Includes CD-ROM
This new edition of James Halliday's award-winning wine guide provides wine lovers with a wealth of information on AUstralian and New Zealand wines and wineries. Containing contact details and opening hours for hundreds of wineries plus a summary of each winery and its product and price range, the 'Wine Companion' is an invaluable guide for anyone planning to visit the wineries of Australia or New Zealand. James Halliday shares his tasting notes for over 1,200 wines, give each wine a vintage specific rating and provides background on that wine's production, advice on the best time to drink it and suggestions for complementary food choices.
The 2000 edition features concise profiles of 1,200 wineries, including 127 new entries, and the companion CD-R0M for PC and Mac gives you:
- direct internet links to James Halliday's "Wine on the Web" and to wineries' email addresses and web sites
- interactive maps of the wine regions and wineries
- ability to download additional tasting notes from James Halliday's web site into the Wine Organiser (cellar management program).
Whether you're exploring wineries or the shelves of your local wine merchant, this companion is a must-have for anyone passionate about wine.
Minimum requirements for PC:
- MPC2 compliant PC with Pentium or 586 processor
- 16MB RAM minimum (32MB recommended)
- 8 bit colour monitor (256 colours)
- CD-ROM 8 x drive or better
- 20 MB free hard disk space
- Windows 95, 98 or NT4
- Soundblaster or compatible sound card
- SVGA monitor & graphics card
Minimum requirements for MAC:
- power Macintosh (PPC processor)
- 16 MB RAM minimum (32 MB recommended)
- 8 bit colour monitor (256 colours)
- CD-ROM 8 drive or better
- 20 MB free hard disk space
- System 7.6.1 or later
