Max Allen
Wine Columnist at Australian Financial Review
Author, ‘Alternative Reality: How Australian wine changed course’, out now through @MelbourneBooks Columnist for @FinancialReview & @Jancis_Robinson
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1 week ago |
afr.com | Max Allen
Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statement″This wine ticks all the boxes,” says sommelier and educator Liinaa Berry. “It has great complexity, and it will age beautifully over a long time. It’s the kind of wine you could happily sell to any burgundy or pinot noir lover.”I can see exactly what she’s talking about. As I swirl, sniff and sip my glass, I’m entranced by the hints of undergrowth, the silky yet grippy tannins, the layers of flavour.
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2 weeks ago |
afr.com | Max Allen
Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statementCalifornia and Australia have a lot in common. Especially when it comes to wine. Vineyards were first planted in both places in the late 18th century. Both experienced a population boom from the 1850s after gold was discovered, leading to the establishment of wine regions near the goldfields. Both saw a shift in popularity from generic fortified wine to varietal table wine in the 1960s.
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3 weeks ago |
afr.com | Max Allen
Jun 3, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Winemaker Pete Dillon and vineyard manager Karl Roberts are standing at the edge of a tree-lined dam huddled over a container. “There’s a water boatman,” says Roberts. Loading... or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
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1 month ago |
afr.com | Max Allen
May 28, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? I’m sitting outside Tirage, a new wine bar in Kingscote on Kangaroo Island, on another unseasonably sunny autumn afternoon.
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1 month ago |
afr.com | Max Allen
May 23, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? It’s only a “mid-level” hike, they said. Yes, well, all I can say is this: A New Zealander’s idea of mid-level is quite different to an Australian booze hack’s idea of mid-level. Crikey, they’re a rugged lot, the Kiwis.
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