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The Cassis Story... and some nice recipes
Caught in the currant
(Extract: The Age, Epicure February 3, 2004)
A French mayor combined two unpopular drinks to create a superb aperitif. ...
Politicians could learn a thing or two from Felix Kir, especially those who want to stay in office. Kir was mayor of Dijon, France, the capital of Burgundy, for 23 years, from 1945 to 1968. His secret? A little cassis cordial. Kir, who loved to entertain, always served the vin blanc-cassis aperitif at official receptions. As time passed, the aperitif took his name and became known simply as kir.
Recipe for Kir
One part creme de cassis to be poured into a glass, followed by four parts white burgundy wine.
For the sparkling version, Kir Royale, replace white wine with champagne
(The sweet flavour of cassis is nicely rounded off with any young, dry sparkling wine.)
History of Crème de Cassis
The same soil and climate that produce the elegant wines of Burgundy also nurture blackcurrants until they are exploding with flavour The blood-red sweet liqueur was used as a cure for jaundice and "wretchedness". Creme de cassis was used to soften, aromatise and improve a rough-hewn base wine made from Burgundy's aligote grape, which is often viewed as the poor cousin to the more elegant chardonnay-based white burgundies.
Cassis production increased in the mid-19th century when the phylloxera infestation destroyed European grapevines. As a result, blackcurrants, which had always been grown in the limestone-rich soil alongside the vines in Burgundy's Cote d'Or region, became an important crop.
Although creme de cassis is made around the world, its true home is Dijon and specifically in the government-designated appellation Cassis de Dijon. Of the 20 million bottles produced in France annually, 17 million come from Dijon. They comprise 22 per cent of French liqueurs on the market worldwide, and sales are growing by 4 per cent annually.
Other Cassis Cocktails
Ballet Russe
Ingredients:
2 Shots Vodka
0.75 Crème De Cassis
3 Teaspoons Caster Sugar
1 Shot Lime Juice
0.5 Shot Lemon Juice
Shake with ice cubes and strain into a martini glass
Pacific Cargo
Ingredients:
1.5 Shots Crème De Cassis
2 Shots Orange Juice
2 Shots Pineapple Juice
0.5 Shot Lemon Juice
Shake all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a tumbler glass half filled with ice. Garnish with black currants
Liquid Art
Ingredients:
1 Shot Apricot Brandy
2 Shots Crème De Cassis
0.5 Shot Lemon Juice
Shake ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Red Haze
Ingredients:
1.5 Shots Cointreau
1 Shot Crème De Cassis
Top up Sparkling Mineral Water
Half fill a highball glass with ice. Pour in the Cointreau and then the Crème De Cassis. Top up with sparkling mineral water and stir gently.
(Extract: The Age, Epicure February 3, 2004)
A French mayor combined two unpopular drinks to create a superb aperitif. ...
Politicians could learn a thing or two from Felix Kir, especially those who want to stay in office. Kir was mayor of Dijon, France, the capital of Burgundy, for 23 years, from 1945 to 1968. His secret? A little cassis cordial. Kir, who loved to entertain, always served the vin blanc-cassis aperitif at official receptions. As time passed, the aperitif took his name and became known simply as kir.
Recipe for Kir
One part creme de cassis to be poured into a glass, followed by four parts white burgundy wine.
For the sparkling version, Kir Royale, replace white wine with champagne
(The sweet flavour of cassis is nicely rounded off with any young, dry sparkling wine.)
History of Crème de Cassis
The same soil and climate that produce the elegant wines of Burgundy also nurture blackcurrants until they are exploding with flavour The blood-red sweet liqueur was used as a cure for jaundice and "wretchedness". Creme de cassis was used to soften, aromatise and improve a rough-hewn base wine made from Burgundy's aligote grape, which is often viewed as the poor cousin to the more elegant chardonnay-based white burgundies.
Cassis production increased in the mid-19th century when the phylloxera infestation destroyed European grapevines. As a result, blackcurrants, which had always been grown in the limestone-rich soil alongside the vines in Burgundy's Cote d'Or region, became an important crop.
