Max on Oz Writing under the influence The background to Max's hugely original new book about Australian grog. See... 4 Jan 2021 Max Allen
Max on Oz Unsustainable arguments The subject of Max's column this month is all too obvious: an... 21 Oct 2020 Max Allen
Max on Oz After the apocalypse How smoke taint and a pandemic have forced Australia’s winemakers to adapt... 2 Sep 2020 Max Allen
Max on Oz 'The DRC of the southern hemisphere'? Australia's most famous Pinot producer has changed hands. Max finds out what... 30 Jun 2020 Max Allen
Max on Oz Australia – a lucky country? One Australian family winery’s reactions to living with pandemic-related restrictions, restrictions that... 28 Apr 2020 Max Allen
Max on Oz Smoke gets in your eyes A cool assessment of the effects – both marked and negligible –... 10 Mar 2020 Max Allen
Max on Oz Catastrophic bushfires in the Adelaide Hills Max has filed his bimonthly column a little early this month, for... 24 Dec 2019 Max Allen
Max on Oz Not all Chardonnays are created equal Max discusses perceptions of price and quality in a blind tasting of... 4 Nov 2019 Max Allen
Max on Oz From Kanga Rouge to Kangarouge The rapid evolution of Australia's wine exports. China is today's saviour of... 2 Sep 2019 Max Allen
Max on Oz A biodynamic life: Alex Podolinsky 1925–2019 Biodynamic pioneer Alex Podolinsky died yesterday at the age of 93. Max... 1 Jul 2019 Max Allen
Max on Oz Australia's 'weird, weird vintage' 2019 This year's grape harvest in Australia sounds just as full of surprises... 6 May 2019 Max Allen
Max on Oz Australian Pinot – in a tight space Burgundian influences in Australian vineyards. When I visited the new Spedding vineyard... 5 Mar 2019 Max Allen
Max on Oz Australia 2018 – an embarrassment of riches This year promises even better wines than last Down Under. Mark Walpole... 3 Dec 2018 Max Allen
Max on Oz Where the wild things are – yeasts unravelled Our Australian columnist passes on news of a potentially ground-breaking discovery from... 1 Oct 2018 Max Allen
Max on Oz John Hughes, a most unusual Rieslingfreak See also today's serving of tasting notes on Mosel 2017s. Last year... 1 Aug 2018 Max Allen
Max on Oz Happy days are here again See also Australia looks north. ‘This feels like a watershed moment', said... 4 Jun 2018 Max Allen
