MacPhee’s wine events offer the chance to taste hand-picked wines with key winemakers and experts in the world of fine wine.

This evening promises to be a captivating blend of fine wine, gourmet cuisine, and invaluable insights from a true wine luminary. Sue Hodder’s expertise and passion will be shared as you explore an exquisite selection of Wynns’ finest single vineyard Cabernets, including the freshly released Wynns John Riddoch 2020.Don’t miss this opportunity and book now for this unique culinary and wine soirée!

Join us for a very special evening with Wynns winemaker Sue Hodder at the 170-year-old castle-like icon which has been transformed into a purpose-built event space. With its high rising central atrium and soaring walkways, The Long Hall at Pentridge is an incredible venue space. The menu has been put together by North & COMMON’s head chef, Mark Glenn, who spent three years at Dinner by Heston before becoming head chef at Cumulus and this promises to be one of the most memorable wine dinners we’ve hosted!

Planted in 1891 by John Riddoch who completed Wynn’s famous triple gabled winery in 1896, Wynns was established in 1951 by David Wynn and today Wynns Coonawarra Estate is the region’s pre-eminent wine producer, and largest single vineyard holder. The first Wynns John Riddoch was made in 1982 and since 2001, every year a special wine is released from, and named after, the top performing vineyard on the estate. This dinner will feature a number of these single vineyard Cabernets along with the just released, Wynns John Riddoch 2020.

Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine Winemaker of the Year in 2010 and the Australian Women in Wine Awards Woman of Inspiration winner in 2018, Sue Hodder, who joined Wynns in 1993, is one of Australia’s most respected and revered winemakers. Since becoming chief winemaker in 1998, Sue has overseen a period of great rejuvenation of Wynn’s vineyards and the wines have never looked better. We are delighted Sue will be here to talk about her work over the last thirty years and if it’s been a while since you’ve seen these wines, this is a great place to start!

MacPhee’s is thrilled to invite you to an exclusive Barolo and Barbaresco dinner at one of Melbourne’s most renowned restaurants, the legendary Scopri. Join us for an unforgettable evening as we take you on a journey through some of the finest expressions of these iconic wines.

We’ll be exploring four different brackets of Barolo and Barbaresco, each carefully selected to showcase the incredible diversity and depth of the regions. From bold and structured through to elegant and nuanced, each wine will transport you to the rolling hills of Piedmont. Our expert wine team will guide you, providing insights into the history, terroir and the winemaking techniques that make these wines so unique.

The talented chefs at Scopri are crafting a stunning five-course menu to complement these exceptional wines. The menu will showcase the very best of seasonal and local produce, bringing you a dining experience that’s truly unforgettable.

“With respect to the reds, 2021 marks a sharp return to the vivid red fruit of cooler growing seasons. Red cherries, crushed strawberries, often traits of orange rind or blood orange, most are far removed from the black/blue-fruited 2019s and 2020s. Alcohol levels are much lower than the previous three years and there is greater underlying mineralité, tension, and vibrancy on the palate compared to recent vintages.” Neal Martin, Vinous

Having become the first Australian, and the first woman, to be named La Revue de France’s Negociant of the Year in 2021, Jane’s small brand continues to go from strength to strength. This will be the only public appearance Jane will be making while she’s in Australia during harvest for her Aussie Pinots. It’s a great line-up of wines and food, and apart from the ‘Corton-Bressandes’ 2021 (there are 250 bottles for the world!), all the 2021s will be featured at the dinner. The demand for what is now an annual new release lunch or dinner is always strong, so if you’d like to attend let us know as soon as possible!

It’s somewhat of a cliché to say that the year has gone fast, but boy hasn’t it! We’ll be sliding into December before you know it, then after a few frantic weeks most of you will be packing up for a well-deserved break. But it’s not over yet!

For one of our last events of the year we’re conducting a very special tasting of 20 wines that dazzled us in 2022 – the MacPhee’s Top 20! It’s a list that has something for everyone, with a broad range of styles and price points, from Champagne and Australian sparkling through Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Shiraz… you get the picture.

We’ll have wines from near and far, but the overriding key is that we believe they’re some of the best of their kind that have been released in the calendar year. It’ll be a stand-up affair, with the MacPhee’s Fine Wine Team on hand to answer your questions, along with some antipasti to snack on.

Many of the wines will be available to purchase, but some are extremely limited. So it’s a great opportunity to ensure you don’t miss out, and to try before you buy. Places are strictly limited.

Following the success of the Jane Eyre Burgundy lunch at Patsy’s earlier this year, we are again teaming up with the same team but this time at Bistro Elba, their classic French restaurant in Sorrento.

Hosted by Philip Rich, this is a great chance to get a snapshot of the excellent 2020s. While it was another hot year in Burgundy and the earliest vintage on record, it has paradoxically turned out to be an excellent white Burgundy vintage, easily the best since 2017, if not 2014. Some superb reds were made, too, particularly in the Côte de Nuits.

The dinner will feature white wines from Chablis, the Mâcon and Côte Chalonnaise, while the two red wine brackets focus mainly on wines from the Côtes de Nuits, and from Village to Premier Cru and Grand Cru.

Join David Bicknell – Australian winemaking royalty and 2017 Gourmet Traveller WINE Winemaker of the Year – and MacPhee’s Philip Rich – who covers the Yarra Valley for the James Halliday Wine Companion – for what will be one of the wine events of the year. Across five brackets of wine, matched with five courses from Flower Drum’s kitchen, the dinner will feature all the latest Oakridge ‘864’ releases together with a number of Local Vineyard Series wines and some specially selected museum wines from Oakridge’s cellars. From sparkling wine to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, and with David and Philip both there, the discussion is sure to be lively for what will be a superb evening of wine and food!

Chablis and Rhône. They’re not that far apart in distance, but they play two very different, though quite complementary, roles for us. From the mineral-etched charm of Chablis, which is often our white of choice, to the spicy, fragrant and long-lived Syrahs of the Northern Rhône and on to the brooding earthy wines of the south, there’s hardly a better regional pair for a two-bottle (or more) dinner, skipping from cold entrees and seafood to meatier things, from duck through to lamb, steak and… Let’s just say they’re well-stocked parts of our cellar.

Join us for a tasting of some of our favourite Chablis and Rhône wines of the moment, from Premier and Grand Cru Chablis, seriously impressive Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côte-Rôtie to the more everyday wines that make us smile. This is going to be a great tasting. And, as usual, we’ll be opening some oysters on the night to match the Chablis and providing some cheese and charcuterie for the sturdier southern options. As always, the pricing on the night to purchase the wine will be super keen, and is only available to attendees.