Expert Advice
p. 99 · Read in the full issue
On Wine
Australian wine producers— not to mention Australian wine bibbers—are insisting more and more that the general standard of Australian wines is higher than the general standard in Europe.
However, although it is ad mitted that Australia’s best don’t reach the standard of Europe’s top, they soon will, according to such people as Sydney surgeon Max Lake, who is an expert on wine and who owns his own vine yard in the famed NSW Hunter Valley.
In “Hunter Wine” (Jacaranda, 25/-), Surgeon Lake has pro duced a fascinating little book giving the history of the Hunter vineyards, and including a great deal of practical information on good wines and bad, and how to tell the difference, for those who want to know.
Especially useful is a vintage chart detailing the value of all the breeds that come from the Hunter.