Bar Liberty ★ 4.7
Bar Liberty in Fitzroy North is the natural wine bar that launched a thousand imitators: ferments and pours that changed how Melbourne thinks about wine.
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The wine bar is one of Melbourne's defining formats, a small room where a tight kitchen and a thoughtful list carry equal weight. Bar Liberty on Johnston Street in Fitzroy and Embla on Russell Street in the CBD lead that wave, while the Carlton Wine Room on Faraday Street keeps a neighbourhood version of it alive.
Bar Liberty in Fitzroy North is the natural wine bar that launched a thousand imitators: ferments and pours that changed how Melbourne thinks about wine.
Carlton Wine Room on Faraday Street has the suburb's most serious wine list: old-world depth and a kitchen that holds its own beside the bottles.
Embla in the CBD pairs an extraordinary natural wine list with wood-oven cooking: snacks designed around whatever was poured, all day and into the evening.
Neighbourhood Wine in Fitzroy North fills a double-fronted terrace with Victorian producers and low-intervention pours from a thoughtful and well-priced list.
Blackhearts and Sparrows is Melbourne's best independent bottle shop for discovering something new: natural and biodynamic wines across six Melbourne stores.
The Builders Arms on Gertrude Street does a double life as a local pub and a seriously chosen wine room: natural bottles, good food and a courtyard.
Marion on Gertrude Street is the Fitzroy neighbourhood wine bar: an ever-changing natural wine list and snacks designed around what was opened.

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