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: Bacchus, Silvaner, Scheurebe, Müller-Thurgau
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.
This cuvee is a direct-press blend of bacchus, silvaner, muller thurgau and scheurebe, and presents a really fabulous introduction to the style. It’s aromatic, energetic, fresh and direct, with citrus and a whisper of more tropical fruit – typical of the varieties – and with a lovely mixture of pulpy primary fruit and more crystalline nuance from the time in barrel.
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Producer: Wallcliffe Wines
Vintage: 2025
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Country: Australia
Region: Margaret River
Terroir: Iron, Clay
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 12%
Description:
Some of the most exciting wines we've tasted this year.
From a 25-year-old vineyard on Wallcliffe Road, between Margaret River township and the coast, these are farmed and vinified by Luke Sleegers, who has emerged as one of the brightest young stars in Australian wine.
Classically vinified and then pressed to barrel for elevage, each wine from this release is extraordinarily well made, steeped in classicism and deeply representative of the iron and clay soils of the site.
We recommend these very, very highly.
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.
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Producer: Domaine de la Petite Soeur
Vintage: 2024
Variety: Gamay
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Terroir: Schist
Farming: Organic, Biodynamic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 11.5%
Description
Anjou vigneron Adrien de Mello makes some of our very favourite wines in the area from his four hectares of vines near the village of Saint Aubin de Luigné. With well-established vines planted over clay and schist and everything vinified in fibreglass, the wines are pure and gently mineral, all with glorious primary fruit.
Here we have 50-year-old gamay, growing on the dark schist of Saint-Aubin-de-Luignié from the remarkably high quality 2024 vintage. As with 2023, this vintage is a fraction softer, the fruit just a shade sweeter and with more clarity than we saw in the pleasingly austere 2022 rendition.
The harmony of this wine is staggering, especially considering its relative youth – this being a reflection of Adrien’s unique touch in the winery. The stalks are just-evident and delicious, and the length of maceration has added minerality and balance to the fruit captured through the use of whole bunches.
In short, this is a very pure and very high quality medium-bodied red wine for which we give the highest recommendation.