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‘You’re meant to slow down here’: The day-to-night cafe bringing country vibes to Newtown

Former Rolling Penny chef Robin Butler swapped King Street for the Central Tablelands over a year ago. Now he’s back with a new cafe by day, restaurant by night.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Tintino is a specialty wine shop and kitchen in Kingston.

Tintino

A wine bar-bottle shop where you can drink in or take away.

  • David Matthews
Wine Maker Rory Lane at The Story Wines tasting room.

‘A diamond in the rough’: Why this winery hidden in an industrial estate is like no other

Embark on a mini bar crawl through this hotspot for booze producers, starting at the Grampians-championing The Story Wines’ new tasting room.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Bar Lourinha's bric-a-brac filled wall.
Good Food hat15/20

Why this 20-year-old treasure should be on every Melburnian’s list of go-to restaurants

Dani Valent raises a glass of sherry to two decades of eating, drinking and being merry.

  • Dani Valent
Thirstville is a bottle shop and bar in Marrickville.

Thirstville Bottleshop & Bar

Browse 1200 boutique wines and 250 craft beers at this neighbourhood bottle-o.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Claret Club.
14/20

Wine bar downstairs, restaurant up, this spot from gun sommeliers is revitalising Stanley St

Owners Harry Hunter and Bridget Raffal bring experience from three-hatted Sixpenny, Where’s Nick and Bentley to their new labour of love, which feels a little like the caves à vin of Paris.

  • David Matthews
Inside Bar Carnation in the former Gerald’s Bar site on Rathdowne Street.
14/20

Bar Carnation

The white-walled wine bar filling big shoes on Rathdowne Street.

Roth's Wine Bar + Cellar in Mudgee.

Roth’s Wine Bar + Cellar

A historic Mudgee bar pouring local wines.

  • Erina Starkey
Inside, Milquetoast is homely rather than fancy, owners George Curtis and James Horsfall scouring Facebook Marketplace for natty vintage furniture.

Milquetoast

Wine bar meets adult rumpus room (with a fancified chip butty).

  • Matt Shea
Bar Local Drop is an extension of wine delivery business the Local Drop.
14.5/20

This all-day wine bar and its handwritten little black book has our reviewer hooked

Lunch, dinner or snacks and drinks at Bar Local Drop can stretch happily from “a quick one” to “one more” to “we might as well”...

  • Dani Valent