Winemaker experiences at The Urban Winery Sydney

EVER WANTED TO BE A WINEMAKER?

CHEF X WINEMAKER LONG LUNCHES, BLEND-YOUR-OWN WINE SESSIONS, WINERY TOURS, BARREL TASTING, GRAPE STOMPING, PERSONALISED LABELS AND SO MUCH MORE…

Discover and enjoy the full experience of a working winery through one of our tailored ‘Experience Packages’. Transport yourself to the vineyards of regional NSW as you learn about the aroma, structure and palate-feel of different wines from our head winemaker, Alex Retief.

Stomp grapes, taste wines or even blend your own wine in Sydney’s only Urban Winery.

LOCATION

Building 121, The Entertainment Quarter, 116 Lang Rd, Moore Park, NSW 2021 (100m from Hoyts Cinema)

THE FULL WINERY EXPERIENCE, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF SYDNEY

SEE OUR EXPERIENCES BELOW

CHEF X WINEMAKER
Sunday 22 September
1 - 4PM

Urban Winery Sydney’s Chef X Winemaker lunch series are back, and this one you won’t want to miss!

This September, Urban Winery Sydney invites chef Simmone Logue from the Simmone Logue Double Bay Café and Simmone Logue Fine Food Catering Company, to host the Chef X Winemaker Long Lunch alongside Head Winemaker Alex Retief, founder of the A.Retief wine label and Australia’s first true urban winery.

Urban Winery Sydney is the only place in the city where you can dine with your guests amongst barrels producing our latest vintage. Our wines are made on-site, using grapes from three contract vineyards in southern New South Wales from Tumbarumba, Gundagai and the Hilltops.

Similarly, the delicious four-course menu will focus on a range of local, seasonal produce with dishes such as slow roasted lamb shoulder and orange and ricotta torte with poached blood orange and honeyed labneh.

Relish in a guided tour of Australia’s first true urban winery, followed by a four-course meal paired with a comprehensive tasting of the A.Retief label.

Menu

TO START

NSW Cheese & Charcuterie Shared Platters

Paired with:
2019 A.Retief Riesling – Hilltops
Textural, limey, round fresh flavours

ENTREE

Spring salad of artichoke, leek, egg, vinaigrette, toasted sourdough crumb with a vinaigrette
Warm Goats cheese, chia and asparagus tart
Beetroot and spring leaves with hazelnut and shallot dressing

Paired with:
2017 A.Retief Chardonnay- Tumbarumba
Elegant nose, stone fruits hint of oak on the palate

2017 A.Retief Pinot Noir- Tumbarumba
Bright cherry, strawberry front with pastrami middle

MAIN

Slow roasted lamb shoulder with salsa verde
Charred red capsicum
Roasted baby potatoes, sea salt, garlic and rosemary

Paired with:
2016 A.Retief Tempranillo- Gundagai
Medium- full bodied, bright fruits, rich chocolate

2017 A.Retief bio-dynamic Shiraz – Gundagai
Dry spice, cool climate style, eucalyptus notes

DESSERT

Orange and ricotta torte with poached blood orange and honeyed labneh

Paired with:
2019 A.Retief Riesling – Hilltops
Textural, limey, round fresh flavours

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Wine Blending Session
($150 pp for 2 hours)

These sessions are one of the more entertaining and informative classes. Separated into groups of four, you’ll sit down with our head winemaker and be taken through six single variety red wines, exploring the aroma, structure and palate-feel of each.

Each group is then given measuring cylinders and half an hour to come up with their favourite blend, for example, mixing 50% shiraz, 30% merlot, 10% petit verdot and 10% tempranillo. These ‘favourite blends’ are then collated and poured to the groups, so they can be blind-tasted and judged by everyone involved – with an ultimate winner appointed on the day.

If you really like your blend, you can purchase a dozen of your wine with your own personalised label – delivered to your door the following week.

Classes run Monday and Tuesday from 3pm-5pm

Monthly sessions held on second Sunday of each month from 3pm-5pm

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TOUR AND TASTE
($85 pp for 1 Hour)

Be toured through the winery by our head winemaker and learn about the art of the wine making process. Arriving at the tasting table, there is a six-glass wine-flight set up for each person, where we walk everyone through six wines from three different wine regions of NSW.

Explore the aroma, structure and palate-feel of each wine whilst enjoying a charcuterie and cheese platter.

Take home a bottle of A.Retief wine to remember the experience.

Tours run Monday and Tuesday from 1pm to 2pm

Monthly sessions held on second Sunday of each month
from 11am-12pm and 1pm-2pm

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SELF-GUIDED WINE FLIGHT
$25pp

Wine Flights bring the best of both worlds and provide an economical tasting opportunity… Instead of committing to one glass you get to try more in a fun and informative way!

We invite you to take a seat and explore the wines independently, with a self-guided journey using our extensive tasting notes.
Cost $25 per flight of 6 wines (30ml serves)

No booking required.
Cheese and charcuterie boards can be purchased at the bar and compliment the tasting perfectly!

ZIRK! CIRCUS

To celebrate the opening of ZIRK! Circus at the Entertainment Quarter we invite showgoers to 20% off your order at the bar when you show your tickets before the event!

Show runs from 3 July – 12 Sept
Entertainment Quarter

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Prepare to be wildly entertained as ZIRK! brings together Russia’s finest big top traditions with the daring skills of today’s greatest circus superstars. You will hold your breath watching the jaw-dropping ‘Double, Double Giant Wheel’, marvel at the agility and precision of the ‘Fast Track’ Russian acrobats, and gasp at the death-defying aerialists. Affordable family fun and equally engaging for adults and children alike.

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Address: Building 121, The Entertainment Quarter, 116 Lang Rd, Moore Park, NSW 2021 (100m from Hoyts Cinema)
Phone: (02) 8097 9978