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Lucy Margaux Wines: nothing but grapes

Anton Von Klopper looks like your favourite uncle. The kind of uncle that gives you sips of his wine when you’re 10 years old whilst hiding from your parents disapproving...

Laneway Liquor x Fabbrica

Laneway Liquor and Fabbrica Pasta Shop Join Forces to Delivery Delicious Pasta Packs & Wine Nightly Beginning Monday May 3, 2021, for a limited time, Laneway Liquor and inner-city retailer Fabbrica...

The intuitive wines of forward-thinking farmer Patrick Sullivan

Rosy-cheeked, wiry-haired farm boy Patrick Sullivan is doing some incredible things in his little patch of rural Victoria. “Tumblestone Farm,” established 2010 and located in the Strezleki Ranges in West...

Domaine Gramenon - soulful wines by Michèle Aubéry-Laurent

When one whispers the name Domaine Gramenon in Southern Rhône, they are met with fervent looks of glee and envy. For Michèle Aubéry-Laurent is making wine of a quality so...

What are the major types of red wine and how to choose

Cabernet Sauvignon The most planted grape in the world is cabernet sauvignon, and it's a safe bet. While some Cabs can be a fruity, French Cabs tend to be a bit...

Ricky Evans of Two Tonne Tasmania - making natural wines with focus

Ricky Evans is a winemaker who knew what he wanted from a young age. After studying Oenology (the science and study of wine and winemaking) and working in the Barossa,...

Ragazzi Wine and Pasta - Meet the Family Series

Ragazzi Wine and Pasta is a sister venue to Laneway Liquor, created by the prolific Love Tilly Group (Dear Sainte Eloise, Love, Tilly Devine and Fabbrica) headed by Scott Williams, Matt...

Brave New Wine - a shining star in the Great Southern (wine making) sky

Wife and husband team, Yoko Luscher-Mostert and Andries Mostert in their beautiful old mill house in Denmark, WA, form the playful project Brave New Wine. Established in 2012, Brave New...

The Riesling Manifesto

10 years ago when we started Love, Tilly Devine, Riesling was still totally underrepresented on wine lists across the country. No one seemed to know or care how delicious Riesling...

How Yuki Nakano of Kunoh Wines is using Japanese sensibilities to inform his winemaking

Yuki Nakano is a flying winemaker, a recent phenomenon indulged by that of young vignerons who, instead of committing to one plot, chase seasons all over the world. They decide...

Taras Ochota of Ochota Barrels - punk-rocking surfer dude turns poster child for Australian wine

In his life, Taras Ochota was many things: surfer dude, bassist in a punk rock band, and most famously wine maker.2013 Young Gun of Wine, and head vigneron of Ochota...

Dear Sainte Éloise - Meet the Family Series

Dear Sainte Éloise is a sister venue to Laneway Liquor, created by the prolific Love Tilly Group (Love, Tilly Devine, Ragazzi Wine and Pasta and Fabbrica) headed by Matt Swieboda...

What is natural wine - natural and minimal intervention wine deep dive

Natural wine is something we are all interested in as we become more mindful of the things we put in our body. However, there is a lot of confusion that...

Anton Von Klopper of Lucy Margaux Wines - Australian natural wine pioneer

Lucy M wines, the brainchild of Anton Von Klopper are made on the Lucy Margaux Farm in Basket Range, South Australia. Considered one of the pioneers of the Australian natural...

Gut Oggau - making great wines in Austria

Gut Oggau is an impressive project based in the small town of  Oggau, in Burgenland, Austria. No one from Laneway Liquor has ever been there, but we hear it’s pretty gut... It...

The Story of Le Coste Wines from Gradoli, Lazio

Despite the Romans being credited as the ancient leaders in wine consumption, the Italian region of Lazio in which Rome lies doesn't conjure a clear image of vineyards and bottles...