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: Le Bois Dieu
Vintage: 2023
Variety: Gamay
Country: France
Region: Brionnais, Auvergne
Terroir: Sandstone
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 13.5%
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. This wine comes from gamay grown in Payzac, in the Ardèche, by Jocelyn Vigoroux, and was raised semi-carbonically in a mixture of steel tank and sandstone jars.
Compact and concentrated with generous and spicy dark red fruit, velvety tannin and relaxed albeit balanced acidity, this is a delicious and approachably fruity style which shares in much in common with many of our favourite grenache blends from the Rhone, Ardèche and other warmer regions in France’s south.
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Producer: Limus
Vintage: 2024
Variety: Chardonnay
Country: Australia
Region: Mount Gambier
Terroir: Volcanic, Clay
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 12.3%
Description:
Nothing makes us happier than receiving new wines from Kyatt and Anna and the team at Limus. Grown across a number of high quality sites and soil types in the Mount Gambier region, these are reliably classical, varietal and precise wines which we find to be both approachable and versatile at the table, with a lovely balance between easygoing fruit and more serious savoury nuance (owing both to the volcanic composition of some of the sites and a good amount of time in barrel).
This is reliably one of our favourite chardonnays made every year in Australia, and 2024 is no exception: medium-weighted, layered and long on the palate after a long stint in barrel, and the sort of style which we would heartily recommend to each and every customer.
Cheers Kyatt and Anna!
Wild-caught cod fillets, hand-selected from Iceland, bathed in high-quality olive oil with garlic and black pepper, from a standout artisanal conservas company in Galicia, Spain.
Each tin is a small work of art, illustrated by Galician artists who capture the essence of the land in their designs.
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Producer: Babass
Vintage: 2023
Variety: Chenin Blanc
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Terroir: Schist
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 11%
Description
Delicate yet quietly powerful chenin from the inimitable Anjou vigneron Sebastien Derviux, known for his Domaine des Griottes founded alongside Pat Desplats and, of course, his own project Babass.
Variety and region are both pure and compelling here, with the wine having seen just enough oxygen to retain some golden primary fruit but gain a nicely crystalline texture and a vivid notion of rocky soil.
This is tasting wonderful now and will continue to gain harmony and depth for some years to come.