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Four Pillars Dry Rare Dry Gin & Tonic 250ml Can
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Cantina Tollo Rocca Ventosa Pinot Grigio 2023
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2023Pinot GrigioItaly499$13.85 As low as $12.47 -
Angas & Bremer Pinot Grigio 2023
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2023Pinot GrigioAustralia417$17.70 As low as $15.93 -
Chalmers Mother Block White Blend 2022
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2022Fiano, Glera, Greco, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, VermentinoAustralia404Special Price $21.00 Regular Price $24.00 -
Le Pezze Pinot Grigio 2023
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2023Pinot GrigioItaly499$21.00 As low as $18.90 -
Harvest Moon Pinot Grigio 2023
Callie has grown up with wine in the blood. It was family holidays to Chianti in Italy, and tasting’s at Louis Roederer in France that sparked a serious passion in Callie from a very young age. Having studied psychology and criminology at Melbourne University, and qualifying as a chef it was the lure of wine and more so vineyards that she just couldn’t resist. She’s now studying wine making at Charles Sturt University, and has already worked at some A-list wineries, including De Bortoli in the Yarra Valley, Littorai Wines in California and Fattoria Zerbina in Romagna.
This is a smashing combo of classic Alsace and northern Italian style grigio. Bursting with Apple, pear, some honeysuckle spice, and a hint minerally goodness too that you don't often find at this level. It's the lighter side of mid-wright packed with crispy fruit and plenty of it the focus to a fine, citrus-driven fresh with lots of crunch and energy. The quintessential drink don't think wine.
2022Pinot GrigioNew Zealand434$21.00 As low as $18.90 -
Kris Wines Pinot Grigio 2023
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2023Pinot GrigioItaly391$22.00 As low as $19.80 -
Alma Mora Pinot Grigio 2022
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2022Pinot GrigioArgentina437$22.00 As low as $19.80 -
MDI Pinot Grigio 2024
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Bodega Barrero Gabriela Manzanilla 375mlI love Manzanilla, and I often drink it when I’m out and about… Salty, nutty, chamomile, sourdough bread before it hits the oven, a light honey and mint thing too, lemon zest and green olives. It’s dry and nutty, distinctly saline, fine chalky texture, green olive brine and pistachio, with a tangy, zesty and nutty finish of excellent length. It’s fresh and sharp, (as it should be), but also a little wild, and gee, it’s a very good expression of Manzanilla. The crunch on the finish seals it. Yes. (94) GARY WALSHNVSherrySpain410$25.00 As low as $22.50
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Fiegl Pinot Grigio Villa Dugo 2023
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2019Pinot GrigioItaly391$28.00 As low as $25.20 -
Arfion Pinot Grigio 2024
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2024Pinot GrigioAustralia506$29.00 As low as $26.10 -
Four Pillars Dry Rare Dry Gin & Tonic 250ml Can Four Pack
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Lustau Don Nuno Oloroso Reserva 375mlWith an average age of 12 years, the wine immediately exudes soft, rich aromas of dried fruit, mixed spice, and toffee. Layer upon layer wafts from the glass, giving something new with each sniff. The palate maintains that full, robust quality, but with a core of nervy, lifting acidity that leads to a long, sweet spiced finish. Rather than serving the Don Nuño at room temperature, stash it in the fridge for 15 minutes or so before pouring it into a standard white wine glass to help the aromas and flavors pop. COURTNEY SCHIESSL, Forbes
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Vino Intrepido 'Grey Matter' Pinot Grigio 2023
Enlists all of grigio's strongest varietal trademarks from the gentle blush colour and scents of pear, honeysuckle and apple to the savoury nod on the palate, crisp acid flow and touch of salty almond to close. All in all, a quality grigio that is mighty darn drinkable. JENI PORT, Halliday Wine Companion
Made by sommelier-come-Italian wine rep-come Italian wine tragic, James Scaresbrook, his renditions of Italian varietals are some of the most convincing you will find. That's not to say I like them because they're mimicking the Italians. Nup, not at all, and in fact the fruit spectrum generally shows it's antipodean origin. Through intelligent winemaking techniques (often observed in his own travel in Italy) he brings texture and aromatic complexity to these varieties. It's a recognition of how these varieties work with food and transports them from dry white and red wines to something with altogether more interest.A recent appointment trying through his range only highlighted what good things James is doing. His wines are all on point with thougtful winemaking inspired their homes in Italy but not dogmatically so. James is happy to changed tact here or there if he sees something not working or vice versa if a wine is expressing itself in a way he likes but moves away from his original idea hes is not afraid to let it do its thing.
