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NewsMelbourne's Riverland Has Created a Nostalgic Booze-Infused Hot Milo to Warm You Up This Winter
The Boozy Milo reworks a childhood classic with rum, maple syrup and whipped cream.
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NewsThis Unmissable Natural Wine Party Will Take Over a Historic Estate on the Sapphire Coast
Road trip for a one-off event with fresh oysters, food by LP's Quality Meats, live tunes and some of the country's best natural wine.
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GuideFive Ways to Get Your Cocktail Fix This Negroni Week in Melbourne
Celebrate 100 years of the drink with magnums, fermented cocktails and prices controlled by how cold it is outside.
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GuideFive Winter-Appropriate Rooftop Bars to Visit in Melbourne
These rooftops are well-equipped for chilly afternoons and nights, with heaters, bottomless waffles and boozy potions.
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NewsCasa N.O.M. Is Prahran's New Agave-Centric Mezcaleria From the White Oaks Saloon Crew
Heroing top spirits and traditional drinking fare from across Latin America.
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NewsThe 160-Year-Old Oxford Scholar Has Reopened as a Contemporary Inner-City Drinking Den
The new-look uni student-favourite is now serving craft beers, local gins and beef rib burgers.
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GuideItalian Bars and Restaurants Across Australia That Will Transport You to the Amalfi Coast
Forget Euro summer — get a taste of la dolce vita at one of these stunning homegrown spots.
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GuideSeven Melbourne Bars That'll Take Your Friday Night Drinks to the Next Level
Celebrate reaching the end of the working week in style.
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GuideFive Beautifully Designed Eateries in Melbourne Where You Can Get a Visual (and Actual) Feast
These stunning spots are getting just as much attention for their decor as they are for the tasty food.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Bars Of 2017
Honouring the best new additions to Melbourne's bar scene this year.
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FeatureThe Gin List: Winter
Sophisticated and stylish, the martini is the James Bond of the cocktail world, and as 007 illustrates with his renowned order, there’s more than one way you can take it.
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NewsStomping Ground Is Set To Open a Second Brewery and Pub in Moorabbin
The Collingwood brewery's next outpost will be part of the historic Morris Moor development.
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NewsWhere to Find the Cosiest Stays, Red Wine and Fireplaces around Regional Victoria for Maximum Hygge
Winter is made for creating cosy moments — and these spots will help you do it best.
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NewsThe Imperial's Magical Melbourne Rooftop Bar Has Reopened
Sip potions, hang out in magic-themed booths and peruse spell books.
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NewsThe Go-To Gin Guide to Winter in Melbourne
Even as the winter chill sets in, there are plenty of reasons to get out and about (with a gin in hand) this season.
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NewsWhere to Get a Glass of Steamy and Spicy Mulled Wine in Melbourne This Winter
Whether you like yours served in a teacup, flavoured with sticky date or poured with a shot of cognac, it's too cold not to order your wine (or cider) warm and spicy.
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BarWindsor Wine Room
60 Chapel Street, Windsor
Keep it classic with a rosé matched with burrata and oysters, or get a bit more playful by pairing a natty number with jerusalem artichoke and hazelnut gnocchi.
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BarRuby Dining
189 Queen Street, Melbourne
Two Melbourne restaurant groups have joined forces to create this all-day brasserie in the CBD.
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BarChampagne Problems
238 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
If you loved drinking and dancing at Evie’s Disco Diner but now feel a little too old for it, consider a trip to its older sibling in the CBD.
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BarGreenhart Camberwell
1226 Toorak Road, Camberwell
This Melbourne wine bar is straying away from the usual European influences, instead showing how contemporary Asian food and Australian wines can be a perfect pairing.
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BarOliver's Corner
Davey Street, Frankston
A waterside restaurant and bar right on Frankston Beach.
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BarCDMX Brunswick East
315 Lygon Street, Brunswick East
It's best known for its birria tacos, but CDMX is also home to some of the best Mexican food in Melbourne.
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BarMoon Dog Wild West
54 Hopkins Street, Footscray
Make your way through the swinging saloon doors to find bucking bulls, arcade games, pool tables, a dog-friendly rooftop, and food and drinks aplenty.
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BarSaint George
54 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
Celebrity chef Karen Martini is running the show at this St Kilda haunt.
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GuideVictorian Cellar Doors Where You Can Spend an Entire Afternoon Drinking Wine
From the vineyards the Yarra Valley to the rolling hills of the Macedon Ranges, these wineries are prime for wine tasting and a long Sunday lunch.
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NewsA Wine Lover's Guide to Waiheke
Discover all the top drops, food and sights that this island region has on offer.
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NewsA Wine Lover's Guide to Matakana
Journey north on your next stay in Auckland to discover wineries filled with quirky sculptures, rare wine varietals and award-winning restaurants.
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NewsA Wine Lover's Guide to Kumeu
On your next short break in Auckland, dedicate a day to visiting these nearby first-class wineries.
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NewsFour Pillars Is About to Release Its 2019 Batch of Bloody Good Bloody Shiraz Gin
The distillery has acquired a big bunch of Victorian shiraz to make more of the cult favourite annual release than ever before.
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NewsThese Australian Pubs Will Be Serving Free Hard-Earned VBs This Weekend
VB is shouting a round of free beers all across Australia this Sunday.
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EventSo Frenchy So Chic Bastille Day Soirée
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Meat Market, Melbourne
What better way to celebrate Bastille Day than at a blissed-out, tune-filled soirée from the minds behind So Frenchy So Chic?
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EventWinter Gin Market
Friday, July 26 - Saturday, July 27, 2024
The Craft & Co., Collingwood
Taste and buy some of Australia's best gins at this two-day winter showcase at Smith Street's The Craft & Co.
