Your name in my book
200+ varieties in Beyond Shiraz book
I am compiling another book. It is five years since my last one, Rare Ozzies was published. You can still get the ebook version of it from Amazon.
Beyond Shiraz will cover the 200+ wine grape varieties used in Australia, or maybe it is just 199.
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Your cellar might need refilling after the festive season. Mixed dozens from Wine Selectors1 are a great way to broaden your choices.
I have had positive comments from Vinodiversity Community members about this alternative whites collection. See what you think. (Note the image shows just 7 bottles but the offer is for 2 bottles of each and one of the Chenin.)
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What varieties will be in Beyond Shiraz?
A list of the varieties to be covered in Beyond Shiraz can be found in this document.
Your name in Beyond Shiraz
I am offering paid subscribers of the Vinodiversity Community a chance to get their name in this book. They will make food suggestions for a few of the varieties mentioned in Beyond Shiraz. Later, I will offer free subscribers the chance to contribute.
If you wish to have your name in my forthcoming book, please email me darby.higgs@gmail.com with a food suggestion for one (maybe two or three) of the wines listed in the Google Doc above. The varieties with two ** in the list have been taken, so pick another.
Just a couple of lines is plenty. A couple of examples will give you the idea.
Arinto’s acidity and citrusy flavour calls for richer seafood dishes, perhaps based on the Portuguese speciality bacalhau (salt cod) - Darby Higgs, Vinodiversity
Shiraz is good with tinned spaghetti with tomato sauce on toast - Joe Blow, Blowhard Estate Wines, Blowsville.
Thank you for your ongoing support
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Enjoy 2025
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