2021Pinot GrigioAustralia441$31.00 As low as $27.90 -
Dandelion Vineyards Legacy of the Barossa XO Pedro Ximinez
Zar Brooks can't decide whether it's ximenez (front label) or ximinez (back label). From a solera started in 1944, now an average age of 30 years. It has a strong, dark roasted nut bouquet, and an extremely luscious brandy snap, cumquat, nut and tea palate. This is seriously old material. JAMES HALLIDAY, The Australian Wine Companion 2011
Made from 30 year old material this Pedro Ximinez is produced in an amontillado style. Dry with
hints of walnut and pecan nuts, tea leaf and crème brulee. Though the wine is sweet it is dryer than many luscious Pedro Ximenez's, the rancio nutty character is fresher and more reminiscent of amontillado Sherry. Rich, with hints of orange rind, and marmalade and finishing with a dry nutty toffee flavour and fresh zesty acidity. Quite long and fresh. PWSNVSherryAustralia387$35.00 As low as $31.50 -
Lustau Fino JaranaThe crisp, light-bodied, pungent, potent non-vintage Light Fino Jarana is redolent of the smells and flavors of roasted nuts. ROBERT PARKER
SherrySpain410$35.00 As low as $31.50 -
Lustau Light Manzanilla Papirusa 750mlA beautiful Manzanilla that marries a lemon aroma with salty and yeasty character. Discreet, mature character and lively elements create a delicate and enticing whole. Drink now. JAMES SUCKLING
The non-vintage Light Manzanilla Papirusa Solera Reserva (with an average age of five years in this solera) possesses an extraordinary, penetrating nose of salty brined nuts intermixed with crisp fruit, terrific acidity and intense, powerful, authoritative flavors that are ethereal in their lightness. ROBERT PARKER, The Wine AdvocateNVSherrySpain410$35.00 As low as $31.50 -
Lustau Los Arcos 750mlA very attractive, medium-bodied Amontillado with a slew of dried fruit and a delicate hint of toffee. Elegant and dry with just a hint of bitterness that the rich flavors balance very nicely. Very clean finish. JAMES SUCKLINGNVSherrySpain410$35.00 As low as $31.50
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Quealy 'Pobblebonk' 2024
Quite possibly the most delicious Pobblebonk to date. Riesling, friulano, pinot grigio and ribolla gialla are the friends, each fermented wild in used French oak, on full solids and later blended. It’s heady with meadow flowers, lemon blossom and hints of lemon verbena, really spicy with nutty, leesy aromas, and the palate is both textural and alive with fine acidity. Neat phenolics add to the pleasure of drinking this. (95) JANE FAULKNER, Halliday Wine Companion
Light to mid straw colour in the glass, the bouquet savoury with some nutty notes possibly from barrel ferment, adding layers to the floral and spicy fruit aromas. Deliciously intense fruit on palate with a touch more dimension than the Quealy pinot grigios. It's truly more than the sum of its parts. A lovely drink, intense, long and harmonious, the finish lip-smackingly dry and appetising. (95), HUON HOOKE, The Real Review
How do you make a melange of fruity, bitter and salty so perfectly? So easygoing, delivering the goods, not stingy on flavour, not pushy with perfume. Just right. Lightly honeyed, with pink rock salt to balance, crunch of pears and cashews, with a cooling aniseed to finish. Textural but smooth. Simply yum. Nailed it. (94), KASIA SOBIESIAK Kasia Sobiesiak, The Wine Front2024Friulano, Pinot Grigio, Ribolla Gialla, Riesling, White BlendAustralia441$35.00 As low as $31.50 -
Bortoluzzi Pinot Grigio 2022
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2022Pinot GrigioItaly391$36.00 As low as $32.40 -
Lordson Gin (700ml)A traditional and popular dry gin from France at a great price. Very aromatic with juniper berries and a hint of licorice. PWSGinEngland$37.00 As low as $33.30
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Turkey Flat Pedro Ximenez NV 375mlRenowned for producing fine wines in Jerez, Pedro Ximènez (or PX) can really excel in another part of the world. Intense marmalade aromas with some sweet spice and dried figs. The palate is lusciously rich with some pure marmalade and dried figs characters, very long, sweet and rich finish but with a good freshnes. DECANTER TOP 10 Australian Wines
“The other wine to look out for in the TF range is the unhinged NV Pedro Ximènez. This wine is a 100 Best Alumni and I often forget to mention but it really is a wickedly decadent pudding wine with all of the drunken raisin and fig notes you crave from this style of sweetie. MATTHEW JUKES, 100 Best Australian Wines
Luscious and sumptuous, the inviting bouquet shows dried fruit, toffee and potpourri aromas with a good seasoning of cake spice. The palate delivers creamy mouthfeel with seductive sweetness, well framed by juicy acidity, finishing delicious and immensely satisfying. Aged using a Solera system with an average age of 7 years. (95) SAM KIM, Wine Orbit
Christmas in a glass! Rich and intense with apricot and marmalade characters. This fortified Pedro Ximénez was made from grapes grown in one of the last remaining Pedro plantings in the Barossa Valley. Amazing!
