Booknotes

This collection comprises eight essays, all written before Lange’s anti-nuclear declaration on the Australian-New Zealand defence connection. The authors agree that it is a connection of very long standing and immutable strength, despite potential differences of strategic interest in the future. From the mouths of babes!

The idea of publishing a history of one of our major wine companies is a very pleasant one. Written by one of Mildara’s long time staffers, this book is not perhaps a model of what such a history could be. It is dominated by statistics, documented details and managerial reports, and commercial decisions. What is missing for the wine lover is the wine itself, those wonderful sherries, for instance, or the white label Coonawarra reds with their justifiably high reputation. Inevitably, there is a certain ‘house’ history feel about it, but the story of the company’s expansion despite many vicissitudes is still a fascinating one.