Tells of the rise and fall of the wine industry in Victoria, from the 1840s onwards. Discusses topics such as the wine boom in the 1860s when it was predicted that Twine would be as important an export as gold or wool', regional wines, and the effects of Phylloxera on the industry. Includes a select bibliography, references and an index. The author is lecturer in public history at Monash University. He has written extensively on wine and heritage for newspapers and magazines such as the TAge' and TBusiness Review Weekly'. His other publications include TGoverning the Metropolis'.