Archive:August 29, 2018

August 29
Meet The Maker Wine Sessions – Brian Conway of Izway and Trapeze Wines

Winter has well and truly set in and this Saturdays Meet The Maker Wine Session has more than enough juicy goodness from the Barossa Valley for you to get your lips around. People, I give you Brian Conway of Izway Wines and Trapeze Wines.

Izway wines was conceived on a handshake between two Aussie wine makers in a chateau in Beaujolais. Brian Conway and Craig Isbel met during vintage at Chateau de Bluizard in 2002 and after many nights drinking pastis they decided to start their own winery in the Barossa Valley.

Brian’s love of wine began when his old man shared a bottle of Dom with him one New Years Eve. He is certainly glad he ditched the party to stay home and drink something that would render him speechless and inspire him to pursue a career in the wine industry.

So make sure you make some time this Saturday, September 1st from 3-6ish, and come in and have a wee sip from one of the WINE STORE | WINE BARS favourite wine makers.

And don’t forget that it is Fathers Day the following day. We’re sure your Dad would love one of Brian’s ace wines this Sunday.

August 15
Meet the Maker Wine Sessions – Alex Byrne of Byrne Wines and Liquid Rock n’ Roll

It’s that time of the year again where all of the wine makers are back from Bali getting their hair braided and getting back to work. That means another season of our “Meet the Maker Wine Sessions”. And what better producer to kick the new season off than Alex Byrne (one of the Wine Stores best mates too-boot) of Byrne Wines and Liquid Rock n’ Roll.

Alex studied Wine Science at Deakin and Charles Sturt Universities while continuing to work in retail wine sales as well as working vintages in Margaret River and the Northern Rhone Valley while studying.

After his studies were done and dusted, Alex worked in Burgundy before returning to Australia to work at Lethbridge in Geelong so he could get ready to do his own thing and begin making wine under his own label – Byrne Wines

In 2013 he and his friend Kim Farrell formed Liquid Rock n Roll wines in order to experiment with different styles of wine.

So make sure you swing on by the WINE STORE | WINE BAR this Saturday from 3-6ish and have a wee sip of some of the stores fave wines.

August 11
Smoking Hot and Brand-Spanking New – The Story Gin Batch #1

Do you love a story? I love a story. Funny, sad, scary, thrilling. Tell me a story and I’m yours forever!!!! But when that story, a new story, is a new Gin, then hold me down and tickle me purple I say. 

Fresh and hot off the conveyor belt we present to you The Story Gin Batch #1 straight outta Collingwood. Made by the ever savvy Rory Lane from The Story Wines, this Gin uses all native Australian botanicals – except for juniper of course – which produce a seamless and smashable Gin. From the get go on the nose lemon myrtle screams drink me on the nose with real smacks of aniseed and wattle seed after a while.

Be it in a G&T, Negroni, Martini or just sipping, you should definitely add this to your Gin shopping list. And at just $86, this new Gin sits nicely in the new breed of Bespoke Gin coming outta Australia. Bottoms up then!!!