This is a bit of a staff favourite too. A few of us sweet tooths are big fans of this bad boy and this is a very cool interpretation that isn't quite as intense concentrated as its orginators in Spain but is all the better for it. A little lighter on its feet and that's the way we like it.
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Loro Dark Chocolate Martini 200mlDark Chocolate Martini 100% Chocolate . Gin . Vermouth
Developed in collaboration with Mörk chocolate brewhouse in Melbourne, we’ve designed a pure and sweet chapter of a tale many times told. A refined, non-creamy chocolate martini using 100% Venezuelan chocolate––cold vacuum distilled to isolate an authentic flavour. In its cleanest version the chocolate was then blended with dry vermouth and gin to create a full flavoured, elegant chocolate martini. Not heavy, not sticky.
To serve: Chill in the freezer for an hour prior to serving. Pour into a chilled glass, garnish with a lemon peel.GinAustralia$38.00 As low as $34.20 -
Loro Coffee Cocktail 200ml
Coffee Cocktail: Tonka Bean . Vanilla . Coffee . Orange
Iconic 80s model asked Soho Brasserie bartender, Dick Bradsell to make her a cocktail to “wake me up & f***k me up". A shot of espresso into a Black Russian recipe, created the ‘EspressoMartini’. Ours, tonka bean & fresh vanilla––think almond & baked goods–– gently supported by fragrant orange, & cold brew coffee––to wake your senses (not f**k them up).
To serve: Chill in the freezer for half an hour prior to serving. Pour over ice, garnish with an orange peel.
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Loro Cherry & Cacao Manhattan 200mlCherry & Cacao Manhattan: Cacao Husk . Cherry . Solera Rye . Fennel . Sweet Vermouth
The original Manhattan cocktail was first mixed with whiskey, sweet vermouth, bitter and absinthe. Our recipe blends Solera Rye and sweet vermouth, accompanied with cacao husk, fennel seeds and preserved cherries. A deep, ripe fruit on the nose, a hint of spice on the palate, with a tropical fruit dance integrating the acidity perfectly. Elegant, highly drinkable and uplifting.
To serve: Chill in the freezer for half an hour prior to serving. Pour over ice, garnish with an orange peel.GinAustralia$38.00 As low as $34.20 -
Loro Olive Martini 200mlOlive Martini: Olive Oil . Gin . Dry Vermouth
There are many ways to order your Martini. However you prefer it, Martini is always a symbol of sophistication, elegance and power. We present a crisp, fragrant flavour of olive underpinned by aromatic vermouth and lifted up by fresh juniper. A clean, refined Olive Martini. Made with cold-vacuum-distilled extra virgin olive oil, dry vermouth and gin. Class.
To serve: Chill in the freezer for half an hour prior to serving. Pour over ice, garnish with an orange peel.
