You may be a complete novice, you may know something about the odd bottle or two, whatever your wine knowledge there’s much to be gained from Max Allen’s concise guide book. He will guide you through choosing a wine for all occasions, the ins and outs of vintage wine and what tastes and flavours you can expect to find in your wine. The aim is to cut through the jargon and leave you better informed and able to negotiate your way through the world’s wines.
Max Allen's Wine Know How is a must-read for anyone who enjoys our favourite alcoholic drink. Whether you see yourself as a wine connoisseur or you simply enjoy the occasional glass of red, this book is sure to enhance your wine knowledge and your drinking experience. Max Allen shares his top tips on how to choose a wine and what to look out for in a bottle, what can go wrong with wine and how to avoid common mishaps, as well as all you need to know about vintage wine. This book is filled with a multitude of tips that will make enjoying wine a simpler, but no less delightful, experience.
Max Allen has been writing about wine for almost twenty years. He is a columnist and editor for various wine publications and magazines around the world and has written a number of bestselling books on wine.
Max is the wine columnist for The Weekend Australian Magazine and G (Australia’s first ‘green lifestyle’ magazine), wine editor for Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine, and a regular contributor to consumer and trade magazines such as Wine and Spirit International, Decanter, Harpers and BBC’S Olive (all in the UK), Gourmet Traveller’s Wine Magazine (Australia) and Wine and Spirits in the USA.
In London in 1999, Red and White: Wine Made Simple, Max’s first book (published 1997), won the Andre Simon Memorial Award, one of the world’s most prestigious awards for wine-writing. Then in 2003 he was awarded the Wine Communicator of the Year Trophy by the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London.
