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NewsFashion and Booze Collide In Maurice Terzini and Justin O'Shea's New Goldy Gin
The two fashion heavyweights are launching their own no-fuss tipple.
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NewsThis New Initiative Wants to Turn Sydney Into the World's Biggest Urban Vineyard
The Urban Vineyard Project is giving away free grapevines, and asking Sydneysiders to grow them on their porches, windowsills and in their backyards.
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NewsA Look Inside Longsong, Longrain's New Upstairs Bar and Eatery
Eat skewers and sip bespoke spirits in a former second-storey horse stable.
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NewsGrapest Is Bringing Its Wine-Tasting Fun Runs Back for 2018
Exercise and drinking combine across the nation's vineyards.
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NewsVirtual Cocktails Could Soon Make Water Taste Like Your Favourite Tipple
The futuristic glass stimulates your senses to alter your perception of what you're drinking.
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NewsThe Best Boozy Advent Calendars for Christmas-Loving Grown Ups
From beers and wine, through to top Aussie gins and the best drams from around the world.
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NewsMelbourne's Best Underground Bars That Are Actually Underground
From Mexican-themed mezcal bars, to haunts with over 400 different spirits, these are the best bars under the city.
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GuideThe 20 Best Pubs in Melbourne
Looking for a new local? This selection of classic Melbourne boozers and more contemporary gastropubs will suit all beer and parma enthusiasts.
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GuideThe Nine Best Bubble Tea Shops in Melbourne
From mega chains and traditional Taiwanese operators to a very 'Melbourne' coffee version and all the cheese foam you could ask for.
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GuideSeven Stylish Melbourne Bars That Are Perfect for After-Work Drinks with Your Mates
Hit these drinking establishments as the sun sets and solve the problems of the world with your most trusted mates.
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GuideThe 21 Best BYO Restaurants in Melbourne
Head to your local bottle shop or pilfer your own wine collection before hitting these Melbourne BYO restaurants.
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GuideThe 25 Best Bars in Melbourne
Whether you're on the hunt for an extensive wine collection, a luxe date-night spot or a place to have a little boogie, these are our picks for the best bars in Melbourne.
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GuideThe Best Rooftop Bars in Melbourne
Head to these sun-soaked Melbourne rooftop bars and pubs when you want to enjoy a cocktail and bite to eat skyward.
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GuideThe Best Melbourne Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
These are the best restaurants in Melbourne celebrating the Year of the Dragon this Lunar New Year — or putting on fitting feasts all year round.
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GuideThe Best Wine Bars in Melbourne
A guide for any wine lover in Melbourne, whether you want strictly organic, biodynamic and local drops or you don't really care — as long as they taste good and don't cost a fortune.
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GuideMelbourne Bars and Restaurants That Are Undeniably, Unabashedly Romantic
Low lighting, jazz playlists, opulent cocktails — these Melbourne date spots will help you to start planning the perfect Valentine's Day.
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NewsArbory's Floating Bar Returns to the Yarra for Another Season
The 50-metre-long pontoon bar and restaurant will take up residence on the Yarra for summer.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Passes to Goose Island's Chicago Street Fest
Join the flock for Migration Week, featuring American snacks and plenty of Chicagoan beer to go around.
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NewsFour Pillars' All-Australian Christmas Gin Returns for 2017
The Victorian distillery has created a gin that's basically Christmas in a bottle.
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NewsThis New Tasmanian Distillery Is Making the Equivalent of Ten-Year-Old 'Whisky' in Just Ten Weeks
Deviant Distillery is creating a spirit that apparently tastes like whisky, but takes much less time — and water — to produce.
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NewsWe're Giving Away a Swish Trip to Melbourne Cup Emirates Stakes Day for You and Your Luckiest Friend
Featuring a five-star hotel, a private car with chauffeur and plenty of Mumm Champagne to go around.
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NewsLook Inside a Huge, CBD Pop-Up Installation Exploring Art and Wine
Wander into The Stoneleigh Project to discover the world of wild fermentation.
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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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RestaurantHotel Lona
473 Nepean Highway, Frankston
A two-level venue with a restaurant, public bar and rooftop in one of Frankston’s oldest buildings.
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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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BarThe Gertrude Hotel
148 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
The Fitzroy corner site has been reborn once again — this time as a Med-inspired bar and bistro.
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RestaurantSkinny Dog Hotel
155 High Street, Kew
The new sun-soaked rooftop is home to a huge light-filled atrium, refined gastropub eats and weekly live music gigs.
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BarEnoteca Boccaccio
1046 Burke Road, Balwyn
Aussie and Italian produce are on full display here — be it in the glass-walled cheese room, wine fridges, or the European eats coming out of the open kitchen.
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RestaurantYugen Tea Bar
605 Chapel St, South Yarra
Home to an incredibly large range of teas, plus one of the best high teas in Melbourne.
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RestaurantHuTong Dumpling Bar
14-16 Market Lane, Melbourne
This long-running CBD spot dishes up fuss-free, Shanghainese food.
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NewsFour Pillars' First-Ever Bottled Cocktail Is Your Zesty New Spring Drink
The amber concoction is aged in both Maidenii vermouth and chardonnay barrels.
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NewsFive Deliciously Perfect Wines for Springtime Drinking
Dust off the credit card, it’s time to spring clean your cellar.
