Waiheke Island a World of Wine: the people behind the labels by Clare Dunleavy

$69.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer | Reading Level: very good

New Zealand Wines 2018: Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide by Michael Cooper

$39.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer | Reading Level: very good

Designed to help the buyer to make informed choices about the best quality wines available, this title is firmly established as the most authoritative and sought-after guide to New Zealand wines. Updated yearly with new tasting notes and ratings, this is a `must-have' publication for the new initiate an d the established wine-buff alike. ...Show more

Around the World in 80 Cocktails by Chad Parkhill; Alice Oehr (Illustrator)

$34.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer

Around the World in 80 Cocktails celebrates the globetrotting history of the cocktail through eighty different cocktails - each with its own story to tell. Bartender and writer Chad Parkhill takes you on a whirlwind tour of the places that have shaped the history of the cocktail from its birth to the present day, with recipes so you can follow along at home. You'll learn about the surprising military history behind the bubbly, vivacious Venetian Spritz; how the G&T moved from India to England (and why the best in the world are now made in Spain); and how France's Burgundy region turned tragedy into triumph with the Kir. Accompanied by gorgeous vintage-styled illustrations, these stories and recipes are an ode to the joys of travel, history, and drinking. ...Show more

Dry: Non-Alcoholic Cocktails, Cordials and Clever Concoctions by Clare Liardet

$30.00 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer

THE NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAIL BOOK This book is full of the very best cocktails - the most delicious flavours, the most distinctive combinations and the most adventurous recipes. And they are all made with non-alcoholic ingredients, from exciting new mixers to rich, fragrant syrups and spirits. Most can be created with ingredients found in your kitchen or garden, and all promise an exciting new way to drink dry.These are imaginative, grown-up, non-alcoholic alternatives for the designated driver, teetotaller, or those who are pregnant, trying dry January, losing weight or just cutting back. Whether you're planning a Friday night in with friends, a lazy Sunday brunch or a barbecue in the summer sun, you can find your dry drinks here. ...Show more

Ginspiration by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; Klaus St. Rainer (Contribution by)

$28.00 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer

This handy guide to Gin is perfect for those who already love the drink, as well as those looking to get in on the gin trend. Includes tips and tricks to making your own perfect gin cocktail, as well as other exciting recipes and a guide to infusing that will really make you and expert gin drinker.

30 Second Whisky: The 50 essential elements of producing and enjoying the world's whiskies by Charles MacLean

$32.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer | Series: 30 Second

The bestselling 30-Second| series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and on e image, all digestible in just 30 seconds.30-Second Whisky uses this unique approach to demystify the subject for everyone. Compiled by whisky experts, not elites, this beginner's guide serves up all you need to read the message in the bottle in 50 small nips--or rather, a mere 300 words and one picture. Here's how to enjoy whisky--or whiskey--from the single malts and blends of Scotland to the acclaimed Irish, North American, and Asian counterparts. ...Show more

Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker

$24.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer

Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn't know much about wine - until she discovered the world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavour. Astounded by their fervour and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to uncover what drove their obses sion, and whether she, too, could become a 'cork dork.' With boundless curiosity, humour and a healthy dose of scepticism, Bosker takes the reader inside underground tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, California mass-market wine factories and even a neuroscientist's fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: what's the big deal about wine? Funny, counterintuitive and compulsively readable, Cork Dork not only illuminates wine production and consumption, but also shows how cultivating our taste buds can have enormous ramifications for both our brains and our lives. ...Show more

Brewed: A Guide to the Beer of New Zealand 2nd Edition by Jules van Costello

$39.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer

The New Zealand beer industry is a dynamic one - full of larger-than-life, passionate characters; from loveable rogues through to budding mad scientists. Our beers are just as diverse. Bringing together brewing traditions from all over the world and combining these with Kiwi ingredients, ingenuity and c reativity, we have a beer culture unlike any other. Since the release of Brewed in 2015, the New Zealand beer industry has continued to grow dramatically, which this revised edition takes into account by featuring 45 new breweries, meaning over 160 commercially operating New Zealand breweries are profiled. Additionally, the tasting notes for over 450 beers have been revised and are now in a separate section, divided into beer type, for easier comparison of beers produced by different breweries. Brewed includes a style guide written specifically for the New Zealand craft beer market and has all the information needed to make the increasingly complicated beer world a lot more comprehensible. Brewed will encourage experimentation among engaged beer consumers, helping them to discover new breweries and, with the use of the comprehensive tasting notes, benchmark them against old favourites. It will also help emerging beer drinkers to identify beers they will enjoy, starting them on a journey of discovery. ...Show more

100 Great New Zealand Wineries by Douglas Renall

$59.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer

Highly illustrated, comprehensive guide providing all the essential information to key New Zealand wineries that are open to visitors, featuring 100 of the country's best.

Beer Nation: The Art & Heart of Kiwi Beer by Michael Donaldson

$39.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer | Reading Level: very good

Beer Writer of the Year, Brewers Guild of New Zealand, 2013 and 2016 Shortlisted for the Best Beer Book, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2012       Pull up a bar stool and listen to the life story of beer in New Zealand as award-winning raconteur Michael Donaldson spins a yarn about o ur favourite beverage…   Meticulously researched and warmly told, Beer Nation recounts the foundations of beer, details the often fraught growth of a fledgling industry, exposes the modern age of commerce and big business, and plots the rise and rise of upstart craft breweries — through numerous interviews and first-hand stories from the very personalities behind beer and brewing in New Zealand.     ...Show more

The Brew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing by Editors of Brew Your Own

$32.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer

Packed with recipes, expert advice, step-by-step photos, and more, this official guide from Brew Your Own is a necessity for anyone who's into homebrew. For more than two decades, America's homebrewers have turned to Brew Your Own magazine for the best information on making incredible beer at home. Fro m well-tested recipes to expert advice, Brew Your Own sets the standard for quality. Now, for the first time, the magazine's best homebrew guides, recipes, troubleshooting, and tips are brought together in one book. The Brew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing is the ultimate all-in-one homebrew book. It's a first-time homebrewer's best friend, explaining the entire brewing process from start to finish with step-by-step photography. Yet it has plenty for the experienced homebrewer as well, including: - Fully-illustrated guides for making the jump to all-grain brewing and for setting up your first kegging system - More than 50 sought-after recipes to craft your favorite breweries' beers - A deep dive on brewing ingredients - The most useful troubleshooting features and tips from the pros from two decades of the magazine Whether you're looking to get into brewing, up your game, or find inspiration for your next brew day, this book has what you need. ...Show more

Classic Cocktails (Stickered Stock)

$14.99 NZD

Category: Wine & Beer