Letter from Australia
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Martin Field is the wine critic for three newspapers in Melbourne. He has been teaching about wine since 1981 at various Institutes of Technical and Further Education (TAFE). He is a Founding Member of the Wine Press Club of Victoria and a member of the Australian Society of Wine Education.
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Current Letters

Vines and Treated Pine April, 2002

Amateur Winemaking March, 2002

Flying Low February, 2002

Holiday Gifts December, 2001

A Song for $6250 November, 2001

Wine Label Design Disaster October, 2001

Cheesy Deception September, 2001

Lost Vintage September, 2001

Reception Wine August, 2001

Being Kind to Australasian Winemakers August, 2001

VitiViniVino August, 2001

Masked Wines August, 2001

Wine Education - Demographics July, 2001

Classic Wine Rip-offs July, 2001

A Wine Drinker's Diary July, 2001

June Picks - Wine and Beer June, 2001

Bill Chambers - Legend of Rutherglen April, 2001

Hard Hat Heaven April, 2001

Pancaked-Possums and Pinot March, 2001

Australian Classics January, 2001

Wines Out of Time January, 2001

 

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