Surgeon, author and winegrower Max Lake is probably best known as one of the pioneers of the Australian wine boom. After a distinguished medical career, he established Lake’s Folly in the Hunter Valley in 1963 - one of Australia’s first and most prestigious boutique wineries. In 1966, he published his benchmark volume, Classic Wines in Australia. He went on to write numerous other books and became a renowned international judge of wine and food and an obsessive student of the senses. In this interview, he talks with gusto about life’s pleasures and his passionate pursuit of them.

(2006, 26 mins) A Film Australia National Interest Program.

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