James Halliday is an Australian wine judge, vigneron, author, and critic.

He studied law at the University of Sydney and became a lawyer in 1962. Halliday became a partner at the Clayton-Utz law firm in 1966. In 1970 Halliday and two colleagues from the law firm started the Brokenwood winery, located in the Hunter Valley wine growing region in New South Wales.

In 1985 he also founded the Coldstream Hills Winery in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. The Coldstream Hills winery was sold to the Southcorp Wines conglomerate, where Halliday went on to look after several wineries owned by Southcorp.

Halliday has published many best selling books on the topic of wine, along with countless articles and reviews for magazines, newspapers and the Internet. He started WineCompanion.com.au in 2007, which is a subscription based Website that gives subscribers access to archives and recent wine reviews and news from the man.

Selected James Halliday Books

• James Halliday Australian Wine Companion
• Wine Atlas of California
• Wine Atlas of Australia
• Wine Atlas of Australia and New Zealand
• An Introduction to Australian Wine

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