Wine Dogs USA 3 - Hardcover

Craig McGill & Susan Elliott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1921336293 ISBN 13: 9781921336294

Publisher: Giant Dog P/L, 2012

Synopsis

The best-selling series is back with its third edition, featuring brand-new Wine Dogs from all around the USA. Wherever good wine is made, you're likely to find a dog scouting the tasting room or winery. Wine Dogs USA 3 features over 190 wineries across the United States and over 200 stunning photos of their loyal pooches.

Along the way, the mutts and purebreds are interspersed with short essays by Robert Parker Jr, Cole Danehower, Eve Bushman, Benjamin Spencer, Greg Duncan Powell and many more.

Find out which dog holds the bagel-eating record, who is the Oregon canine wedding crasher, and uncover Napa's infamous cheesecake thief.

Wine Dogs USA 3 is a photographic journal of stunning pictures and great stories created all for the love of dogs and wines.

Pre-packed with two postcards and a Wine Dogs bookmark.

About this title

About the Author

Originally from Shepparton, Victoria, Craig is a self-taught designer and illustrator who started his own design business in Melbourne at 18 years of age. During that time he was appointed as a design consultant to The Reserve Bank of Australia.

His designs and illustrations have graced banknotes throughout the world, including the Australian bicentenary ten-dollar note. His work appears on the original Australian $100 note, Papua New Guinea Kina, Cook Island Dollars and English Pound traveller's cheques. Craig was also involved in the design and illustration of many countries security documents such as Passports, Bonds and Traveller's Cheques.

At the age of 23 he designed the entire series of the Cook Island banknotes and it is believed that he was the world's youngest designer to design a country's complete currency. In 1991, Craig moved to Sydney where his illustrations were regularly commissioned by agencies and designers both in Australia and around the world.

He is now widely known as Australia's only freelance currency designer. Craig has also designed and illustrated nine stamps for Australia Post. Craig has been Creative Director of his own agency, McGill Design Group, for over twenty-three years.

Susan Elliott is a multi-skilled artist with a background in fine art, illustration and printmaking. After completing two years of a psychology degree, Sue changed to a career in art. She graduated from the City Art Institute in 1986, majoring in drawing, printmaking and painting.

After two years living abroad, Sue returned to Australia and exhibited her graphic art and screenprints extensively around Sydney while also working in a number of small design studios. She has developed into an award-winning graphic designer with over 17 years of experience in the industry.

Susan joined McGill Design Group in 1999 as co-owner and creative director. She is also co-founder and principal of the Giant Dog publishing house, which is responsible for producing a number of best-selling books including the Wine Dogs and Footy Dogs titles

Review

Wine Dogs has created an enormous pleasure for all canine and wine lovers. A celebration of both the world's greatest beverage and man's most devoted and loyal friend. Kudos to Craig and Susan for the brilliant dog photography and biographies of our beloved hairy mates. --Robert M. Parker, JR.

Edition details

• Publisher: Giant Dog P/L
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1921336293
• ISBN 13: 9781921336294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300