Product Description

Behind every successful winemaker sits a faithful bow-wow Huon Hooke.

Wherever wine is made, you're likely to find a good dog stalking the cellar or the vineyard. The Deluxe Edition of Wine Dogs features over 150 wineries across Australia and New Zealand and over 210 stunning photos of their loyal woofers.

Wine Dogs Deluxe Edition is an expanded re-print of the original Wine Dogs book first published in 2003.

Along the way, the mutts and purebreeds are interspersed with short essays by Huon Hooke, Max Allen, Snoopy, Chester Osborn, Robert O'Callaghan, Lisa McGuigan and many more. Find out which dog tried to fly John Singleton's helicopter, who bit Len Evans and discover the identity of the legendary Mars Bar thief of McLaren Vale.

Wine Dogs is a photographic journal of stunning photographs and great yarns created all for the love of dogs and wine.
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #315242 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-01
• Released on: 2004-10-01
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Review
A barrel of barks. An album of hounds that masterfully captures the dogs characters. --QANTAS Magazine

The high production values make this a really affecting, surprisingly revealing book about dogs, humans and wine. --Max Allen, The Weekend Australian

This is a blues buster that should be kept within easy access at all times. Try it with a glass of wine. --Joy Walterfang, WineState

About the Author
Originally from Shepparton, Victoria, Craig is a self-taught designer and illustrator who started his own design business in Melbourne at 18 years of age. During that time he was appointed as a design consultant to The Reserve Bank of Australia. His designs and illustrations have graced banknotes throughout the world, including the Australian bicentenary ten-dollar note. His work appears on the original Australian $100 note, Papua New Guinea Kina, Cook Island Dollars and English Pound traveller s cheques. Craig was also involved in the design and illustration of many countries security documents such as Passports, Bonds and Traveller's Cheques. At the age of 23 he designed the entire series of the Cook Island banknotes and it is believed that he was the world s youngest designer to design a country s complete currency. In 1991, Craig moved to Sydney where his illustrations were regularly commissioned by agencies and designers both in Australia and around the world. He is now widely known as Australia's only freelance currency designer. Craig has also designed and illustrated five stamps for Australia Post. Craig has been Creative Director of his own agency, McGill Design Group, for over twenty-three years. Having grown up with a succession of beagles, Craig is now owned by three Siberian Huskies. Susan is a multi-skilled artist with a background in fine art, illustration and printmaking. After completing two years of a psychology degree, Sue changed to a career in art. She graduated from the City Art Institute in 1986, majoring in drawing, printmaking and painting. After two years living abroad, Sue returned to Australia and exhibited her graphic art and screenprints extensively around Sydney while also working in a number of small design studios. She has developed into an award-winning graphic designer with over 17 years of experience in the industry. Susan joined McGill Design Group in 1999 as co-owner and creative director. She is also co-founder and pr

Customer Reviews

It took a couple of Demons to put this book together.
Here's the original and best winery dogs book. Devilishly conceived and beautifully realised, Wine Dogs is a tribute to those four legged denizens of wine country, those front of house canines who are always there, rain or shine. Well, mostly shine. There is a photographic collection of almost every variety of mutt in every variety of winery throughout Australasia, interspersed with articles and turns of wit from the foremost industry writers including Huon Hooke, Phil Laing, Craig McGill, PollyWaffle D. Dog (suspicious), the famous Robert "Rocky" O'Callaghan, Max "Crush" Allen and Chester "d'Arenberg" Osborn. Not sure from which direction Chester is coming but he certainly is making his way as a wordsmith. I think.

This book, I understand, has sold out two editions in Australia so there seems to be no argument. It's a hit. It took a couple of Demons to put this book together. Craig McGill and Susan Elliott have a triumph on their hands. There must be more vinous hounds out there - let's see the second edition soon, please! And more dogs from New Zealand! Thanks all `round. Woof!

GOOD ON YOU, MATE!
I was sent this book as a gift by a friend in Australia and it hasn't left my coffee table since. The photographs, humorous text and hand-drawn illustrations are all superb - so much so that I've bought additional copies for my dog-loving friends. Order this book now - you won't be disappointed!

Wine dogs
I saw this book at my veterinarian's office and came right home and ordered it. The photography is beautiful and the verbage unique and funny. It is a book by and for dog lovers.