Wine & spirits
Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip
From community-led harvests, to cheese and bread workshops with Australia’s best, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn.
- Bianca Hrovat
Raise a glass to the bagnum, the plastic wine pouch that’s made cask wine cool again
There’s a growing thirst for wine in alternative packaging, from pouches and cans to the new-school goon bag.
- Katie Spain
The best wines to drink this summer for $25 and under
Stock up for your barbies, picnics and parties with these thrifty bangers, as recommended by some of the city’s best independent wine sellers.
- Nick Dent
From your Kris Kringle to your grumpy grandpa, the best drink gifts for everyone on your list
Never be stuck for gift inspiration again with these beverage-related ideas for the whole thirsty crew.
- Katie Spain
Why are we paying so much for alcohol-free wine?
Non-alcoholic wine attracts no tax so it should be cheaper than regular wine, right? It’s more complicated than that.
- Huon Hooke
Moody new Circular Quay bar boasts Sydney’s largest Japanese whisky collection
Riding a Japanese whisky wave, the new Circular Quay bar has assembled what it says is the biggest collection of the spirit in a Sydney venue.
- Scott Bolles
Cult Sydney bar and bottle shop, Odd Culture, brings its wild drinks and parfait and chips to Fitzroy
Take away or drink in at Brunswick Street’s new ferment-focused hybrid venue, a home for wild ales, biodynamic wines and funky cocktails and snacks.
- Emma Breheny
Victoria’s best regional food and drink finds, revealed (and there’s some surprises in the mix)
From the best bakery on the Bellarine to the Daylesford cafe that punches above its weight, here are the top regional spots according to those in the know.
- Dan Stock
‘I make a good pesto pasta’: Daniel Ricciardo’s food and wine favourites (and top Perth pit stops)
For Daniel Ricciardo, family, food and wine have always been driving forces. He reminisces about his favourite memories with Jane Rocca.
- Jane Rocca
One of Sydney’s best bars is opening in Fitzroy - and bringing its wild drinks with it
The Newtown bar-restaurant-bottleshop is bringing its eclectic line-up of fermented drinks and snacks to Fitzroy in May.
- Emma Breheny