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The Lost Wine Degustation Society

Book One: A Postcard from Madiera
  • ISBN-13: 9781923205185
  • Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
    Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
  • By Brien Cole
  • Price: AUD $29.95
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 01/08/2024
  • Format: Paperback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 160 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Autobiography: general [BGA]
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The Postcard from Madeira read; “When all is lost Far out at sea Reach for a Madiera.” It was written in sparkling gold “Texta” and posted to Mathew & Flinders Wine Merchants, Victoria by Georgia Best (attorney at law.) This private joke would become the less than private “Lost Wine Degustation Society”  and features the customers, staff, family and friends of the shop, Mathews & Flinders Wine Merchants. Wine folk all, with tales to tell. Tales of places sun drenched in wine. Beach side café’s and Languedoc hills. A novel about friendship, love and longing, exploring the concept of belonging in this country, in this town and in the “Lost Wine Degustation Society.” 

In the great tradition of gaining life experience before embarking on the quest to write fiction. Brien Cole began working for Mildara Wines, Mildura in 1978 as a vineyard hand. Vineyard hand became cellar “rat” for Brown Brothers Wines Milawa 1982 which became Vineyard Manager Stonier Wines Mornington Peninsula 1989 and ultimately Winemaker (and general everything) Kings Creek Winery Mornington Peninsula. He has been making wine on the Mornington Peninsula since 1997. Brien’s first trip to France in 1982 saw him helping out on the vineyards of San Guiraud, Languedoc, France. In 1991 in Castillon, Bordeaux, and in 2010 a vintage in Saint Emilion, Bordeaux France. The “Lost Wine Degustation Society” has much to say about these travels. In his quest to write fiction Brien published his first story in Tabloid Story in 1975. His first collection of short stories “Morning Parrot Trees” in 1979, which was republished in 2018 as “Still Life with Allen Keys. Two novels, “Tiger Wolf” 2019, “Solero” 2020 and a kids book “The Adventures of Top Hat” 2022. 

* First Australian winemaker to write a novel on the pleasures and intrigues of wine.
* Victorian interest in winemaker from Mornington Peninsula.
* ABC Radio interest in Victoria and Sydney.

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