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Kaltern Pinot Grigio 2023
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2023Pinot GrigioItaly344$39.00 As low as $35.10 -
Erste + Neue Pinot Grigio 2022
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2022Pinot GrigioItaly344$40.00 As low as $36.00 -
Lustau Emilio Lustau Vermut Blanco NVThis pale gold, Sherry-based vermouth is made from fino, sweetened with Moscatel wine. Mild, grassy aromas lead into a sweet and citrusy palate, with mouthwatering acidity and a fresh, grassy exit accented by a floral hint. WINE ENTHUSIAST
A perfect blend of two wines: a dry, mineral and crisp Fino sherry and a sweet and floral Moscatel wine. LUSTAUNVSherrySpain410$44.00 As low as $39.60 -
Lustau Jarana ‘En Rama’ Manzanilla de Sanlúcar 500ml
Light, fragrant-but-steely nose – not unlike a dry Riesling! Very long, pure and pungent. Lovely wine! And a fabulous aperitif. (17/20) JANCIS ROBINSON MW
Sanlúcar de Barrameda sits on the estuary of the Guadalquivir river with Atlantic breezes coming off the ocean. Its microclimate impregnates the yeasts growing on the surface of the Manzanilla with a rare sea salt character. Selected for its delicacy, this Manzanilla is aged under “flor” in American oak casks for five years and bottled without any treatment. LUSTAUNVSherrySpain410$44.00 As low as $39.60 -
Lustau Don NunoIf you are looking for a dry sherry made in a slightly more oxidized style, the non-vintage Dry Oloroso Don Nuno Solera Reserva is your choice. Again, a nuttiness (in this case, walnuts) intermixed with a hint of Chinese black tea combine with salty, caramelized flavors make for a delicious glass of sherry. ROBERT PARKER, The Wine Advocate
In spite of the massive tarte-tatin character in the nose, this is mouth-filling but bone dry and powerful with a rather silky finish for a dry Oloroso (which tends to bitterness and austerity). Drink now. JAMES SUCKLINGSherrySpain410Special Price $47.00 Regular Price $53.00 -
Visintini Pinot Grigio 2022
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2022Pinot GrigioItaly391$49.00 As low as $44.10 -
Elena Walch Pinot Grigio 2023
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2023Pinot GrigioItaly344$51.00 As low as $45.90 -
Brunswick Aces Hearts Sapiir 700ml
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Bodegas Don Zoilo Fino
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Pooley Pinot Grigio 2023
Pooley Wines has an historical property and two separate vineyards at each end of the Coal River Valley in southern Tasmania. The Coal River Valley has developed a worldwide reputation, and is ideally suited, for the production of cool-climate wines such as Pinot Noir, Riesling and Chardonnay. Members of the Pooley family have been actively involved in the business for three generations. Their longstanding passion and commitment to fine wine are your assurance of un-compromising quality.
Comes mostly from the family vineyards in Richmond and Campania, Coal River Valley. The fruit was chilled to 5 degrees then whole-bunch pressed to tank. Cold settled and racked to tank for ferment. 3 months on fine lees with a total ferment time of 14 days. Alcohol: 13.3 PH: 3.1 TA: 9.0 T/Ha Bottle Date: 2th August 2023. Residual Sugar: 0 g/L.‘A vibrant aroma of citrus blossom, candy apple and yuzu on the nose. Bright characters of white peach and apricot follow on the palate with subtle notes of green apple and beeswax. Strong acid and persistent length finish this lovely wine.’ Anna Pooley, Winemaker.
2023Pinot GrigioAustralia490$57.00 As low as $51.30 -
Barri Alto Aranza Palomino Vino de Pagos 2022
‘Aranzá’ is Rafa’s sub-vineyard name for a small portion he selects from Viña La Palma. La Palma itself is a small vineyard, 3 hectares of 60 year-old Palomino growing in Albariza tosca cerrada. The term ‘Aranzá’ is a short-hand for the local measure of land area, an Aranzáda – depending upon the colloquy involved (the measure is different in each town and possibly grower-to-grower!), it’s roughly a half hectare.
Pickled hay, buttery chalk and the cold steel smell of yesterday’s Tea Billy. Savoury, earthen, edged and filled with pickles and spice. Dandelion, a nice rim of diatom (blue oceanic fossil minerality), pickled cucumber, a sapid buzz in the cheeks and corners of the tongue. A round and savoury style, the cereal-inflected Palomino is mid-weight with an understated, lovely finish of bitters on the point of the tongue. Incredible volume and textural satisfaction at such low ABV.
