An intensely personal wine bar, Fall from Grace is also an incredibly accessible one, with wine, cheese and salumi at retail pricing to take away or consume in-house. It’s also the best place to start a conversation with a local winemaker, as most are regulars.
Ask Gill what else she might have stashed away, as there are always hard-to-find gems not on the working wine list.
Fall From Grace is the sort of place you just get lost in. Gordon-Smith is blessed with this unstoppable desire to educate and share all she knows and loves about wine, and so expect to buy and drink things that you mightn’t normally. Expect to learn the backstory of each and every producer, and learn exactly why she has allocated precious shelf space to their bottles.
“We also have special bottles tucked away in the cellar,” Gordon-Smith says, “Ask for it and, if you twist my arm, I may just sell it!” The sorts of special bottles tucked away here are from producers like Gravner, Radikon, Cornelissen, Foradori, Tiberio, Valentini, Foillard and Gramenon. You can drink by the glass or the bottle, and like an Italian enoteca, there’s always a collection of cheeses and smallgoods that you can assemble to taste.
If you’re keen on something more substantial, food is also a sanctioned BYO-style affair, with guests encouraged to stave off hunger with pizza and takeaway from across the road. Why not pack a picnic basket and settle in? Locals know well the treasures to be unearthed here, so expect to rub shoulders with loyal regulars and thirsty winemakers looking for refreshment and inspiration.
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East End Cellars is one of this country’s most enduring retailers of fine wine, with Michael Andrewartha’s Vardon Street store offering Adelaide an unparalleled selection for over two decades. Today, the original site is occupied by the wine bar Mother Vine, which he also owns. The original East End Cellars flame burns bright, though, with…
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