Although creme de cassis is made around the world, its true home is Dijon and specifically in the government-designated appellation Cassis de Dijon. Of the 20 million bottles produced in France annually, 17 million come from Dijon. They comprise 22 per cent of French liqueurs on the market worldwide, and sales are growing by 4 per cent annually.
Other Cassis Cocktails
Ballet Russe
Ingredients:
2 Shots Vodka
0.75 Crème De Cassis
3 Teaspoons Caster Sugar
1 Shot Lime Juice
0.5 Shot Lemon Juice
Shake with ice cubes and strain into a martini glass
Pacific Cargo
Ingredients:
1.5 Shots Crème De Cassis
2 Shots Orange Juice
2 Shots Pineapple Juice
0.5 Shot Lemon Juice
Shake all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a tumbler glass half filled with ice. Garnish with black currants
Liquid Art
Ingredients:
1 Shot Apricot Brandy
2 Shots Crème De Cassis
0.5 Shot Lemon Juice
Shake ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Red Haze
Ingredients:
1.5 Shots Cointreau
1 Shot Crème De Cassis
Top up Sparkling Mineral Water
Half fill a highball glass with ice. Pour in the Cointreau and then the Crème De Cassis. Top up with sparkling mineral water and stir gently.
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The Regional Wine Service is focussed on providing regional Australians with access to a great range of the best value wines – without paying a premium for living in the country.
Each offer by the RWS is hand selected by Dave Cann and Stuart Hay, founders of The Press Cellars, and draws on their 30 years of combined experience in all areas of the wine industry including production, wholesale, restaurants and retail; to source great wines for your enjoyment.
Stu and Dave have a passion for wine and want to offer country Victorians the opportunity to access an appealing range of quality wines. Hours are spent tasting a wide range of wines at every price point in order to bring you the best selection. Our dozens will always be interesting and delicious.
The RWS Daily Dozenconsists of twelve wines hand selected by Stu and Dave perfect for casual everyday drinking. The RWS Daily Dozen is a mix of 12 different red and white wines, but is available as a red or white only option. You can look forward to a new Daily Dozen every month.
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Here's a quick list of some of the beers we stock...
Asahi Super Dry
Baltika No. 3 Premium Lager
Barefoot Radler Beer
Barons Black Wattle Original Ale
Barons Lager
Barons Lemon Myrtle Witbier
Barossa Valley Brewing Organic Ale
Bavaria Premium (500mL/Can)
Beard & Brau 'Red Tail' Amber Ale
Beck's Lager
Birra Moretti Pilsner
Birra Moretti Zero
Birra Peroni Gran Riserva
Bishops Finger Kentish Strong Ale
Black Sheep Ale
Black Sheep Riggwelter
Blue Tongue Premium Light
Boag's Classic Blond
Boag's Draught
Boag's St George
Boddingtons Pub Ale (440ml can)
Brew Boys 'Ace of Spades' Stout
Brew Boys 'Charger' Lager
Brew Boys 'GT 351' Lager
Brew Boys 'Maiden Ale' Amber Ale
Brew Boys 'Schweinhund' Hefeweizen
Brew Boys 'Seeing Double' Scot Wee Heavy
Bridge Road 'Australian' Ale
Bridge Road 'Chevalier' Saison Coing
Broo Premium Lager
Burleigh Brewing 'Big Head' No Carb
Burleigh Brewing 'My Wife's Bitter' 650m
Carlsberg Elephant
Carlsberg Export 500ml Can
Carlsberg Premium
Carlton Cold
Carlton Draught (cans)
Carlton Draught (Stubby)
