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y separately published work icon Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey
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'Graeme Leith-electrician, Italophile and jack of all trades-joined Melbourne's theatre collective at Carlton's famously innovative Pram Factory theatre and said, 'Let there be light.' And there was: Graeme Blundell, Jack Hibberd, Max Gillies and many others produced over 140 new Australian plays in ten years.

'Like many of his generation, Graeme left suburban Australia in the 1950s, bound for London and Europe. After a stint in Britain's atomic weapons industry he rode his Lambretta scooter to Perugia in Italy, where he had his first taste of 'ethereal' wine and fell in love.

'But Graeme had also fallen for the idea of making wine, and in the mid-1970s he and his partner Sue Mackinnon established Passing Clouds, a vineyard in Victoria's Spa Country that produced award-winning wines from the beginning.

'Then tragedy struck. In 1984 Graeme's beautiful and talented daughter Ondine and her boyfriend David vanished en route to the South Coast of New South Wales. Ten days later their ute was found in Kings Cross, where it had been abandoned by their killers.

'Heartfelt and heartbreaking, humorous and hilarious, Passing Clouds tells of a life fully lived-a life embracing the experience of fatherhood, of triumph and disaster, of joy and tragedy, of ingenuity and sheer hard work and, above all, an unquenchable optimism.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2014 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 305p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 25 February 2015
      ISBN: 9781760111205

Works about this Work

Review : Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Carol Middleton , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 371 2015; (p. 67)

— Review of Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Graeme Leith , 2014 single work autobiography
Review : Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Carol Middleton , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 371 2015; (p. 67)

— Review of Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Graeme Leith , 2014 single work autobiography
Passing Clouds : Review Jeff Maynard , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 April 2015; (p. 19)

— Review of Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Graeme Leith , 2014 single work autobiography
'After growing up in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Graeme Leith went to Europe in 1960, where he was introduced to a Dutch girl and Italian wine...'
Passing Clouds : Review Jeff Maynard , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 April 2015; (p. 19)

— Review of Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Graeme Leith , 2014 single work autobiography
'After growing up in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Graeme Leith went to Europe in 1960, where he was introduced to a Dutch girl and Italian wine...'
Review : Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Carol Middleton , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 371 2015; (p. 67)

— Review of Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Graeme Leith , 2014 single work autobiography
Review : Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Carol Middleton , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 371 2015; (p. 67)

— Review of Passing Clouds : A Winemaker's Journey Graeme Leith , 2014 single work autobiography
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