When will our hospitality heroes get a reprieve? First the pandemic, then a crippling staff drought and now the Prime Minister has said our inner-city wine bars will have no part in the fight for climate change.
Which is a shame. Because Melbourne s wine bars are not really bars at all; more restaurant-bar hybrids that champion concepts of sustainability, low waste and small-scale food and wine production.
Look at Embla, Old Palm Liquor and Marion. Their support of regional businesses is pretty important, but more to the point, it s often what makes them so delicious. Smoked barramundi rillettes.
Photo: Joe Armao