Carlton Dry
Carlton Dry Fusion Lemon
Carlton Dry Fusion Lime
Carlton Mid
Carlton Natural Blonde
Cascade First Harvest 2010
Cascade Pale Ale
Cascade Pale Ale (Can/375mL)
Cascade Premium Lager
Cascade Premium Light
Cascade Stout
Castello Birra Friulana
Chimay Blue (330mL)
Chimay Red
Cobra Premium
Coldstream Naked Ale
Coldstream Pilsner
Coldstream 'Seasonal' Dark Lager (750mL)
Coldstream 'Seasonal' Porter (750mL)
Coldstream 'Seasonal' Summer Ale (750mL)
Coopers '62' Pilsner
Coopers Best Extra Stout
Coopers Dark Ale
Coopers Mild Ale
Coopers Pale Ale
Coopers Premium Light
Coopers Sparkling Ale
Coopers Vintage Ale (2008)
Corona Extra
Cricketer's Arms Lager
Crown Ambassador 2008 (750mL)
Crown Ambassador 2009 (750mL)
Crown Lager
Cuvee des Trolls
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Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diable
Dieu du Ciel Derniere Volonte
Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel
Dieu du Ciel Rose d Hibiscus
Dieu du Ciel Route des Epices
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Effen Triple Malt Lager
Eggenberg Hopfenkoing Pilsner
Eggenberg Samichlaus Classic
Erdinger Weizen Dunkel
Estrella Damm Barcelona Lager
Fair Dinkum Aussie Draught
Farm World Beer Pack
Feral White Beer
Foster's Lager (Stubby)
Gage Road 'Wahoo' Premium Ale
Goodieson Brewery Pale Ale
Grand Ridge Black & Tan
Grand Ridge Brewer's Almighty light
Grand Ridge Brewer's Pilsner
Grand Ridge Draught Bitter
Grand Ridge Gippsland Gold
Grand Ridge Moonlight
Grand Ridge Moonshine
Grand Ridge Supershine
Grand Ridge Yarra Valley Gold
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Grolsch - Swingtop
Grolsch 330mL
Grozet Celtic Premium Beer
Guinness Draught (440mL/Can)
Hahn Premium Lager
Hahn Premium Light
Hahn Premium Light can
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Hargreaves Hill Pale Ale
Hawthorn Brewing Co Amber Ale
Hawthorn Brewing Co Pale Ale
Heineken Mini Draught (5L/Keg)
Hoegaarden White
Holgate Extra Special Bitter
James Boag's Premium Lager
James Boag's Premium Light
James Squire Golden Ale
James Squire Indian Pale Ale
James Squire Original Amber Ale
James Squire Pilsner
James Squire Porter
James Squire Sundown Lager
Jamieson Brewery 'Beast' IPA
Jamieson Brewery Raspberry Ale
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Kilkenny Draught Can 440mL
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Kosciuszko Pale Ale
Kozel Velkopopovicky Dark
Kozel Velkopopovicky Premium Lager
Kronenbourg 1664 (500mL)
Krusovice Imperial Lager
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Little Creatures Bright Ale (Pint Size)
Little Creatures Indian Pale Ale (Pint)
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Little Creatures Pale Ale (Pint Size)
Little Creatures Pilsner
Little Creatures Rogers' Beer
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Lord Nelson Brewery 'Three Sheets' Pale
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Mac's Brewery 'Hop Rocker' Pilsner
Mac's Brewery 'Mac Black' Stout
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Mad Abbot Tripel
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Matilda Bay Bohemian Pilzner
Matilda Bay Fat Yak Pale Ale
Matilda Bay Redback Wheat Beer
Matilda Bay 'Sabastian Reserve' Dark Wht
Max Beer
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Melbourne Bitter (stubbie)
