Retail Wine Stores in or near Sydney CBD?

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Jimmy
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Retail Wine Stores in or near Sydney CBD?

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I am making an all too rare trip to Sydney next week for work.

Can anyone please tell me where I should go to look for some wine to buy?

Preferably, it will be in or near Sydney CBD, have a wide selection of wines and be competitive on price.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Jimmy

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Post by Baby Chickpea »

- Ultimo Wine Cellars in Pyrmont (20 min walk from CBD)
- 5 Ways cellars in Paddington (15 min walk)

CBD shops:
- The Oak Barrell in Elizabeth St
- Elizabeth Bay Cellars (nr Kings X / 15 min walk)
- Best Cellars in East Sydney
- GPO Cellars in 1 Martin Place
- Australian Wine Centre at Circular Quay (frighteningly expensive)
- And CBD Cellars.
Danny

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Post by Hacker »

Baby Chickpea wrote:CBD shops:
- The Oak Barrell in Elizabeth St


Danny, haven't heard of this one....where precisely is it?

cheers,

David M.

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Post by Baby Chickpea »

David,

Between Liverpool and Goulburn Sts - one block from Hyde Park/Oxford street opp. old mark Foys. It's been around for 20 odd years and has always had a great selection of Aussie wines.
Danny

The voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes but in having new eyes. We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond - Marcel Proust

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Post by Gavin Trott »

Baby Chickpea wrote:- Ultimo Wine Cellars in Pyrmont (20 min walk from CBD)
- 5 Ways cellars in Paddington (15 min walk)

CBD shops:
- The Oak Barrell in Elizabeth St
- Elizabeth Bay Cellars (nr Kings X / 15 min walk)
- Best Cellars in East Sydney
- GPO Cellars in 1 Martin Place
- Australian Wine Centre at Circular Quay (frighteningly expensive)
- And CBD Cellars.


Just making sure that the name and location is clear!!

The Adelaide Australian Wine Centre is the finest retailer I know!

(The emphases are all mine, not Danny's.)

:oops: :wink: :wink:
regards

Gavin Trott

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Post by bigkid »

Elizabeth Bay Cellars is good value for money. Jason looks after a lot of aged wine in the bowels of the building, some is particularly good value, although I have already cleaned him out of the Penfolds Bin 920, St Henri 1994 and 1992 Grant Burge Meshach.

Oak Barrel had a good collection of Wendouree Shiraz the last time I looked.

Regards,

Allan

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Post by Mike Hawkins »

Gavin,

The store at Circular Quay would be 50% more expensive than you are on "like" labels. I think Danny was being euphemistic when he said "frighteningly expensive" !

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