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Annandale Cellars has been a family owned and operated liquor store in Sydney's inner west since 2000.

We pride ourselves on finding the right wine for all our customers with a significant focus on sustainable and hand-made produce from artisan producers Annandale Cellars is a family owned and operated liquor store in Sydney's inner west since 2000. We provide our local community and Australia with the best and most interesting wines from here and around the world. We pride ourselves on finding the

right wine for all our customers with a significant focus on small, hand-crafted, grower-producer and sustainably produced wine, sake, beer, cider and spirits. We taste every wine we range, so our customers know they're getting quality. We hope all our customers enjoy their wine experience as much as we do.

27/03/2025

Join us this Saturday 3pm-6pm for a tasting of Hawke’s Bay’s Te Mata!

Te Mata is responsible for putting the region of Hawke’s Bay from New Zealand’s north island on the international wine map and has managed to produce some of the best wines in the country. All of the wines that Te Mata produce are made from grapes grown on the estate in the temperate maritime climate of Hawke’s Bay. These are the wines we’ll be pouring on the day:

2023 Te Mata Sauvignon Blanc

2023 Te Mata Chardonnay

2024 Te Mata Gamay Noir

2023 Te Mata Syrah

2023 Te Mata Merlot/Cabernets

These are some fantastic wines from one of New Zealand’s greatest estates - drop by for a drink!

24/03/2025

Sailor Seeks Horse is the ambitious project of Paul and Gilli who met in London and decided to start start their own winery and vineyard after being explicitly advised against it by one of U.K.’s most respected wine writers. They chose a career in wine after ruling out Spanish dancing and cricket as they wanted to work for themselves and do something that was both physically and intellectually challenging but most importantly, fulfilling. After a few years of experience in France, NZ and U.S.A. as well as degrees in winemaking and viticulture, they settled on a dilapidated vineyard in Tasmania’s Huon Valley and after much hard work, have been able to produce Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that has arrested the attention of the Australian wine industry.

Off the back of tasting these exceptional wines, we picked up their Chardonnay and 3 different Pinots to share with you. The ‘23 ‘Chardonnay’ is the real hidden gem of this line up as they chose not to bottle the top ‘Huldofolk’ this year, instead blending those grapes into the estate Chardonnay to beef it up with some more complexity. This is an absolute steal at this price and we only have half a dozen of these so don’t hesitate. The ‘23 ‘Pinot Noir’ is excellent and more closely resembles a Tassie Pinot than the other 2, although this is definitely more complex than most others you would find at this price point. The ‘23 ‘Dijon Pinot Noir’ is a step up and approaching a more Burgundian style with ample fruit but also well-integrated oak spiciness and classic foresty Pinot notes. Finally, ‘23 ‘Huldofolk Pinot Noir’ is understandably their top offering - Burgundian in style, fruit is more of a background anchor here while forest floor, herbs and oak spices dance in the foreground. Great tannic structure and acid will ensure this ages like a Burgundy although this is already drinking incredibly now. If you didn’t pickup any Sailor Seeks Horse wines last year, this is your chance to see what the hype is - those that did I’m sure will be back for more! Check out the link in our bio to secure your share.

20/03/2025

Join us this Saturday for a tasting of the excellent Wines by KT. Based in the Watervale district of the Clare Valley, Kerri Thompson is focused on creating wines that express spirit of place. Kerri’s first love with wine was Riesling, which is what she specialises in working with carefully-grown, sustainably farmed grapes that express the soul of the region. Kerri is also able to produce some fun and exciting wines from other varieties as well such as Cabernet and Shiraz. These are the wines we’ll be showing:

2021 KT Riesling Pazza

2024 KT Riesling 5452

2022 KT Riesling Melva

2023 KT Riesling Peglidis

2024 KT Rosa

2021 KT Pazzo

Don’t miss out on one of Clare Valley’s most exciting winemakers!

