Melbourne wine bars: A guide to what’s in your neighbourhood

THERE’S nothing quite like a good glass of wine. From chilled pinot grigio on a rooftop bar to a spicy mulled wine by a cosy fireplace there’s a Melbourne wine bar for every season. Here’s our region by region guide to wine bars.

AS we settle into the weekend there’s nothing quite like a good glass of wine.

From chilled pinot grigio on a rooftop bar at the height of summer, to a spicy mulled wine by a cosy fireplace in the middle of winter, there’s a wine and a wine bar for every season.

In honour of the humble grape, we’ve rounded up the best places to get a cheeky vino across Melbourne.

WEST

There is no shortage of watering holes in Melbourne’s west, from Footscray and Yarraville to Werribee and Point Cook. Team a glass with French brasserie food, tapas or burgers at some of the west’s best bars, wineries and spots for a Sunday sesh.

14 WINE BARS IN MELBOURNE’S WEST

Bar Jospehine, Barkly St, Footscray

SOUTHEAST

From Mt Waverley to Scoresby, Belgrave to Berwick — Melbourne’s south east is overflowing with wine bars and watering holes where you can enjoy a glass or two any night of the week.

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SOUTH

Wine bars are the new pubs and, these days, pretty much every suburb has its own local.

From laid-back, late-night tapas bars to sprawling beachfront cellars — there’s no shortage in Melbourne’s southern suburbs of Prahran, Bentleigh, Mentone and surrounds.

WHERE TO GET YOUR VINO ON IN MELBOURNE’S SOUTH

EAST

Trendy wine bars have long been synonymous with the inner enclaves, there are plenty of seriously cool operators popping up well beyond the confines of Melbourne’s inner city limits in places like Mitcham, The Basin and Ringwood.

18 WINE BARS IN MELBOURNE’S EAST

Biff Tannin's whisky and wine bar, Brunswick.

NORTH

Melbourne’s lucky northerners don’t have to travel far for a tipple. But while everyone knows things are happening in Northcote, Fitzroy and Collingwood, there’s a lot on offer from Montmorency to Eltham.

22 OF THE BEST WINE BARS IN MELBOURNE’S NORTH

CBD

Wine and the city. Has a nice ring to it, hey? Not only is Melbourne the foodie capital of the country, arguably it’s the wine capital, too.

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