MCARA, PETER — The Vintner\S Letters

Australia, MIRA Australia. 2007. Paperback with dust jacket, 23cm. Book, This is an enchanting sequel to the recently published Wine Hunter by Campbell Mattinson, and in a fictionalised account, traces the relationship between pioneering Hunter Valley vigneron Maurice O'Shea and his lady love Marcia Fuller in over 40 letters and photographs preserved by their daughter Simone Bryce. This is a delightful book which softens and puts flesh on the raw bones of Campbell Mattinson's story, and details more of Maurice's early years studying oenology (winemaking) in France, and of the intricacies of his twin lives - one carving out his vineyards in the Hunter Valley, the other courting Marcia in Sydney - and later of their marriage. 422crisp pp & 700g packed for post , Very Good/Very Good.