Ultimate Food & Drink: Australia is your complete touring guide to the best wineries, breweries, distilleries and restaurants in Australia’s premier wine regions, without the fuss.

Experienced travel writer Ben Groundwater has travelled through more than 30 gourmet regions, and gives you the lowdown on only the very best places to visit. Have limited time? Ben offers up a 'perfect' day itinerary for each major gourmet region, so you can get a taste for the area's food and drink options without loads of research. This book also includes stunning images, a seasonal calendar, guides and glossaries to wine and beer tastings, and even a beginners’ guide to Australian spirits.

Keep this guide with you next time you visit a wine region. Throw it in the glovebox. Keep it in your hand luggage. And be prepared to eat, and drink, and join the obsession.

About the Author

Ben Groundwater is a travel writer, photographer and broadcaster whose work has been published across the globe. He is the author of two travel books, writes weekly columns for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, hosts the popular travel podcast “Flight of Fancy”, and has twice been named the Australian Society of Travel Writers’ “Travel Writer of the Year”. He lives in Sydney, though his heart belongs in San Sebastian, Spain.