Wine Bar + Restaurant + Wine Shop
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About Us
The inspiration for Public Wine Shop was born out of a love of well-farmed and delicious food and wine and our travels throughout Australia, Europe, America and Asia visiting vignerons and great bars, wine shops and restaurants.
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Wine Bar + Dining
While snacks and wines by the glass or bottle are available whenever our doors are open, we also offer a seasonal full dining menu every day. For a sample of our daily menu options please click the button below.
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Shop Online
We have a great selection of wine available when you dine with us, but we also have a wonderful selection If you can’t make it in, or if you like to enjoy our wines at home for any special occasion, or just a night in. We ship securely Australia-wide!
Latest Releases
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Producer: Andi Weigand
Vintage: 2024
Variety: Pinot Noir, Domina, Dornfelder
Country: Germany
Region: Franken
Terroir: Keuper, Calcareous
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 11.5%
Description:
We’ve recently had the extraordinary pleasure of importing a second shipment of wines from rising star Andi Weigand, from his base in Iphofen, Germany to our warehouse here in Melbourne. They’ve travelled superbly well, and we’re delighted to be able to enjoy and share them now.
Andi lives and works in the Franken region of central Germany. He farms a number of well-established sites around the town of Iphofen which are home to local white varietals such as silvaner, müller-thurgau and riesling, as well as chardonnay and pinot noir – all of which are planted over the calcareous keuper soils which, according to Andi, impart a very distinct herbal flavour to the wines and allow for the production of fresh and stable wines with complex flavours even when picked at slightly earlier stages of ripeness.
Flinty aromas and red and pink fruit here give way to a palate with racy acidity, chalky texture and incredibly high refreshment factor. A very invigorating summer aperitif this!
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Producer: Le Bois Dieu
Vintage: 2023
Variety: Chardonnay
Country: France
Region: Brionnais
Terroir: Clay, Limestone
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 11.5%
Description:
Le Bois Dieu was established by Salma Cassam Chenaï and Frédéric Thiry who in 2015 moved to the commune of Semur-en-Brionnais, an hour west of Macon on the eastern side of the Loire River, to restore an old agricultural estate and work with its plots of old gamay vines.
In addition to making wines from their own vineyard, Salma and Frédéric also make wine from fruit bought from other friends in the area, and from elsewhere in France. The fruit for this wine was grown by friend Père Benôit down south in St Hillaire d’Ozilhan, near Avignon.
The sandy soils of Pierre Benoit’s site in St Hillaire d’Ozilhan have given this chardonnay lovely flow on the palate and the 11.5% abv has allowed for perfectly fresh acidity. This was destemmed, macerated for 12 days and spent ten months in tank. Lovely tension here with the time in tank preserving mid-palate phenolic structure and happily delicate fruit.
European hake in green sauce from a highly regarded conservas producer based in the Basque Country, specialising in hand-prepared, small-batch tinned fish, using only the finest sustainably sourced ingredients and time-honoured methods. Founded by chef Xabier Urtasun.
Contains European hake and hake broth, onion, olive oil, garlic, parsley and salt — no other additives.