Drinks List of the Year: The Wine Bar at The International
A wine and drinks list with its own unique identity, featuring options that pair with the restaurant’s food and style across a range of prices.
Sydney CBD
It had our attention with a cocktail named “Live and Let Rye”, but there’s a lot more to Jacqueline Turner and Alex Kirkwood’s drinks list than cutely named tinctures of whisky, baked banana and sherry.
While The Grill upstairs at The International has a broader selection of European and Australian greats, The Wine Bar’s list is a creative celebration of emerging producers, beaut fizz from NSW and France, and Turner’s love of riesling from Coal River to the Mosel. There are sparks of by-the-glass excitement on every page, and the bar has also become something of a social club to engage with the country’s most innovative winemakers during regular takeovers of the list.
If you want to chat Orange chardonnay with Will Gilbert, or drink Margaret River cabernet with Julian Langworthy, this is the place. And if you’re simply in the zone for a quick gimlet and a gilda, that can always be arranged, too.
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