Newsletter #1 (Oct 2025)

Newsletter #1 (Oct 2025)

Hello.

As I've said before it's been a while 'between drinks', as least as far as newsletters and email comms are concerned. I have a decent excuse however - we've been busy with real-world stuff like selling the Smith Street site and taking over the 'Grape and Hop' neighbourhood bar in Montmorency in Melbourne's north east (near Eltham).

The bar has an incredibly strong local following so we won't be ripping out the Carlton and Great Northern taps (ever) but we have been able to augment the tap list (5 rotating craft) and introduce nearly 100 packaged beer options. We've given the wine a fair shake-up as well with the additional of 150+ high quality wines to the bottle list. There are plenty of superstars on the shelves (Rockford, Bindi, Mosswood, Koomilya etc etc) and we are pretty confident we have the most expansive and exciting list in Melbourne's north east.

On the digital side of things we have given this site a facelift and broadened the reach to include quality small wineries and some emphasis on Old & Rare. Our other wine e-com venture, Good Soul Wines, will continue to focus on all things Organic, Vegan Friendly and Sustainable.

Ok - down to business........

Wine on Sale - some excellent bargains to be had here from some big name high end red wines.....think Grant Burge, Hewitson, Passing Clouds and Dave Powell's newish gig Neldner Road. Some of these are running at 50% off the cellar door price!

 

Beer on Sale - to wet the appetite we are running a bunch of Mountain Culture speciality 'talls' at just $13 each. Not hard to pay $17 for these around the traps.

 

New Stuff - we are just a little bit chuffed to be one of very few retailers across the country for Hoffmann Family (Barossa Valley) and Domaine Razal (Macedon Ranges). Both possess a great and storied history; I'm sure references to 'Dallwitz Block' and 'Virgin Hills' will catch the eye of any true wine geek.

See you in the bar sometime!