19/03/2025

Alain Graillot is THE Crozes-Hermitage producer, putting the Northern Rhône’s once disrespected appellation into the limelight being able to compete with the best wines of Saint-Joseph and Hermitage. Alain established the Domaine in 1985 from a rented vineyard and was so successful that he was able to purchase that same vineyard only 3 years later. Unfortunately, Alain passed away recently in the March of 2022; however, the estate is in the trusted hands of his son - Maxime, who has worked there since 2004 and has been running it since 2008 when his father retired.

We’ve picked up some wines from the 2022 vintage - the last vintage that Alain was alive for but did not get to see through to completion. We have a single bottle left of the ‘22 ‘Crozes-Hermitage Blanc’ which is a blend of 80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne from 40 year old vines, whole-bunch pressed and naturally fermented in a mix of one-year-old 600-liter demi-muids and stainless steel. We also have the classic ‘22 ‘Crozes-Hermitage Rouge’ which comes from 40-50 year-old vines on the Terrasse des Chassis in Pont-de-l’Isère. This wine is the most iconic and representative of the estate’s work. Finally, we have a couple bottles of the ‘22 ‘Crozes-Hermitage La Guiraude Rouge’ a wine that is only bottled in exceptional years. This is a barrel selection that spends a bit longer in barrel and bottle and tends to be more powerful and spicy than the standard offering with a longer ageing capacity. These are some sensational wines from an iconic Northern Rhône estate with only a small amount to go around - don’t hesitate to snap these up! Check out the link in our bio to secure your share.

18/03/2025

Domaine Denis Bachelet is a tiny estate of just 4 hectares in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin and has been run essentially single-handedly by Denis since 1983. Denis was born in 1963 in the town of Spy in Belgium as his father had fallen in love with a local girl when he came to visit the town on an outing with the Gevrey-Chambertin choir. Denis would visit his grandparents in Gevrey in the school holidays and came to love the magic of the vigneron’s world, beginning to make wine in 1981.

The 2022 release of Denis’ wines has just hit our store which we are thrilled about. We’ve already sold all of his Aligote and the pinnacle of the lineup - the Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru but we still have an excellent range of regional and village reds. The ‘22 ‘Bourgogne’ is one of the best of its kind on the market coming from 2 lieux-dits and spending 16-18 months in used barrels. The ‘22 ‘Côte de Nuits-Village’ (we have a couple ‘21s as well) comes from 3 different plots at 300m altitude and spends as long as the previous wine in wood, except with 25% of it being new. The ‘22 ‘Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes’ is sourced from multiple vineyards in the village and spends 16 months in 20% new oak. Denis is a fantastic producer and although the word “value” usually does not belong in the same sentence as anything relating to Burgundy, is not out of place when describing his wines when you put them against others of similar value or more. Snap up your share with the link in our bio before these are all gone!

13/03/2025

We have another exceptional tasting on this Saturday with a range of wines from Two Tonne Tasmania!

Two Tonne Tasmania is Ricky Evans’s chapter in the Tasmanian subregional story. The backbone of the range is Ricky’s long-standing relationships with growers on the island’s East, South and North coasts–one of whom he describes as the best viticulturist in Tasmania, if not the country–and now including a healthy chunk of estate-grown fruit from Woodlawn Park in Swan Bay.

The Two Tonne line-up skews heavily towards Tamar Valley it’s Ricky’s home ground and is the location of his Woodlawn Park Vineyard. From this region he makes a Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the latter two sourced heavily from home. Across the Pinot range, the use of bunches and new wood are negligible, letting the fruit, the sites and the regional personality blaze bright. These are the wines that we’ll be pouring on the day:

Two Tonne Tasmania TMV Riesling 2024

Two Tonne Tasmania TMV Chardonnay 2024

Two Tonne Tasmania STH Pinot Noir 2024

Two Tonne Tasmania EST Pinot Noir 2024

Two Tonne Tasmania TMV Pinot Noir 2024

Come down and enjoy some excellent and well-priced Tassie wines!

06/03/2025

Join us this Saturday for a tasting of the excellent wines of Sicily’s Marabino!