Mildura Brewery Desert Premium Lager
Miller Chill Chelada Style Lager
Monteith's Celtic Red Beer
Monteith's Hearty Black Beer
Monteith's Smooth Original Ale
Monteith's Summer Ale
Monteith's Winter Ale Doppelbock
Monteith's Zesty Radler Bier
Moo Brew Pale Ale
Moosehead Lager
Mountain Goat Hightail Ale
Mountain Goat Organic Steam Ale
Mountain Goat Surefoot Stout
Murphy's Irish Stout (500mL)
Murray's 'Best Extra' Porter
Murray's 'Nivana' Pale Ale
Murray's Pilsner
Murray's 'Sassy' Blond
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Newcastle Brown Ale
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O'Brien Gluten Free Premium Lager
Orval
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Paulaner Munich Lager
Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier (500mL)
Pepperjack Hand Crafted Ale
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Peroni Nastro Azzuro Beer
Phoenix Beer
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Prickly Moses Summer Ale
Pure Blonde
Quilmes Argentino Lager
Radeberger Pilsner
Red Duck Pale Ale
Sagres Portugues Beer
Saigon Export
Salitos Tequila Beer
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Sapporo Draft Beer
Schneider Aventinus Eisbock
Schofferhofer Hefeweizen
Schofferhofer Kristallweizen
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Skinny Blonde Beer
Snowy Mountain 'Charlotte's' Hefeweizen
Snowy Mountain 'Crackenback' Pale Ale
Snowy Mountain 'Razorback' Red Ale
St Peters India Pale Ale
St. Arnou Premium Blonde
St-Ambroise Blonde Pale Ale 341mL
St-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout 341mL
Steinlager Premium
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Stone's Alcoholic Ginger Beer
Sunner Kolsch German Beer
Tatra Pils (500mL)
Tennents Beer
Tetley's Ale (440ml/Can)
Tiger Lager
Tooheys Extra Dry
Tooheys Old Black Ale
Tuatara Porter
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Unibroue Don de Dieu 355mL
Unibroue La Fin de Monde 355mL
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Unibroue Maudite 355mL
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Unibroue Terrible (750mL)
Unibroue Trois Pistoles (750mL)
Unibroue Trois Pistoles 355mL
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Unicorn Brewery Horny Blonde
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Victoria Bitter (Can)
Victoria Bitter (Stub)
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Weihenstephaner 'Korbinian' Dark
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Weltenburger Pils
Westmalle Tripel
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Wicked Elf Pale Ale
Wicked Elf Pilsner
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Zatec Lager
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Zywiec Original 650mL
Zywiec Porter 330mL
Please be aware our stocks are always changing and some beers may not be currently available.
If you have a enquiry regarding a particular beer please contact us and we'll do our best to help.
Asahi Super Dry
Baltika No. 3 Premium Lager
Barefoot Radler Beer
Barons Black Wattle Original Ale
Barons Lager
Barons Lemon Myrtle Witbier
Barossa Valley Brewing Organic Ale
Bavaria Premium (500mL/Can)
Beard & Brau 'Red Tail' Amber Ale
Beck's Lager
Birra Moretti Pilsner
Birra Moretti Zero
Birra Peroni Gran Riserva
Bishops Finger Kentish Strong Ale
Black Sheep Ale
Black Sheep Riggwelter
