Meet Rhys, the Founder & Creative Principal of The Company You Keep. Explore his favorite spots for sipping wine in Melbourne's lively inner north.

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City Wine Shop

Wine Store
159 Spring St, Melbourne VIC 3000
City Wine Shop

"City Wine Shop is in Spring Street, in the city. It's great for people-watching — you sit on the street and watch people coming and going in the Theater District. It's been there for years, and they have a big selection. It's a great spot to have a nice glass of something."

Rhys GORGOL

Hope St Radio

Wine Bar
35 Johnston St, Collingwood VIC 3066
Hope St Radio

"In Collingwood Yards, there's a restaurant and bar (and radio station) called Hope Street Radio. It's a great spot to sit outside and listen to whoever is playing and have a nice glass of wine. It’s a little hidden gem, you don't really see it from the street."

Rhys GORGOL

Napier Quarter

Wine Bar
359 Napier St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Napier Quarter

"Napier Quarter is a little bluestone building with ten tables or so. It has such an excellent selection and curation of wine. And you can go there and don't have to think — they'll feed you the most amazing things and wine. So it's great when you want to turn your brain off and be looked after."

Rhys GORGOL

The Moon

Wine Bar
28A Stanley St, Collingwood VIC 3066
The Moon

"Moon Wine Bar is a dimly-lit kind of wine cave and has some of the nicest staff you'll ever meet. They've got a huge selection, and you can open a bottle there and take the rest home."

Rhys GORGOL

Gerald’s Bar

Wine Bar
386 Rathdowne St, Carlton North VIC 3054
Gerald’s Bar

"Gerald's Wine Bar on Rathdowne Street has been there for a long time. It's this feeling like you're in someone's home. It feels really organic and casual, and it's a heavyweight of the Melbourne hospitality scene and a must."

Rhys GORGOL

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