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He was born in the Melbourne suburb of Williamstown and has worked as a journalist, editor and creative writer of both fiction and non-fiction since starting a journalism cadetship in 1987.
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Thin Skins: Why the French Hate Australian Wine
( Australian wine is in trouble: just as a growing number...)
Australian wine is in trouble: just as a growing number of connoisseurs scoff at its taste, the way it's grown, and how it's made, hundreds of the country's small wineries are battling to survive. Thin Skins addresses the forces fighting Australian wine and harming its reputation. In witty, insightful writing that's a combination of P.J. O'Rourke and Oz Clarke, Campbell Mattison debunks the lies and showcases the people who are saving the industry by producing great wine. Anyone who enjoys drinking Australian wine, or cares about how it is farmed, will savor this entertaining, inspiring story.
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Campbell Mattinson
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He was also a columnist at Gourmet Traveller Wine magazine for nearly ten years, ending in 2011. (see below) Mattinson"s biography of one of the pioneers of the Australian wine industry, Maurice O"Shea, titled "Wine Hunter" was described by wine writer James Halliday as "One of the most remarkable wine books to come my way" in his weekly column in the Weekend Australian newspaper. Australian wine critic Max Allen wrote that "this is the best book on wine to be published in Australia for many, many years" in The Australian Magazine.
His Big Red Wine Book was published by Hardie Grant Books in May 2008.
Second and third editions were released in June 2009 and 2010.
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Thin Skins: Why the French Hate Australian Wine
( Australian wine is in trouble: just as a growing number...)
- Wine Hunter: The Man Who Changed Australian Wine
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Thin Skins: Why the French Hate Australian Wine
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Australia
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awards in Australia 2006 - Winner NSW Wine Press Club "Wine Communicator Award" 2005 - R/U NSW Wine Press Club "Wine Communicator Award" 2004 - Winner NSW Wine Press Club "Wine Communicator Award" 1996 - Winner Best Australian Sports Writing Award 1995 - Winner Independent Monthly Young Writer of the Yearawards in Australia 2006 - Winner NSW Wine Press Club "Wine Communicator Award" 2005 - R/U NSW Wine Press Club "Wine Communicator Award" 2004 - Winner NSW Wine Press Club "Wine Communicator Award" 1996 - Winner Best Australian Sports Writing Award 1995 - Winner Independent Monthly Young Writer of the Year