Blue Tongue Premium Light
Boag's Classic Blond
Boag's Draught
Boag's St George
Boddingtons Pub Ale (440ml can)
Brew Boys 'Ace of Spades' Stout
Brew Boys 'Charger' Lager
Brew Boys 'GT 351' Lager
Brew Boys 'Maiden Ale' Amber Ale
Brew Boys 'Schweinhund' Hefeweizen
Brew Boys 'Seeing Double' Scot Wee Heavy
Bridge Road 'Australian' Ale
Bridge Road 'Chevalier' Saison Coing
Broo Premium Lager
Burleigh Brewing 'Big Head' No Carb
Burleigh Brewing 'My Wife's Bitter' 650m
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Carlsberg Export 500ml Can
Carlsberg Premium
Carlton Cold
Carlton Draught (cans)
Carlton Draught (Stubby)
Carlton Dry
Carlton Dry Fusion Lemon
Carlton Dry Fusion Lime
Carlton Mid
Carlton Natural Blonde
Cascade First Harvest 2010
Cascade Pale Ale
Cascade Pale Ale (Can/375mL)
Cascade Premium Lager
Cascade Premium Light
Cascade Stout
Castello Birra Friulana
Chimay Blue (330mL)
Chimay Red
Cobra Premium
Coldstream Naked Ale
Coldstream Pilsner
Coldstream 'Seasonal' Dark Lager (750mL)
Coldstream 'Seasonal' Porter (750mL)
Coldstream 'Seasonal' Summer Ale (750mL)
Coopers '62' Pilsner
Coopers Best Extra Stout
Coopers Dark Ale
Coopers Mild Ale
Coopers Pale Ale
Coopers Premium Light
Coopers Sparkling Ale
Coopers Vintage Ale (2008)
Corona Extra
Cricketer's Arms Lager
Crown Ambassador 2008 (750mL)
Crown Ambassador 2009 (750mL)
Crown Lager
Cuvee des Trolls
Dieu du Ciel Aphrodisiaque
Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diable
Dieu du Ciel Derniere Volonte
Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel
Dieu du Ciel Rose d Hibiscus
Dieu du Ciel Route des Epices
Duvel
Effen Triple Malt Lager
Eggenberg Hopfenkoing Pilsner
Eggenberg Samichlaus Classic
Erdinger Weizen Dunkel
Estrella Damm Barcelona Lager
Fair Dinkum Aussie Draught
Farm World Beer Pack
Feral White Beer
Foster's Lager (Stubby)
Gage Road 'Wahoo' Premium Ale
Goodieson Brewery Pale Ale
Grand Ridge Black & Tan
Grand Ridge Brewer's Almighty light
Grand Ridge Brewer's Pilsner
Grand Ridge Draught Bitter
Grand Ridge Gippsland Gold
Grand Ridge Moonlight
Grand Ridge Moonshine
Grand Ridge Supershine
Grand Ridge Yarra Valley Gold
Greene King Export Strength IPA (500mL)
Grolsch - Swingtop
Grolsch 330mL
Grozet Celtic Premium Beer
Guinness Draught (440mL/Can)
Hahn Premium Lager
Hahn Premium Light
Hahn Premium Light can
Hargreaves Hill Hefeweizen
Hargreaves Hill Pale Ale
Hawthorn Brewing Co Amber Ale
Hawthorn Brewing Co Pale Ale
Heineken Mini Draught (5L/Keg)
Hoegaarden White
Holgate Extra Special Bitter
James Boag's Premium Lager
James Boag's Premium Light
James Squire Golden Ale
James Squire Indian Pale Ale
James Squire Original Amber Ale
James Squire Pilsner
James Squire Porter
James Squire Sundown Lager
Jamieson Brewery 'Beast' IPA
Jamieson Brewery Raspberry Ale
John Smith Extra Smooth (440mL)
Kaiser Lager 500ml can
Kilkenny Draught Can 440mL
Knappstein Reserve Lager
Kosciuszko Pale Ale
Kozel Velkopopovicky Dark
Kozel Velkopopovicky Premium Lager
Kronenbourg 1664 (500mL)
Krusovice Imperial Lager
Leffe Blonde
Leffe Radiense
Lindemans Framboise
Lindemans Kriek Lambic (750mL)
Lindemans Tea Beer
Little Creatures Bright Ale
Little Creatures Bright Ale (Pint Size)
Little Creatures Indian Pale Ale (Pint)
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Little Creatures Pale Ale (Pint Size)
Little Creatures Pilsner
Little Creatures Rogers' Beer
