Bluestone and pink neon set the tone for a wine bar that cares about tradition but not so much for convention. Graze on wine bar snacks while plundering the deeply thoughtful list of classic bottlings and avant-garde unicorns.
Ah, but then the other shoe drops – the wine on show, the stemware, the empty-bottle trophies of fine times past… it all starts to tell a very different story. What was first pitched as a pop-up by owners Mark Reginato and Louis Schofield (of Worlds Apart Wines), has established itself as one of Adelaide’s enduring institutions. Hellbound is very much a serious wine bar in respect to what it stocks, and how it sells it, but it just doesn’t take itself too seriously: “We wear t-shirts, but we have the nicest glasses and serve our reds at 14 degrees,” says Schofield.
The wine list extends to about 350 bins with 15-odd by the glass, with the most popular being an ever-changing mystery wine. Although the list carries plenty of ‘new wave’ producers, Reginato and Schofield employ one of the simplest guiding principles a wine lover is ever likely to hear: “Just beautiful wine. No mousey crap. No oaky jammy crap. We love farmers. We love delicious wine.”
That sense of ease is felt throughout the venue, with a calm confidence and sense of hospitality deeply embedded in its DNA. The food is “simple, quick and wine friendly,” with the short menu divided into ‘Little Snacks’, ‘Big Snacks’ and ‘Cheese’, with nothing over $18. And if you’d like to have that bottle of Rousseau Chambertin for real, it’s available, too.
The Salopian Inn is about as iconic as a regional restaurant gets, setting the tone for McLaren Vale dining for decades. Karena Armstrong took over that revered 1851 homestead in 2013, and she has elevated it even further to be one of South Australia’s most acclaimed dining destinations, as well as a mecca for wine…
A reborn but not bastardised pub with some of the best views in the Adelaide Hills, ice-cold beer, smart wine, some of the best food around, plus everything is very reasonably priced – it’s a must visit!
On the face of it, The Summertown Aristologist started as a restaurant that acts as a showcase for the wines of Anton van Klopper (Lucy Margaux) and Jasper Button (Commune of Buttons). But it’s a lot more than that. A whole lot more. Van Klopper sat on the lease of an old shop on Greenhhill…
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