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King's Vault Pop-Up Wine Bar
What:
King's Vault Pop-Up Wine Bar
Where:
20 McLachlan Ave, Darlinghurst
When:
Wed Nov 18 - Thur 19 & Wed Nov 25 - Fri Nov 27, 6.30pm-11pm
Description:
Pop-up bars, huh? Always taking an interesting little space and making you drink in it. No wonder everyone likes them. King's Vault will showcase wines from Victoria's King Valley region and surrounds, with an emphasis on Italian varietals. Go and drink nebbiolo and barbera, verduzzo and arneis, from the accomplished vignerons at Pizzini, Dal Zotto, and Brown Brothers, amongst others.
Event: Cafe/Bar
Stimulus: Vino
Bel Mondo
So one of the indicators of whether or not we're in recession is how often the word 'recession' is mentioned across mainstream media. Seriously. If we talk about it heaps, we're there, apparently. If only that process applied to 'Paris' or 'having good internet always' or 'three day weekends'. Meanwhile one of the more accurate indicators of our economic health seems to be good restaurants offering prime specials*.
The Winery by Gazebo
The deciduous crowd who turn up whenever anything opens in Sydney turned up here on Friday night. But the opening of a new venture from the Gazebo peeps was always going to see that happen. The remarkable thing is that, over the boorish din, The Winery proved why it's going to be one of the more popular places for a long hot minute.
Vinothek
It must be hard on Germans, trying to demonstrate the breadth of their culture to the world. All we expect is schnitzel and beer, both in huge volumes. If we start thinking wine, and elegance, and refinement, we're thinking France or Italy. The Teutons typically don't rate a mention.
Vinothek inverts this notion, while retaining one of the positive aspects of the stereotype: there is no problem with volume here.
The bar at Rockpool Bar & Grill
To those with even a remote interest in wine, restaurant wine lists are the keys to Fort Knox. Exotic varietals and museum vintages, not available through garden variety bottleshops, sit shimmering in tome-like publications. However, access to these treasures can come at a cost, and lacking the wherewithal to justify hatted menu prices can cut you off from these legendary cellars.
Supper & Sounds
WHAT
SUPPER & SOUNDS
WHERE
THE VICTORIA ROOM, L1, 235 VICTORIA ST, DARLINGHURST
WHEN
EVERY SUN, 6PM
HOW MUCH
FREE ENTRY, DISHES FROM $13-$50
With its opulent furnishings, fancy brass lamps, oil paintings and ostentatious morsels, supping in The Victoria Room may make you feel as though you're kicking it in an Oscar Wilde play - ‘Why all these cups? Why cucumber sandwiches? Why such reckless extravagance in one so young?'. If (poorly) impersonating a member of the British gentry does not provide adequate amusement, enjoy your Tiffin with tunes supplied by a rotating roster of 2SER and FBi DJs and cut some antique rug my good fellows.
Event: Supper
Stimulus: Food/Drink
Bacco
Following an enthusiastic review this week in one of our city's broadsheets, Bacco held great premise. The high-praise of ‘Melbourn-esque' had come out - that holy grail of appealing intangibles which all new bars in Sydney try to achieve.
For the most part Bacco checks these boxes: it's a cosy, intimate den of wood and soft lighting; the wine list is impressive; the wait staff are charming.
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