Reviews of the latest great value wine releases as tasted by wine writer Peter Forrestal
QUAFF 2008
By Peter Forrestal

In this essential guide for the savvy wine-drinker, Peter Forrestal, one of Australia's leading wine writers, gives you a round-up of the best wines on the market for under $15. With informative tasting notes for over 400 good value local and imported wines - from chardonnay to chenin, cab sauv to casks - Quaff 2008 also includes:

  • 100 best wines under $10
  • 300 best wines under $15
  • 100 great value wines over $15
  • Excellent survey of imported wines
  • Advice on how to find your way around a bottle shop and buy the best.
  • A list of recommended stockists.

    An annual bestseller, Quaff 2008, is the only guide to affordable drinking.

    RRP • $19.95 paperback ISBN • 9781740665308

    For further details on Quaff 2008 visit the Pan Macmillan website or purchase the book online from the Dymocks Booksellers website.
    Peter Forrestal is a freelance wine writer who lives in Perth. He is wine columnist for the local Sunday Times, contributes to national and international publications on wine and talks about wine regularly with John Clarke on ABC Statewide in NSW. He was founding editor of Australian Gourmet Traveller WINE, and is the author, co-author or editor of 28 books, including the Global Encyclopedia of Wine, Discover Australia: Wineries, and Margaret River. He has judged at wine shows including the Sydney International Top 100, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and the Wandering Wheatbelt Wine Awards.


    • Quaff 2008 - out now!