Marabino is located in the sunny southeast corner of Sicily in the heart of Val di Noto in the Contrada of Buonivini. Marabino make wines biodynamically with no chemicals in the vineyard whatsoever and no additives in the winemaking either. The vineyards spanning across the low hills are also interspersed with orchards and olive groves.

Some of you may remember Miki who used to work here - the friendly Italian who worked Monday and Friday nights. Unfortunately he has left us but has joined Italian Wine Importers and will be returning to the store to pour for us this Saturday. These are the wines he’ll be pouring:

Marabino Eureka Chardonnay
Marabino Rosanera
Marabino Rosso di Contrada
Marabino Muscatedda

These are some fantastic and expressive wines at great prices. Come on down to the store and try these out for yourself!

05/03/2025

Crawford River have become one of the icons of the Australian wine landscape after making initial plantings in 1975 in the relatively unknown region of Henty in southwest Victoria. Following research and inspiration from around the globe, founders John and Catherine Thomson saw potential in the geography and geology of this site for high quality viticulture despite its obscurity. John shortly after enrolled in a degree of Viticulture and Oenology at Charles Sturt University. This estate has been family-owned and run since its inception and is now onto the second generation with daughter Belinda holding the reins.

We’ve stocked up on some classics from Crawford River that represent excellent value for how good these wines really are. The ‘24 ‘Strata Riesling’ comes from younger vines planted in 2000-01 and is excellent value with stone fruit and white floral characteristics. The ‘24 ‘Riesling’ comes from a blend of 2 of their oldest vineyards and is built to age gracefully. Belinda recommends decanting this if you want to drink it now. Finally, we have the 2019 ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’ comes from 3 different blocks which are blended to increase complexity and balance the structure of the wine and spends 22 months in French oak. This is one of Australia’s most underrated Cabs. This is an iconic Australian estate doing wonderful things from a region that is too often overlooked. Pick up some of these wines and see what the fuss is about! Check out the link in our bio to secure your share!

27/02/2025

This Saturday we’ll be showcasing some fantastic Spanish wines! Some of you may have met our most recent employee - Pedro who helped us through the Christmas period and into the New Year. Pedro is from Valencia and spent a few years working in Rioja as well as many top restaurants around the world. Pedro has picked 4 of our Spanish wines to pour and share with you on the day. These are the wines he’ll be pouring:

Sierrade Tolono Viura Blanco 2022

Olivier Riviere Rayos Uva Rioja Tinto 2023

Cesar Marquez Parajes del Bierzo Mencia 2022

Casa Castillo Monastrell 2021

Come down this Saturday to meet Pedro and drink some excellent Spanish wines!

24/02/2025

Yangarra is a producer that hardly needs introduction. An icon of Mclaren Vale, Yangarra have been extremely influential for biodynamic farming in the area and for championing the potential of Southern Rhone varieties in the region, particularly Grenache as their flagship grape. The property spans 170 hectares in total, of which 90 are planted under vine with the remainer dedicated to native vegetation and wildlife to enhance the symbiotic relationship between vines and their natural environment.

We have a range of Yangarra’s wines on offer from the entry-level through to their top-of-the-line big-hitters. We have both the ‘22 ‘Preservative Free Shiraz’ and ‘21 ‘Shiraz’ which are excellent easy-drinking options and incredible value. The ‘23 ‘GSM’ is easily one of the best in the country under $50 and we also have the ‘22 ‘Old Vine Grenache’ in half size bottles for those wanting to just have a little taste of this great estate first. The ‘22 ‘Ovitelli Grenache’ is their most perfumed and elegant expression of the grape grown on a single block of dry-grown bush vines planted in 1946 and spends a whole Autumn on its skins in big ceramic eggs. The ‘20 ‘Ironheart Shiraz’ is the flagship Shiraz from a single vineyard in Blewitt Springs with immense concentration and finesse. Finally, the ‘19 ‘High Sands Grenache’ is the pinnacle of the range and represents the best Grenache in the country, alongside Alkina’s Polygon series (which we also stock) and one of the best outside of the Southern Rhone. These are highly thoughtful and expressive wines from one of Australia’s greatest estates - pickup your share before it’s too late! Check out the link in our bio to make your purchase.