Lobethal Bierhaus Indian Pale Ale
Lord Nelson Brewery 'Old Admiral' Dark
Lord Nelson Brewery 'Three Sheets' Pale
Lucky Beer
Mac's Brewery 'Gold' All Malt Lager
Mac's Brewery 'Hop Rocker' Pilsner
Mac's Brewery 'Mac Black' Stout
Mac's Brewery 'Spring Tide' Low Carb Lgr
Mad Abbot Dubbel
Mad Abbot Strong Abbey Ale
Mad Abbot Tripel
Marzen Smoke Beer
Matilda Bay Beez Neez
Matilda Bay 'Big Helga' German Lager
Matilda Bay Bohemian Pilzner
Matilda Bay Fat Yak Pale Ale
Matilda Bay Redback Wheat Beer
Matilda Bay 'Sabastian Reserve' Dark Wht
Max Beer
Melbourne Bitter (can)
Melbourne Bitter (stubbie)
Mildura Brewery Desert Premium Lager
Miller Chill Chelada Style Lager
Monteith's Celtic Red Beer
Monteith's Hearty Black Beer
Monteith's Smooth Original Ale
Monteith's Summer Ale
Monteith's Winter Ale Doppelbock
Monteith's Zesty Radler Bier
Moo Brew Pale Ale
Moosehead Lager
Mountain Goat Hightail Ale
Mountain Goat Organic Steam Ale
Mountain Goat Surefoot Stout
Murphy's Irish Stout (500mL)
Murray's 'Best Extra' Porter
Murray's 'Nivana' Pale Ale
Murray's Pilsner
Murray's 'Sassy' Blond
New Norica Abbey Ale
Newcastle Brown Ale
O'Brien Gluten Free Pale Ale
O'Brien Gluten Free Premium Lager
Orval
Paulaner Munich Hefe-Weisbier
Paulaner Munich Lager
Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier (500mL)
Pepperjack Hand Crafted Ale
Peroni Leggera Low Carb
Peroni Nastro Azzuro Beer
Phoenix Beer
Pilsner Urquell 330ml
Prickly Moses Summer Ale
Pure Blonde
Quilmes Argentino Lager
Radeberger Pilsner
Red Duck Pale Ale
Sagres Portugues Beer
Saigon Export
Salitos Tequila Beer
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Sapporo Draft Beer
Schneider Aventinus Eisbock
Schofferhofer Hefeweizen
Schofferhofer Kristallweizen
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Skinny Blonde Beer
Snowy Mountain 'Charlotte's' Hefeweizen
Snowy Mountain 'Crackenback' Pale Ale
Snowy Mountain 'Razorback' Red Ale
St Peters India Pale Ale
St. Arnou Premium Blonde
St-Ambroise Blonde Pale Ale 341mL
St-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout 341mL
Steinlager Premium
Stella Artois
Stone & Wood Pale Lager
Stone's Alcoholic Ginger Beer
Sunner Kolsch German Beer
Tatra Pils (500mL)
Tennents Beer
Tetley's Ale (440ml/Can)
Tiger Lager
Tooheys Extra Dry
Tooheys Old Black Ale
Tuatara Porter
Two Metres Tall Cleansing Ale
Two Metres Tall Derwent Clear Ale 500mL
Two Metres Tall Forester Pale Ale 500mL
Unibroue Apple Ephemere 355mL
Unibroue Don de Dieu 355mL
Unibroue La Fin de Monde 355mL
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
Unibroue Maudite (750mL)
Unibroue Maudite 355mL
Unibroue Raftman Malt Whisky Ale 341mL
Unibroue Terrible (750mL)
Unibroue Trois Pistoles (750mL)
Unibroue Trois Pistoles 355mL
Unicorn Brewery Classic Pale Ale
Unicorn Brewery Horny Blonde
VB Raw Stubby
Victoria Bitter (Can)
Victoria Bitter (Stub)
Warsteiner Premium
Weihenstephaner Heffe Alkoholfrei
Weihenstephaner 'Korbinian' Dark
Welde No1 Pilsener
Wells Bombardier Satanic Mills
Weltenburger Asam Bock
Weltenburger Pils
Westmalle Tripel
White Rabbit Dark Ale
Wicked Elf Pale Ale
Wicked Elf Pilsner
Wicked Elf Witbier
Yebisu
Young's Double Chocolate Stout (500mL)
Zatec Lager
Zipfer Pils (330ml)
Zywiec Lager (5pk + Glass)
Zywiec Original 650mL
Zywiec Porter 330mL
Please be aware our stocks are always changing and some beers may not be currently available.
