Champagne v sparkling
Max AllenRemaining patriotic is admirable, but don’t discount well-priced international fizz when you celebrate.
Grape vineGood to the last drop
Max AllenThe world of wine my son has entered is dramatically different to the world I was writing about in my early columns.
Support your local boozer
Max AllenThe crowd-funding site Pozible has a good track record when it comes to enabling start-up booze companies.
Chilling end to the hottest red
Max AllenToo many restaurants go to great effort getting other details right, then treat wine storage as an afterthought.
Summertime thirst-quenchers
MAX ALLENFifty Victorian winemakers shared their best drops with members of the public last week.
The wine man
Max AllenJon Osbeiston discovered the delights of the grape while a student in the 1970s.
Stirrings from the spirit world
Max AllenThe craft spirits revolution is happening around the world, from Finland to Venezuela and our own Riverland.
The collectors
Max Allenit’s a big step to build a wine cellar. But then comes the fun part – filling it.
The collectors
Max AllenIt’s a big step to build a wine cellar. But then comes the fun part – filling it.
Georgia in my wine
Max AllenSix Georgian winemakers, representing a tradition 8000 years old, are bringing their vinous passion to Australia.
Raise glass to sobering US poll
MAX ALLENAt this time we owe it to our US cousins to support them by buying and drinking as much American booze as we can.
Big flavours, small batches
MAX ALLENI need to tell you about these exciting new Aussie wines, even though you may not be lucky enough to taste them.
Next generation gets the blues
MAX ALLENSo. Blue wine is a thing now. Really. Pop down to your local Liquorland if you don’t believe me.
Spring time drinking is easy
Max AllenOn those precious moments when it’s fine enough to sit outside and eat salad, my thoughts have turned to rose.
It’s official: cider is unreal
Max AllenFor the second year running Tasmanian producer Willie Smith’s won the top gong in the Australian Cider Awards.
The wine lottery
Max AllenIs that old Grange you’ve been saving for a special occasion up to scratch? Bring it to the Penfolds Re-corking Clinic.
Smorgasbord of Gallipoli flavours
Max AllenTan Sumer is a young Turkish Australian on a mission to introduce us to the wines of his ancestors.
Fitting tribute to a mate
Max AllenDelamere Vineyard has released Australia’s most expensive pink wine as a tribute to a sorely missed man.
Marlborough man ages well
Max AllenWild Sauvignon is a rich, textural white that ferments spontaneously in oak barrels using natural yeasts.
Gambit by a discount merchant
Max AllenThe business Dan Murphy built has long been known as a discount wine merchant, but it’s now making an upmarket foray.
Winemakers, photos in fruity mix
Max AllenBernadette Kaeding has a love of photography and winemaking ... and they come together in her new book
Wilting on the voyage
MAX ALLENBe careful when buying imported wine. There’s a chance its quality diminished on its way to Australia.
Cool drops from hillside cellars
Max AllenWhen they’re not snowboarding in the top paddock, Macedon winemakers are producing excellent reds, whites and pinks.
On the road to fresh discoveries
Max AllenTasmania’s newest cellar door isn’t in a bucolic wine region but in an old ice works on a busy road to Hobart.
Down-to-earth unconventional
Max AllenWhen Neil Hawkins and his wife Anna were looking for a name for their venture, The Wine Farm was an obvious choice.
Sipster central
Max AllenThe Dolphin’s wine program is fun, focused and great value. But it’s the energy of the program that sets it apart.
Sipster central
Max AllenHottest wine program: The Dolphin Hotel.
Business needs some local sparkle
Max AllenQantas supports Australia’s wine industry but passengers in first or business class are still offered champagne.
A mature take on preservative-free
Max AllenMy postie delivers a case of preservative-free wines, one of which was bottled six years ago. It tastes...
Morris joins Casella family
Max AllenA dramatic last-minute rescue has saved Morris Wines, one of our oldest and most venerable wineries, from closure.