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NewsThis Melbourne Bar Has Been Named as One of the World's 50 Best Bars for 2017
Black Pearl and Sydney's Baxter Inn both took out awards at the awards in London last night.
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GuideWhere to Drink Good Wine in Melbourne After a Tough Day at Work
Establishments to cater to any post-work need (or crisis).
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NewsOne of the World's Most Famous Hotel Bars Is Popping Up in Australia
The Savoy's iconic American Bar — which was voted Europe's best bar last year — is coming to Sydney and Melbourne.
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GuideMelbourne's Best Happy Hours for Some Serious Co-Worker Bonding
Options that will put the mate in workmate.
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EventPalace Cinemas' $8 Movie Weekend
Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
Palace Cinemas Melbourne, Melbourne
This cinema chain is treating cinephiles to two days of super-cheap tickets, including sessions of 'Furiosa', 'A Quiet Place: Day One' and 'Inside Out 2'.
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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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EventBastille Day
Saturday, July 13 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Market will be filled with buttery pastries, cooking masterclasses, live music and more to celebrate France's national day.
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EventQueen Victoria Market's Australian Sake Festival
Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Take your pick from more than 200 different sakes at the Australian Sake Festival, coming to Queen Vic Market this winter.
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EventThe Promised Land
Thursday, June 20 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.
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EventBuilders Arms Hotel Sausage Festival
Friday, June 21 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
Builders Arms Hotel, Fitzroy
Snag some not-so-classic bangers at this week-long sausage fest.
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EventFamiglia Affairs Mid-Winter Festival
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Co-conspirators Brewpub, Brunswick
Taste limited-edition winter beers from nine Victorian breweries at this one-day event.
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NewsMelbourne's Espresso Martini Festival Returns for 2017
Featuring six bar areas, a range of workshops and classes, food aplenty and live music from Australian musicians.
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NewsSituational Drinking: Five Wines Paired with Five Spring Activities
Up your wine game this season — know what to bring, where and when.
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NewsThe Team Behind Fitzroy's Polly Is Opening a New Laneway Sports Bar, The Roy
The space behind Polly will soon be a laidback beer-toting bar with a big screen showing the game.
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NewsThis Russian Roulette-Style Vending Machine Takes the Decision Making Out of Choosing a Tinnie
The machine — which has been created by Moo Brew — will decide which beer you end up with.
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NewsMeet Melbourne's New Fairytale and Literature-Themed Bar, Storyville
Where sipping insect-garnished cocktails from a magical toadstool bar is just a regular night out.
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NewsWhere to Grab Pre-Drinks Before Your Favourite Sporting Events
Whether you're in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, we've got your pre-game session covered before your team hits the field.
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NewsA Home Alone-Themed Christmas Bar Is Popping Up in the UK
Getting into the festive spirit with an establishment dedicated to the classic '90s film.
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NewsThe Mixery is Australia's New Cocktail Ingredient Delivery Service
Delivering everything you need to make 12 cocktails, minus the alcohol.
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NewsFive Beers You Should Start Cellaring at Home
We've told you why and how you should start a beer cellar. Now, here's what you should put in it.
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NewsFitzroy's Provincial Hotel Has Launched a Brand New Rooftop Bar
The beloved local is reaching for the sky.
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NewsThis Dutch Bar Is Making Cocktails Out of Food Waste
Yesterday's fruit offcuts are today's creative beverages.
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NewsMelbourne's Bar Americano Is Asking Punters to Buy a Stranger a Cocktail
Pay it forward and someone else can can enjoy that Negroni as much as you did.
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NewsFive Foods to Pair with Beer as It Ages
It's a pretty decadent process — as flavours deepen and grow bolder, look to richer eats.
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NewsThis New Bright Pink Gin from Bass and Flinders Is Made for Springtime G&Ts
The botanicals used include hibiscus, cherries and raspberries.
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NewsWhy (and How) You Should Start Cellaring Beer at Home
Good things come to those who wait — including some incredible beers.
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NewsFive Unexpected Things That Are Better with Age
Forget 'best by' dates, and look for the 'best afters'.
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NewsVacation Is Melbourne's New Home of Specialty Coffee Without the Stress
Grab a high-quality cup without being a qualified expert.
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GuideMelbourne Bars with Games and Activities for When You Want to Do More Than Just Sit Around and Drink
Sip a Shiraz over Scrabble or polish off a pot with a game of pool.
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NewsMeet the Mischievous New Laneway Bar from the Grossi Florentino Team
Arlechin is a suave little cocktail bunker tucked neatly away from the CBD.
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NewsMr West Is Footscray's New Two-Storey, Craft Booze Den
The 500-square-metre bar will include 24-taps, a pool room and a rooftop courtyard.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Double Passes to Goose Island Beer Co.'s Flock Party
One of Chicago's favourite beers has migrated south and it's time to celebrate.
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NewsMelbourne's Andrew McConnell Set To Expand His Meatsmith Empire To The South
A second location will replace St. Kilda's historic Gruner's butchery with an old-meets-new smallgoods offering.
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NewsSouth Yarra's New Burger Bar Bosozoku Is a Tokyo-Themed Dream
Bosozoku is an outlaw biker gang themed joint with Mario Kart battles, karaoke rooms and a dry ice spa.