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Event'The Lord of the Rings' Marathon — Extended Edition
Saturday, July 27 - Sunday, July 28, 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Stock up on lembas bread to make it through all three films, back to back and in their extended forms, on the big screen.
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EventThe Bikeriders
Thursday, July 4 - Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Various cinemas in Melbourne
Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy rev up this intimate and absorbing biker saga, which draws from a 60s photojournalism book of the same name.
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EventBEAST Meat Masters
Monday, July 1 - Saturday, November 30, 2024
Beast City, Melbourne
Everything served at BEAST's Meat Masters takeover series is heavy, meaty and heartburn-inducing. Bring on the food coma.
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EventA Quiet Place: Day One
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Various cinemas in Melbourne
The always-excellent Lupita Nyong'o and 'Pig' writer/director Michael Sarnoski take this hit horror franchise back to the alien invasion's beginning in a thoughtful Big Apple-set spinoff.
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EventThe Finders Keepers Autumn/Winter Market
Friday, July 12 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
Support the next wave of independent artisans at this three-day art and design market that features over 270 makers, foodies and designers.
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EventHorizon — Bangarra Dance Theatre
Wednesday, August 28 - Saturday, September 7, 2024
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
The iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company's first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration tells tales from across Oceania.
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EventScandinavian Film Festival
Friday, July 19 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Whether you're after the latest 'Department Q' mystery or a documentary about the Norwegian wilderness, this film festival has something for you.
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EventDisaronno at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne
Monday, May 27 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Where to taste an authentic amaretto sour across Melbourne.
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NewsSeven Things You Need to Experience at This Wine Festival Happening Over the June Long Weekend
Let the country air stir your appetite for Heathcote on Show.
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NewsKing and Godfree's Sleek Wine Bar Agostino Is the Latest Italian Addition to Lygon Street
Housed in the iconic King and Godfree building, it's serving northern Italian drinking fare and a covetable selection of vino
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NewsFive Must-Hit Wineries That'll Make You Never Want to Leave Tasmania
Sip at your own risk. You may never want to return home.
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NewsWhat to Expect at This Upcoming Food and Wine Soiree Held in a Wildlife Sanctuary
A wine festival that's a little wilder.
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We're Giving Away Passes for You and Your Mates to This Mini Festival in a Wildlife Sanctuary
Spend your long weekend sipping merlot and meeting marsupials — on us.
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NewsThe Fox & Daisy Is Flemington's New Neighbourhood Wine Bar and Bottle Shop
The new drinking hole is a much-needed addition for an area better-known for its great laksa than bars.
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NewsFuture Mountain Is Melbourne's New Brewery and Taproom with a Focus on Funky Wild Ales
Stop by to sink a peach sour or bourbon oatmeal stout surrounded by oak barrels.
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NewsWe're Giving Away an Epic Trip to Sydney for Two During Vivid
Enjoy Sydney's festival of lights with luxe meals, a harbour cruise and a shopping spree — on us.
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NewsA Shoestring Guide to the UK's Scenic South
Discover the best of the UK's culture, historical landmarks and natural wonders without blowing big bucks.
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NewsA Pokemon-Inspired Bar Is Popping Up in Australia So You Can Catch 'Em All Over a Cocktail
The Pokebars will pop up in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with themed food, cocktails and 'battles'.
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GuideFour Bars Pouring Caribbean-Influenced Cocktails to Keep Those Summer Vibes Alive This Winter
Remain blissfully unaware that summer's over with this selection of tropical tipples.
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NewsYou Can Now Drink Your Vegemite on Toast Thanks to Archie Rose's New Spirit
ArchieMite is made from Pepe Saya butter, a house-blend of 'mite' spreads and Sonoma sourdough toast.
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NewsFive Breweries Guaranteed to Keep You Warm on a Tasmanian Winter Getaway
Where to sip a cold one on the island state.
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NewsConcrete Playground's DIY Inner North Brewery Walking Tour
Five stops. Five breweries. All Melbourne-made beer.
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NewsSt Kilda's Prince Hotel Is Closing Its Public Bar for a Revamp (and Serving Up $1 Pots to Say Farewell)
It's the final stage of the ex-Prince of Wales Hotel's multimillion-dollar makeover.
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GuideMelbourne Bars Where You Can Drink Alone with a Book
Get cosy with a paperback and good plonk at these comfy (and relatively quiet) bars.
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NewsMoon Dog Is Opening a Huge New Preston Brewery and Bar with Its Own Waterfall
Yes, a waterfall. This is not your standard brewery.
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NewsThe Eau de Vie Team Is Opening an Opulent New 30s-Style Cocktail and Champagne Bar in the CBD
Nick & Nora's will have over 400 champagnes — and three separate balconies.
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NewsFour Pillars Has Sold 50 Percent of Its Gin Business to Beer Behemoth Lion
So you can expect to see even more of the famed Melbourne gin — and hopefully more one-off batches, too.
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NewsSeven Regional Breweries and Distilleries You Need to Visit this Autumn
Sip your way through some of Victoria's best craft drops.
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NewsThis New Tour Will Take You to the Best Gin and Cheese Spots in the Yarra Valley
Coco's Tours will take you on a guided gin tastings at two distilleries — with plenty of cheese along the way.
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GuideThe Best Wine Bars in Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs
The east is not wanting for wine bars — you can find well-stocked bottle shop bars and sleek drinking spots all the way from Prahran to Hawthorn to Camberwell.
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NewsNasty's Is Thornbury's Eclectic New Neighbourhood Bar
The ironically named bar is filled with upcycled car seats and ironing boards, and has a plant-filled beer garden out back.