20/02/2025

Join us this Saturday from 3pm-6pm for another banger of a tasting with the wines of Pedemontis to follow up last week’s return to Saturday tastings.

Pedemontis is a family-run estate best known for the family’s truffle farming in Alba, Piemonte. This is the first time their wines specifically are being imported into Australia; they are showing beautifully as representations of traditional Piemontese grapes between Roero and Langhe, grown sustainably and with an incredible effort to maintain a low carbon footprint. These are the wines we’ll be showing on the day:

2022 ‘Jaiet’ Favorita, Langhe DOC

2022 ‘Arajs’ Arneis, Roero DOCG

2021 ‘Djun’ Nebbiolo d’Alba DOC

2021 ‘Bajet’ Barbera d’Alba DOC

Don’t miss out on what is most likely one of the first public tastings of this producer ever in Australia. See you there!

17/02/2025

Olivier Jullien is a legend and pioneer in the region of Languedoc who took over his family Domaine in 1985 and was one of the few believers in the potential of the Terrasses du Larzac (large terraces on the edge of the Cevennes plateau, north of Montpellier) to produce great wines. 25 years on and Olivier is running 18 hectares of unique vineyards with biodynamic principles.

We’ve got a great selection of Olivier’s wines from rose to white and reds. The ‘23 ‘Languedoc Rose’ is an exceptional blend of Cinsault, Carignan and Mourvèdre and one of the best in the whole region. This is a whole step up from the average Provençal rose. The ‘22 ‘Herault Blanc’ is a blend of 70% Carignan Blanc and 30% Chenin Blanc and is by far one of the best whites in the region. This should be on the radar on anyone into interesting whites (which should be all of you). The ‘20 ‘Autour de Jonquieres Terrases du Larzac Rouge’ is 40% Carignan, 40% Mourvèdre, 20% Syrah from 10 different lieux-dits aged in large oak foudre for 24 months. The ‘21 ‘Lous Rougeos Terrases du Larzac Rouge’ is 60% Carignan, 40% Syrah from vines 400m-500m in altitude aged in demi-muids for 12 months. Finally, the ‘21 ‘Carlan Terrases du Larzac Rouge’ is 55% Grenache, 30% Carignan, 10% Cinsault, 5% Syrah from a single vineyard of limestone and schist soils aged in demi-muids for 12 months. These are some seriously, fresh, unique and distinctive wines that make for excellent drinking now or cellaring for your grateful future self!

Check out the link in our bio to pick up some of these wines.

13/02/2025

Join us this Saturday as we welcome back our Saturday in store tastings with an excellent lineup of the 2023 vintage from Beaujolais’ Daniel Bouland. Daniel has been making some exceptional wines at a great price that can compete with the very best of the region that sell for twice as much. The 2023 vintage is plush and generous while still maintaining freshness and minerality in the wines. We will also open a bottle of the Place of Changing Winds Tradition Red from Macedon Ranges as a little bonus as well. These are the wines we’ll be pouring on the day:

Daniel Bouland Morgon Bellevue Sables 2023

Daniel Bouland Morgon Bellevue Cailloux 2023

Daniel Morgon Chiroubles Chatenay 2023

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023

Place of Changing Winds Tradition Red 2022

These are some sensational wines that all Beaujolais lovers go nuts for. Bouland’s wines are fantastically priced and still refreshing to drink in summer. Don’t miss out this exciting first tasting of the year!

10/02/2025

Pascal Cotat is undoubtedly one of the greatest producers in Loire’s Sancerre making some of the most compelling and unique expressions of Sauvignon Blanc in the world. This Domaine came to be after some French laws passed in the 90s prohibiting independent producers from bottling the same wine under two different labels. Consequently, Pascal’s father and uncle took this as a sign to retire and pass on the holdings to their respective children: Pascal and François who then split the holdings and started bottling under their own names. Pascal then went on to produce some of the most stellar, age-worthy wines Sancerre has ever seen.

