wine industry, telling of his varied career and including his activities as a wine judge, commentator and grower. The author has published two wine education books and many wine-related articles in newspapers and magazines. Includes a bibliography and a glossary of people involved in the wine industry.
Australian Complete Book of Wine
Title | Australian Complete Book of Wine PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 500 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Wine and wine making |
ISBN | 9780727100573 |
Not My Memoirs
Title | Not My Memoirs PDF eBook |
Author | Len Evans |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 184 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Businessmen |
ISBN | 9781875891191 |
An anecdotal ramble through a life devoted to the production, promotion - and drinking! - of wine.
The First Vines
Title | The First Vines PDF eBook |
Author | Tate Adams |
Publisher | Macmillan Education AU |
Total Pages | 100 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781876832292 |
Tate Adams produced the 43 wood-engravings of pioneering Australian wineries over the six years leading up to the nation's bicentenary celebrations in 1988. Each winery would have been one hundred or more years old at that time. Today, these exquisite wood engravings only exist in proof editions held at the State Library of Queensland. This their first publication for a wider readership, is a joint initiative of the State Library of Queensland and Macmillan Art Publishing.