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Departed Spirits Yuzu Gin (500ml)
Spirit: Dry Gin Primary Flavour: Yuzu Secondary Flavour: Juniper, Orange (Gin)
The world has enough bad gin. What it doesn't have is perfectly-balanced Australian craft gin blended with Yuzu juice imported directly from the Japanese highlands. With subdued juniper and mellow notes of green apple and chamomile, our Yuzu gin makes for effortless summer drinking at a park, pond, pergola or party near you.GinAustralia340$62.00 As low as $55.80 -
Departed Spirits Pineapple Agave (500ml) 34%
Spirit: Destilado de Agave Primary Flavour: Pineapple Secondary Flavour: Jalapeño
Because two spiky plants are better than one.A Mexican masterpiece of Destilado de Agave - cooked, crushed and distilled from mature blue agave grown in the lowland valleys of Jalisco. After it's smuggled into Australia, we infuse it with Pineapple and Jalapeño - because nothing is more fun and delicious than that.
This product is essentially Spring Break for your mouth, without the criminal charges and lifelong consequences.
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Departed Spirits Super Mango (500ml) 37%
Spirit: Salty Gin Primary Flavour: Mango Secondary Flavour: Saltbush, Samphire
The only thing more powerful than Superman is arguably Supermango. And even though this tin won’t rescue anyone from a burning building - or do anything remotely good for humanity - it doesn’t need to, because it is MANGO F*@$&NG GIN, with salt in it.So next time you are contemplating walking into a burning building, please just drink this instead - and we can all go on to drink another day*.
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Full Circle Red Amaro 500ml
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Departed Spirits Bloody Cello (500ml) 37%
Spirit: Blood orangecello Primary Flavour: Blood orange Secondary Flavour: Ancho Chilli
Let’s be honest - cellos sound kinda nice and we all pretend to love them if we are on a first date, but most of the time: BORING. Not any more. This cello is a disturbed, unhinged, raging hot mess of a drink. How, you ask? We infused zesty Australian blood orange peels with the dried husks of ancho chilli. It’s smokey, vibrant, zesty, bitter and sour.It’s everything you ever wanted in a drink but were too self-concious and idiotic to ask for. So top it with Prosecco, top up your Negroni or drink it like a heathen - because this little number is music for your mouth. A symphony for your senses. A tango for your tastebuds. You get the drift....drink it.
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Itinerant Spirits Vansetter Coffee Liqueur 700ml
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Never Never Triple Juniper Gin 500ml
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Never Never Dark Series Oyster Shell Gin 500ml
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Applewood Coral Gin (500ml)
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Melbourne Gin Company Dry Gin 700ml
Frank Moorhouse in his book Martini - a memoir states, "Every time it is served, the martini represents a journey towards an unattainably ideal drink". The idea of endlessly pursuing a perfection that does not exist is something well known to passionate winemakers. Having a winemaking background we thought we would delve into the mysteries of gin production. This was largely brought about by our fascination with martinis and all things gin.
The notion of the "unattainable ideal drink" led us into a series of trials and experiments and we have become fully immersed in the alchemy of batch distillation and the extraction of exotic and local botanicals. The MGC doffs its hat to London Dry Gin with the two major components being juniper berries and coriander seed. There are 11 botanicals in total (not including a lot of love) with the grapefruit peel and rosemary coming from the garden at Gembrook Hill Vineyard. The other botanicals are macadamia, sandalwood, honey lemon myrtle and organic navel orange, which are all sourced from Australia. The exotics in the mix are angelica root, orris root and cassia bark.Each botanical is distilled separately and then blended to our recipe - essentially a winemakers approach. We use a copper pot baine-marie alembic still. A still traditionally used for making perfume. This allows us to preserve the delicate nature of the botanicals we work with. The final component is the water used to break the gin back. We use Gembrook rainwater which is pure and fresh and allows the botanicals to shine through. At only 60kms from Melbourne this local source contributes to the definition of the unique "Melbourne Dry Gin" style.
The MGC is not chill filtered. We didn't want to take out the oils that contribute so much to the aromatics and mouth feel of the gin. So when the gin is very cold the oils become slightly insoluble and form a light haze. The French use the word louche to describe this. In a different context someone who is louche is of a shady character! Each bottle is numbered to reflect the small batches in which it is made. ANDREW MARKS, Distiller & Winemaker
GinAustralia$74.00 As low as $66.60