Drink Victorian

There’s collabs and then there’s collabs. In that second category – the kind that makes you sit up and take notice – you’ll find a new adventure that Attica has embarked upon with Melbourne kombucha kings Remedy.

It’s not coffee, it’s not tea, it’s not an energy drink and it’s not kombucha. It’s maté.

“This is the best summer ever!” said the person with the glass of excellent wine in their hand.

“The wines are very much of their place but are at the same time unpretentious, honest and even sometimes a bit whimsical,” says Burder, “a bit like me, even.”

Good news: it’s just gone cocktail o’clock wherever good times are had; here’s what you want to be stirring this summer.

Our panel of wine experts has a list of the best roses for your summer drinking.

It’s summertime, Melbourne, and the drinking is fizzy.

With homey wine bars punching above their weight and lived-in local haunts that have more than earned their stripes, Fitzroy North’s secret weapon is understated excellence.

Melissa Brauer’s fascination with Italian wine began two decades ago, but it was in 2010 during a trip to Italy when her love for prosecco really took off.

North Wine’s Etienne Mangier believes wine is better with bubbles, and his fleet of excellent sparkling is hard proof he’s in the right game.

Mike Bennie is one of Australia’s pre-eminent drinks guys – here he is with his favourite Victorian drinks.

Over the last decade, Melbourne’s beloved west has become a magnet for cocktail, craft beer and natural wine drinkers alike.

A sweet fleet of Italian liqueurs from the affable chaps that brought you Freddy’s Pizza.

It’s inspired by founders Jacqui Henshaw and Keith Smith’s memories of the Great Ocean Road and it’s distilled right here in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges.

Shaun Byrne is the director of two of Victoria’s most happening and awarded beverage brands.

Leafy Carlton North is the perfect place for a weeknight wine – the canopied home of some of Melbourne’s best casual wine bars.

Dollar Bill Brewing co-owner Fiona Nolle with everything she recommends drinking in the great state of Victoria.

Emily Kinsman is the woman behind ECK Wines, a label that takes fruit from the Macedon Ranges and transforms it into modern wines informed by the tastes and traditions of the past.

Rob Kabboord might be a chef but he knows his beers.

Light reds: a topic near and dear to my heart. Chilling red wine was once a faux pas; ask for an ice cube for your pinot and expect a death stare from your waiter. But these days an appetite for juicy reds with a touch of chill is just what the doctor ordered.