Pascal is based in the most prestigious part of Sancerre in the village of Chavignol which is home to two of the best vineyards in the world for growing Sauvignon Blanc - Les Monts Damnés and La Grande Côte. Les Monts Damnés has been farmed by the Cotat family since the end of WWII and is very steep with thin clay and limestone topsoils and subsoils of pure chalk with vines averaging 30 years of age. La Grande Côte is home to Pascal’s oldest vines averaging 60 years old. These cousins are the only 2 owners of this small vineyard so in essence this is a kind of “family monopole”. This vineyard is north-facing with soils rich in clay.

These are some of the best expressions of Sauvignon Blanc in the world - check out the link in our bio to grab your share!

29/01/2025

Nicole Lamarche has reinvigorated the otherwise spurious and inconsistent quality of her father’s Domaine François Lamarche, after Nicole took over in 2006 and eventually renamed the Domaine to reflect her efforts in 2018. Certain commentators such as Jasper Morris and Jancis Robinson were some of the first to notice this change in both quality and style and now the Domaine actually measures up to its holdings, which happen to be some of the very best in Burgundy being the sole owner of the monopole ‘La Grande Rue’ vineyard that is sandwiched by Romanée-Conti and La Romanée to the north, and La Tâche to the South, as well as owning parcels in other prestigious Grand Cru sites.

For those curious to try Nicole’s wines but may not have the pretty penny that the top GCs sell for, we have the ‘21 ‘Bourgogne Rouge’ and ‘21 ‘Hautes Côtes de Nuits’ which can showcase Nicole’s style and touch. We have 1 Premier Cru offering: the ‘21 ‘Vosne-Romanée Les Chaumes’ for a good middle ground between the regional and Grand Crus. We have 4 different Grand Cru offerings, all from the 2021 vintage: ‘Clos de Vougeot’, ‘Echezeaux’, ‘Grand Echezeaux’ and the flagship monopole ‘La Grande Rue’. These are names that I’m sure need no introduction as they are some of the most coveted vineyards in the world. We only have small quantities of these left so don’t hesitate to pick some up!

20/01/2025

Quintarelli is a producer that needs no introduction.

He produces the best Amarone in the world as well as many other compelling reds and whites that separated himself from the bulk of what has historically come out of Veneto. Giuseppe is one of the most important figures, not just for Italian wine, but for the world of wine in general.

We’ve recently picked up a few of these iconic wines including the Amarone. These will sell out quick so don’t hesitate to snap one of these cult wines up!

15/01/2025

We’ve had the wonderful privilege of tasting current and older releases of Clemens Busch Riesling with the dynamic duo - Clemens and Rita, talking us through the intricacies of the Mosel’s Marienburg terroir.

Clemens Busch are pioneers of biodynamic viticulture in the Mosel and these wines show slightly more relative ripeness compared to their contemporaries in the same region. Unlike most other producers in Mosel, Clemens Busch have really honed in on the drier styles of Riesling (although their Spatlese and Auslese are still incredible) and have produced wines of incredible depth and elegance with a long ageing capacity while still offering immediate pleasure and charm.

This is the season to be drinking Riesling so don’t hesitate to pick up the last of these bottles that we have!

10/01/2025

Domaine Huet is one of the greatest biodynamic estates of the Loire Valley whose reputation has led them to become synonymous with Vouvray.

We got to taste through the recent 2023 vintage from this producer and were thoroughly impressed with the wines despite the “tough” vintage. If you are interested in the ‘23s, please reach out to us directly to reserve your allocation.

In the meantime, this is an excellent chance to show you the last of our Huet we have in stock from across their 3 iconic sites and a range of sweetness levels. These wines show best with a bit of age on them so don’t hesitate to snap the last of these up!

Address

91 Booth Street
Sydney, NSW
2038

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 8:30pm
Tuesday	10am - 8:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 8:30pm
Thursday	10am - 8:30pm
Friday	10am - 9pm
Saturday	10am - 9pm
Sunday	10am - 8pm

Telephone

+61296601947

Website

http://www.acellars.com.au/

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