Sure, you can still score a bottle of booming Hunter Valley shiraz and a bavette steak overlooking Bondi Beach at one of the country’s most famous restaurants and call it a ‘quintessential Sydney experience’, but others might argue that a glass of hazy grechetto from Umbria and a few anchovies on buttered brioche at a neighbourhood wine bar sums it up just as well. And that’s the beauty of drinking wine in Sydney: there’s room at the table (or the bar) for everybody. Pull up a seat and get stuck in.
10 William Street, Paddington
Albertos Lounge, Sydney
Bentley’s Restaurant & Bar, Sydney
Bibo Wine Bar, Double Bay
Big Poppa’s, Darlinghurst
Cafe Paci, Newtown
Continental Deli Bar & Bistro, Newtown
Dear Sainte Éloise, Potts Point
Fix Wine Bar + Restaurant, Sydney
Icebergs Dining Room and Bar, Bondi Beach
Monopole, Sydney
Nomad, Surry Hills
P&V Merchants, Paddington
Ragazzi, Sydney
Restaurant Hubert, Sydney
Sella Vinoteca, Randwick
She Loves You, Newtown
Vernon’s Bar, Summer Hill
Where’s Nick, Marrickville
WyNo x Bodega, Surry Hills
It’s a fantastically mixed bunch, but one thing they all have in common is they love wine, and they want to share that love with you. Whether you’re in for the long haul or a quick drink and a snack, these Wineslingers just want to see you, and to share what they know, share what they love.
Venues have bounced back from lockdown fighting fit and ready for action, menus are fine-tuned, wine selections polished, and eager professionals are ready for wine-fuelled fun.
And with the doors open again, it’s the perfect time to remind yourself how much you love your regular wine-focused venues by both paying them a visit and getting your vote in for the People’s Choice. The Young Gun of Wine website also has detailed profiles on all the Wineslinger Awards top venues, with everything you need to know to find your next favourite haunt.
This year’s Wineslinger Awards trophies include top spot ‘Wineslinger’, ‘Best New Haunt’, the ‘Maverick’, which recognises a venue pushing the boundaries of possibility, and the publicly voted ‘People’s Choice’.
Everyone that votes in the ‘People’s Choice’ can go into the draw to win a host of amazing prizes, including a Liebherr wine cabinet, a year’s supply of wine from ygowstaging.wpengine.com, and gift packs from Cullen, Henschke, Ocean Eight and Swinney. People’s Choice voting is now live online via younggunofwine.comwineslinger. Voting closes on Monday 3 December at 12:00pm.
The 2021 Wineslinger trophy winners will be announced on evening of Monday 6 December.
The Wineslinger 2021 list of Australia’s top places for wine fun is here, and Melbourne’s Top 20 venues are an excitingly diverse lot. How to classify the calibre of this year’s Top 20 wine venues in Melbourne? ‘World class’ is a pretty strong place to start. But somehow, not even that phrase captures the breadth and diversity of what’s out there.
Torched by bushfires that ran through the Adelaide Hills in December 2019, much of Henschke’s 30-hectare Lenswood vineyard was burned to the ground – yet a majority of the roots survived and new shoots emerged, while the barren blocks at least provided the Henschkes with an opportunity to plan the Lenswood vineyard afresh, which has resulted in the reorientation of many vine rows, and a mix of different clones chosen among new vine plantings. Viticulturist Prue Henschke spoke to us about their three-year journey of recovery.
Given Adelaide’s proximity to some of the country’s most influential wine-growing regions, it should come as no surprise that finding a glass of something great in the City of Churches isn’t all that difficult. And yet, there’s certainly no resting on laurels happening either. The evolution of concepts and ideas is a constant. The Wineslinger 2021 list of Australia’s top places for wine fun is here, and Adelaide’s Top 10 shows just how hot the city is right now.
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