Lo-fi wines are now in high demand. Here's where to go when you run out at home.
Once considered the drink of choice for hippies and hipsters alike, natural wine has now gone mainstream in Australia. But in order to find a constant source of the good stuff, it pays to have bottle shops dedicated to the craft of low-fi, minimal intervention, and organic wine. Here are the best boutique wine stores in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and beyond.
Sydney and NSW
P&V Wine and Liquor Merchants – Paddington, Newtown
SPON – Newtown
Native Drops – Surry Hills
Vine – Redfern
The Clunes Store – Clunes
The Bottle Shop – Various locations
Paski Vineria Popolare – Darlinghurst
Lil’ Sis – Chippendale
Winona Wine – Manly
Luna Wine Store – Byron Bay
Where’s Nick – Marrickville
Wyno x Bodega – Surry Hills

Melbourne and VIC
Samuel Pepys – Northcote
Oak and Young – Fairfield
Act of Wine – Southbank
Public Wine Shop – Fitzroy North
Bijou Bottle Store – Melbourne
Mr West Bar & Bottle Shop – Footscray
Carwyn Cellars – Thornbury
The Moon – Collingwood
Blackhearts & Sparrows – Various locations
Seddon Wine Store – Seddon
Atlas Vinifera – Richmond
Milton Wine Shop – Malvern
Bottle House – Various locations
Perth and WA
Besk – West Leederville
Casa – Mount Hawthorn
The Wine Thief – West Leederville
Commune Wine Store – Marylands
King Somm – Bayswater
North Bird Wine Store – Northbridge
Young George – East Fremantle
Petition – Perth
Wise Child – Fremantle
Lalla Rookh – Perth
Steves Wine Store – Nedlands
The Re Store – Northbridge, Leederville
Wines of While – Perth
Boatshed Wine Loft – Cottesloe

Adelaide and SA
Hutt Street Cellars – Adelaide
Port Admiral Hotel Bottle Shop – Port Adelaide
Belair Fine Wines – Belair
Parade Cellars – Norwood
Edinburgh Cellars – Mitcham
East End Cellars – Adelaide
Brisbane and QLD
The Wine Emporium – Newstead
Half Moon Wine Store – Wilston, South Brisbane
Wineism – Albion
Quince Cellar – Tugun
Craft – Indooroopilly, Red Hill, Coorparoo
Somm Wine Store – Mermaid Beach
Canberra and ACT
Paranormal Wines – Campbell
Terra Canberra – Braddon
Plonk – Fyshwick
Canberra Wine and Spirit Merchants – Canberra
Waxtop Wines – Kingston
Darwin, NT
Stone House – Darwin
Hobart, TAS
Hop Vine and Still – Hobart
Cool Wine – Hobart
Tasmanian Wine Centre – Hobart
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