If you have a enquiry regarding a particular beer please contact us and we'll do our best to help.
Grape Variety Profiles
Merlot
Bonjour, My Name is... Merlot
My friends often call me... Merlau, Vitraille, Crabutet, Bigney, Sémillon Rouge or Médoc Noir
I have...dark red (or noir) skin and white flesh
I grew up in...Bordeaux in the south-west of France, mainly on the Right Bank.
My parents told me never to mix with...Syrah, Grenache or any of the spicy gang
They did let me hang out with...Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and even some times Malbec and Petit Verdot
People most like me for...my sweet dark fruits flavours and softness. But I can also so them plenty of complex and interesting characters like herbs, black olives and sweet spice notes.
I most annoy others by...growing like a weed and rarely fulfilling my potential.
I’d most like to live...in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys in California, Hawkes Bay on the east coast of NZ, Margaret River in Western Australia or even the Coonawarra.
I do my best work with...Château Petrus! I am happy to work with Château Cheval and will work with any mug winemaker who is looking to flesh out their weedy Cabernet Sauvignon wines.
I bet you didn’t know...I am the third most planted red variety in the world and the fifth most planted in total.
The celbrity most Like Me is... Tom Hanks because, we are both smooth, lovebale and dependable but not very trendy.
My friends often call me... Merlau, Vitraille, Crabutet, Bigney, Sémillon Rouge or Médoc Noir
I have...dark red (or noir) skin and white flesh
I grew up in...Bordeaux in the south-west of France, mainly on the Right Bank.
My parents told me never to mix with...Syrah, Grenache or any of the spicy gang
They did let me hang out with...Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and even some times Malbec and Petit Verdot
People most like me for...my sweet dark fruits flavours and softness. But I can also so them plenty of complex and interesting characters like herbs, black olives and sweet spice notes.
I most annoy others by...growing like a weed and rarely fulfilling my potential.
I’d most like to live...in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys in California, Hawkes Bay on the east coast of NZ, Margaret River in Western Australia or even the Coonawarra.
I do my best work with...Château Petrus! I am happy to work with Château Cheval and will work with any mug winemaker who is looking to flesh out their weedy Cabernet Sauvignon wines.
I bet you didn’t know...I am the third most planted red variety in the world and the fifth most planted in total.
The celbrity most Like Me is... Tom Hanks because, we are both smooth, lovebale and dependable but not very trendy.
Wine Talk
Water Wheel Celebrates 30 Years
Water Wheel Vineyards of Bendigo recently celebrated 30 years of winemaking with a special retrospective tasting at Pure South Melbourne.
I was lucky enough to attend this special event on invitation from the Cumming Family.
We tasted wines dating back to 1974: the winery's first ever vintage . Both the 1974 Hermitage (Shiraz) and Cabernet Sauvignon have held up amazingly well.
The 1984, 1990 and 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon were standouts and the 1990, 1994 and 1996 Shiraz vintages were drinking exceptionally well.
The 1993 Chardonnay was a surprise: it is a luscious, rich and golden wine that is still refreshing at 13 years of age.
Both the current vintage Cab Sauv and Shiraz are terrific rich flavoursome wines. In my opinion the Cabernet outshines the Shiraz this vintage but both are definitely wines to look out for.
I was lucky enough to attend this special event on invitation from the Cumming Family.
We tasted wines dating back to 1974: the winery's first ever vintage . Both the 1974 Hermitage (Shiraz) and Cabernet Sauvignon have held up amazingly well.
The 1984, 1990 and 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon were standouts and the 1990, 1994 and 1996 Shiraz vintages were drinking exceptionally well.
The 1993 Chardonnay was a surprise: it is a luscious, rich and golden wine that is still refreshing at 13 years of age.
Both the current vintage Cab Sauv and Shiraz are terrific rich flavoursome wines. In my opinion the Cabernet outshines the Shiraz this vintage but both are definitely wines to look out for.
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