"WineBookAwards" news and stories

Australia's best selling wine book - the annual Australian Wine Companion - has won the prestigious 2005 Saltram Australian Wine Communicator Award. The award means the author James Halliday picks up AUS$11,000 (£4,500).

The guide lists and profiles over 2,000 different wineries and supplies tasting notes on 4,500 wines. Halliday has written or co-authored more than 60 wine books since 1979, and won many awards, including Decanter Book of the Year, the André Simon Book Award and the James Beard Award.

The book is listed on Amazon.com for $12.97 and on Amazon.co.uk for £10.31 The latest version will soon be published.