A thought-provoking read on the future of Australian winemaking based on
where we have been and the challenges we face...
The Future Makers is a groundbreaking new work by award-winning wine writer
Max Allen that sets out to redefine Australian wine for the 21st century.
Faced with the unprecedented challenges of climate change, oversupply and
global financial turmoil, Australia's best grape growers and wine makers are
changing the way they think about what they do.
They're planting exciting new grape varieties and discovering a whole new
palette of flavours; they're producing wine in more sustainable ways by adopting
organic and biodynamic principles in the vineyard; they're developing a deeper
relationship with their vine-covered patch of country - and working out how best
to capture the unique taste of that place in the glass.
The Future Makers takes you on an adventure through Australia's remarkably
diverse winegrowing regions and introduces you to these people - the newcomers
and old-timers, the artisans and entrepreneurs, the ratbags, larrikins and
dreamers putting the heart and sole back into Australian wine.
Each regional chapter features in-depth profiles of the most inspirational
growers and winemakers; portraits of the soil, climate and cultural influences
that make their vineyards special; and evocative tasting notes for their best
wines. Throughout the book you'll also find discussions of the important issues
and controversies buzzing through the wine community as it forges its future.
For anyone interesting in Australian wine, this book is essential reading -
because the future is already here.
"For me, Max is the most far-sighted and evocative writer on wine in
Australia" - Andrew Jefford, author of The New France
Hardcover, 439 pages.