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Eucalyptus Gunnii seedlings ready for planting / Photo by Sue Turfrey Tasmanian way-a-linah, a cider-link drink produced by Palawa people for millennia, has been long overlooked in Australian history, along with all other Indigenous fermented beverages.  Records of many First Australians’ traditions, particularly relating to drinks and agriculture, were “eradicated early on by colonization, dispossession and the frontier wars,” writes Max Allen in “Even where the practices o...

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Decanter The best in contemporary food and drink writing recognised The winners of the 2020 André Simon Awards were announced on Wednesday 3 March, in a Zoom ceremony attended by an international audience. The winner of the Drink Award was Intoxicating: Ten Drinks that Shaped Australia, a personal journey through Australia’s colourful and complex drinking history, by Max Allen. ‘What made Intoxicating the outstanding work in the group was Max Allen’s achievement in weaving the mi...

Ahead of this year’s André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards,  db is running extracts of all of the shortlisted drinks titles. Next up is Intoxicating: Ten Drinks that Shaped Australia by Max Allen. Oz Clarke places a forty-year-old bottle of Coonawarra shiraz gently on the table. He’s been waiting a long time to open this. As he picks up his corkscrew, he sees my smartphone. ‘Do you want to video this?’ he says. Of course I do. I’ve travelled all the way...

André Simon Awards food and drink book shortlist announced 18 February 2021 By Phoebe French The André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards has announced this year’s shortlist in the 50th anniversary year of French writer André Simon’s death. Guided by independent assessors Lisa Markwell, the food editor of The Sunday Times, and restaurateur John Hoskins MW, the panel have whittled down their initial 22-strong longlist to a final 11 food and drink book nominees. T...

André Simon Award announces drinks books longlist 21st December, 2020 by Rupert Millar The André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards has announced its first longlist – featuring books on wine from Bordeaux, Georgia, Australia and even another galaxy. The seven longlisted drinks books have been selected from a total of 170 that were submitted for both the food and wine categories. It is the first ti...