Emma Farrelly is the Director of Wine for the State Buildings, but this is perhaps where her skills, and superb contacts, are most vividly on display. Taking a leaf out of the enoteca book, a wall of wine – with some 500 options – is available to take away, or any bottle can be broached by one of Emma’s well-informed charges at what seems to be the country-wide enoteca standard of $15 corkage. Additionally, there are 25 wines offered by the glass, which are subject to frequent rotation.
If cocktails are your thing, there’s also a concise list of batched and bottled options. And if you’re taking your wine in, a classical listing of charcuterie and cheeses is available, with a handful of small plates and a larger option or two.
The wine offer is broad ranging, with a 60/40 domestic to international bias, but preferences producers who employ sustainable and ethical practices and organic and biodynamic farming methods. The ones that make great wine, that is. It’s also where Emma tucks away small parcels of scarce wines, the ones too limited to get a berth on the other wine lists under her purview. So, it’s also the place to hunt for those hard-to-find bottles.
Emma Ferguson and Daniel Morris are assembling a formidable group of venues. First, they reworked long-term player Balthazar, which was joined by No Mafia, a wine bar loosely styled on the local wine bars of Italy’s south, with food and vino to match, and more recently by their Northbridge tapas bar, Los Bravos. Los Bravos’…
Si Paradiso is a venue that takes it wine as seriously as it does its quest for good times. Slip into the bar or kick back in the sun-splashed courtyard till it surrenders into the night with good vibes – courtesy of DJs or live music – and three-day-ferment wood-fired pizza to keep you company.
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