Now Open: Fast-Growing Neighbourhood Wine Bar Chain Ardo's Is Pouring Top-Notch Vino in Hawthorne

Everyone should have a go-to wine bar within a stone's throw of their house — the kind of spot that's compact but inviting, sports a highly curated vino list and boasts plenty of folks who know what they're talking about while you're getting sipping. Ardo's is that type of place, and it's seemingly on a mission to give every wine lover in Brisbane their own local outpost. Now open in Hawthorne, the chain is up to three sites in 2023 — and it's only August.

Hailing from the City Winery crew, Ardo's first arrived in Carl's Bar and Bistro's old Newstead digs to start off 2023. Then, it hit Graceville midyear. When that second venue launched, the brand had already announced that that Hawthorne would be next — and that's exactly where you can now grab a glass of vino.

The experience at each Ardo's is the same, just in different areas of Brisbane. So, wine fans in Brisbane's inner east now have easy access to the plonk-slinging chain's carefully selected range of vino, including over pintxos, cheese and charcuterie, on Lindsay Street just off Hawthorne Road.

Like its sibling sites, Ardo's Hawthorne is welcoming in patrons in for a glass and a bite, and will also let folks pick up their favourite tipples — or a new discovery — to take home. Offering a selection that you wouldn't just find at any bottle-o is a big source of pride, with Ardo's staff on-hand to chat you through its drops, help you make a choice and impart their expert knowledge.

Here, customers can enjoy wines by the glass and the bottle. The lineup rotates, but everything you see on the shelf is able to be drunk on the premises or taken away. As you're getting cosy, you'll also be surrounded by vino all across the walls, plus a wine tap that looks like an altar. And, you'll be tucking into seasonal snacks.

There are a couple of new inclusions for Hawthorne, too: gourmet seafood preserves from Conservas, which you can eat into bread and butter, or as a part of a pintxos platter; and Woombye Cheese's dairy goods.

Brisbane has embraced more than its fair share of trends in the past — doughnuts, burgers and rooftop bars, to name just a few — and a spate of neighbourhood wine bars is up there with the best of them.

Find Ardo's Wine Bar at 7 Lindsay Street, Hawthorne. Keep an eye on the venue's website for more details.