Maxwell Wines

Building websites since 1993

Michael Major Media offers a full range of website design, development and maintenance services. Since 1993, I have directed the development of more than 300 websites, including Australian Wine Online, which won the gold ladle and the bronze ladle in the 1999 and 2001 World Food Media Awards for best beverage or food website or CD-ROM in the world.

Diverse client bases

Traditionally my client base has been in the wine industry, but now reaches out to all business sections and organisations. My clients include a broad spectrum of Australia's top wine producers like Grant Burge, Bleasdale Vineyards, Thorn-Clarke, Oliver's Taranga, Chapel Hill, Maxwell Wines, Battle of Bosworth, Normans, Woodstock and many more. My team of designers and developers have also developed some of the leading wine industry sites like Winebiz; The Australian Wine Research Institute; the Australian Society of Oenology and Viticulture; Winegrape Grape Growers Australia; Wine Jobs and Limestone Coast Wine Industry Council. Our client base also includes a number of primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions and businesses of all sizes, such as the national travel package wholesaler, Venture Holidays.

Top notch designers and developers

The Michael Major Media team includes web designers and web developers who have worked with me to produce some of Australia's premier websites. We can build websites to all budgets and specifications - from non-interactive brochureware sites to transaction based e-commerce websites.

Full editing and publishing service

Michael Major Media offers a full range of scientific editing, page layout, printing and proofreading services.

I have been the editor of the Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Directory since 1995. This annual job requires significant production coordination. I prepare an extensive statistical overview of the Australian and New Zealand wine industries and conduct a survey of the top wine companies in Australia.

Science editing

Since 2006 I have been the editor of Technical Review, a bi-monthly journal published by The Australian Wine Research Institute.

I have managed the production of the proceedings for the 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conferences.

Editorial management

From 1995 to 2001, I was the editor of The Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Journal.

My technical and scientific background (MSc. in agricultural journalism and BSc. in biology) enable me to keep a sharp eye out to assure that technical and scientific nomenclature is accurately presented in the proceedings.