The Best Places to Drink Natural Wine in Melbourne
Where to find the funkiest skin-contacts, pét-nats and minimal-intervention wines.
We realise this title is contentious. There's been much ado about what exactly natural wine is, with some going so far as to say that it's not really wine at all. But to us it's this: the minimal-intervention bottles, the pét-nats, the orange wines, the skin-contacts, the bottles with plenty of sediment floating around. The funkier it is, the more we love it. Luckily, its prevalence is growing — these days you can find it at fried chicken joints, Korean restaurants, all-day diners and a slew of the city's best wine bars. So here are our favourite places serving up glasses and glasses of the tasty 'grape-based beverage'.
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BarCongress - CLOSED
49 Peel Street, Collingwood
You'll find everything from 6.30am coffee to late-night sangas at this Collingwood wine bar.
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RestaurantRestaurant Shik - CLOSED
30 Niagara Lane, Melbourne
Kimchi Pete has opened his first solo venue on Niagara Lane.
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RestaurantNatural History Public Bar
401 Collins Street, Melbourne
The Collins Street eatery has relaunched with a more laidback vibe, a gastropub menu and a weekday happy hour.
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RestaurantHarley & Rose
572 Barkly Street, West Footscray
Footscray's diner churns out pipi pizzas and has an impressive front courtyard.
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BarMr West Bar & Bottleshop
106 Nicholson Street, Footscray
A two-storey bar and bottleshop in the heart of Footscray.
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BarCarwyn Cellars
877 High Street, Thornbury
This Thornbury stalwart has been sating northside thirsts for over a decade.
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BarBar Liberty
234 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
This Fitzroy wine bar has quite the sense of adventure.
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BarNeighbourhood Wine
1 Reid Street, Fitzroy North
With a history steeped in Melbourne Mafia, this wine bar brings a cosy, speakeasy-style space to Fitzroy North.
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RestaurantArlechin
Mornane Place, Melbourne
Grossi Florentino's basement bar is serving snacks and cocktails until 3am every night.
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RestaurantHost - CLOSED
4 Saxon Street, Brunswick
The couple that brought us Twenty & Six have opened a new venue with a focus on dinner.
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BarHenry Sugar
296-298 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
Rathdowne Street's neighbourhood bar doing inventive food and delicate desserts.
