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Simon Hughes is the author of the wine column -- Grape Expectations -- writing under the nom de plume Max Crus. Grape Expectations recently celebrated 14 years of continuous weekly publication and is now one of the longest running and most widely published wine columns in Australia.

Grape Expectations appears in the following newspapers : The Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, The Daily Examiner (Grafton), The Fraser Coast Chronicle, The Border Mail (Albury), Port Macquarie News, The Northern Star (Lismore), The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga), South West Slopes Living (Hilltops) and the Geelong Advertiser as well as several nationwide industry journals and internet based newsletters.