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Taste on the Gold Coast is like sunscreen on a British backpacker. It is rarely seen and usually applied too late. This is a bar lounge hybrid, almost part Hemingway and part Hamptons. And somehow it works.

So next time someone offers you a neat pour of something special, ask if it has been fat-washed? If not, it’s just regular booze and you, my friend, deserve much better.

But every once in a while, a bottle comes along that walks the tightrope between vegetal and vivacious with all the poise of a French acrobat who microdoses acid. Rarer than rocking horse poo, Domain Simha Sauvignon Blanc from Louise Radman and Nav Singh is a Tasmanian temptress

This 2021 Tarrawarra Estate Barbera is the kind of wine that sidles up to you at a dinner party, whispers something naughty and then proceeds to charm the pants off everyone in the room.

In a city where you can find a rooftop beekeeping workshop, a bar hidden inside a laundromat and a seven course degustation served on a tram, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to make wine in the middle of the CBD.

The soft pink colour is giving sunset on a beach vibes and it kinda makes you feel fancy without even trying.

But I'll be darned if they are not making a quality drop here. Each of their gins pictured are medal winners, and for a small business, they are going great guns. This is also a labour of love and legacy for their kids.

If you think all good Syrah must be birthed from some misty Rhone Valley like a Victorian novel heroine in a corset, allow Château Oumsiyat to politely punch you in the palate.

Coonawarra is undeniably the national cabernet capital.

Rory Lane can not only tell compelling varietal stories, but he crafts seamless blends that sing in harmony

With a CV that boasts stints at places like Melbourne’s Supernormal, Stone puts together a concise, no-fuss menu that shifts daily.

If wine could tell a story, Billy Button Mysterious Malvasia would be the elusive, mysterious character in an epic novel. This bottle...

Standing this up against a local Pinot makes for some interesting tasting.

Like stepping into a cartoon!

On the honk its all smoky and rustic with elements of that barnyard nonsense

I thought we were done with the natural wines

Understanding the difference between craft beer and independent craft beer just got a whole lot easier, with peak independent brewing...

This wine first arrived as part of a mixed pack from our friends BenandWine Ben is a great bloke, an under appreciated wine mind with a...

Regular readers will know this wine scoffer has a thing for natural wine - skinsy, funky, natural, orange... it is all about wines with...

Im not as au fait with Lebanese wine as I should be. A recent trip to the UK has changed that, with both wine lists and decent 'Offy's'...