Yesterday
Why a $15 bottle rates in wine snobs’ top picks
What the experts would buy for $15, $30, $50 and $100.
- Lucy Dean
This Month
Seven whisky gift ideas, from the sublime to the ridiculously so
Our expert columnist has had the good fortune to sample these divine drams, ranging from $120 to $58,000 for a set. Which will you choose?
- Max Allen
Max Allen answers 38 wine questions you were too afraid to ask
The AFR’s award-winning drinks writer provides the ultimate guide to buying, drinking, serving and storing wine.
- Max Allen
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
Champagne or sparkling: Max Allen’s taste test results revealed
Our expert takes a bunch of champagnes and a bunch of top Australian sparkling wines, pops the corks and puts them to a blind taste test.
- Max Allen
Welcome to the Financial Review Wine Club
With curated sips from prestigious producers, we’re the essential home for seasoned collectors and wine enthusiasts alike.
Max Allen answers your questions about serving and storing wine
The AFR’s award-winning drinks writer talks us through all questions about serving and storing wine, like ‘can I put ice cubes in my wine’ to ‘which wines do I need to decant’?
- Max Allen
Max Allen answers your questions about buying wine
The AFR’s award-winning drinks writer talks us through all questions about buying wine, from ‘is cask wine any good?’ to ‘what’s the most overrated type of wine?’
- Max Allen
Max Allen answers 12 of your basic wine questions
The AFR’s award-winning drinks writer talks us through all the questions you were too afraid to ask, like, ‘what is natural wine’ and ‘do hangover drops really work’?
- Max Allen
Max Allen’s nine steps for ordering wine at a restaurant
Choosing wine when dining out might sound pretty basic, but there’s more choice than ever before and much more thought going into matching wine and food.
- Max Allen
How to build a wine collection that will rise in value
Here’s what you need to know about starting a wine collection – for love and for money.
- Max Allen
- Max Allen
- Life & Leisure
The Australian craft spirits picking up big overseas prizes
Curatif is hot on the heels of Four Pillars and other recently founded brands, scooping up its second consecutive “best in the world” award. How do they do it?
- Max Allen
Endeavour goes back to basics with Dan Murphy’s superstores
The hotel and liquor retailing group says it has not been distracted by its fractious relationship with major shareholder Bruce Mathieson.
- Simon Evans
November
- Christmas Gift Guide 2023
- Life & Leisure
Wine books to savour, and what to sip on while you’re reading
Our drinks writer reckons wine pairing doesn’t always have to apply to food. How about some perfectly matched reading material?
- Max Allen
Luxe-for-less beauty brand wins hearts and purses
The millennial and Gen Z thirst for instant gratification has made MCoBeauty eager to get its “dupe” products on shelves as fast as possible.
- Lauren Sams
The best of the reds, the whites and the rest – including one for $25
What are the drinks you will remember from 2023? Our expert rounds up his top choices.
- Max Allen
Smoke, bubbles and magic – meet the new cocktail experience
Table-side theatrics are back, with cocktails served in the time-honoured tradition of guéridon, or trolley-service. But they’re drinks with a twist.
- Paul Best
Endeavour pounces on Tassie vineyard as premium grapes in demand
Wine broker Stephen Strachan says vineyards in cooler climate regions such as Tasmania, the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula are still sought after.
- Larry Schlesinger
Here’s how Glenglassaugh makes the ultimate coastal whisky
The distillery has just launched three new whiskies in Australia that were distilled on a beach in chilly north-east Scotland.
- Max Allen
October
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Endeavour Group peace only comes with a scalp – the chairman’s
The hotels and pub group’s board will have the numbers at its AGM next week. But chairman Peter Hearl has two choices: claim a fleeting victory or read the room.
- Anthony Macdonald
The hottest invitation at the Cup – especially if you’re a foodie
The premier party zone at Flemington Racecourse is shaping up to be more Melbourne than ever – with a pop-up of Curtis Stone’s LA restaurant thrown in for good measure.
- Necia Wilden
