East End Cellars Tasting Room

How have I not reviewed this place??? I am here often enough either for the casual tastings on Friday evenings (5−7pm, Sat 2−5pm) where a particular winery is featured, for the master classes (usually on a Tuesday evening) or for Friday night drinks and nibbles with my wino mates.
I am a bit of a wine nerd, so I love chatting with the guys at the bottle shop — they have taught me so much! Their wines can be purchased online too (free delivery in the CBD), but I tend to purchase it in store so that I can get recommendations from the very knowledgeable and friendly staff. They stock lots of local wine of course, and some hard to find French wines e.g. from Jura region.
My only gripe is that they do not update their website often enough. The tip: keep up-​to-​date with their tastings and events by signing up for their e-​newsletter or follow them on Instagram.

How have I not reviewed this place??? Let me rectify that right now. I am here often enough either for the casual tastings on Friday evenings (5−7pm, Sat 2−5pm) where a particular winery is featured, for the master classes (usually on a Tuesday evening) or for Friday night drinks and nibbles with my wino mates.
I am a bit of a wine nerd, so I love chatting with the guys at the bottle shop — they have taught me so much! Their wines can be purchased online too (free delivery in the CBD), but I tend to purchase it in store so that I can get recommendations from the very knowledgeable and friendly staff. They stock lots of local wine of course, and some hard to find French wines e.g. from Jura region.
My only gripe is that they do not update their website often enough. The tip: keep up-​to-​date with their tastings and events by signing up for their e-​newsletter.

Anyone who is in to wine will feel like a kid in a candy store here. There’s shelves filled top to bottom, opened boxes of wine heaving with bottle of interesting local options and a massive refrigerated section for those who just need to drink it now. You can indeed drink it right there and then if you like, as they have a section set up for spending an hour or two over a bottle of flight of vino.
The staff are happy to make suggestions and nerd out a little about the wine as you make your selection. I paid a visit to get a case of some interesting local SA wine from smaller producers who don’t have cellar doors, and most of which I find difficult to get my hands on in my home town of Melbourne. Natural wine is so hot right now and there’s a huge variety here to please lovers of funk and experimentation. There’s a really good selection of European wines and I was pleased to see a fun selection of both local and international options in large format. Yay! Magnums!
Buying a case? You’ll get 10% off and you’ll get free shipping if you spend more than $ 240 in one transaction — how awesome is that?! Pretty awesome.

This trip to Adelaide is only for a week and yet I’ve been here twice, my boyfriend, three times. It’s got a great vibe, the waitstaff are super friendly and the food/​beer/​wine is superb.
The first time we were here we shared a medium ploughman’s platter and a tasty bottle of Tempranillo between three and it was a delicious, hefty snack.
Beers and grilled cheese were the pick for the next time. I had a marinated mushroom and smoked scamorza which I could stretch to a good 20 cm between sandwich and mouth. This I paired with a good solid golden ale in the form of a local Brewboys Gasoline.
Will definitely be back next time I’m in Adelaide.

Wine porn just about describes this. We are new to town and I feel that this is going to become a regular.
Drop in at the Est pizzeria around the corner to book a table, then boogie on down here to while the time away savouring a glass (or two) before they call you to tell your table is ready. You will be sorry to leave!

This shop is pure wine porn. On one side you have all of the beautiful wines/​wine labels you could ever dream of trying/​buying and on the other side you have a place that you can try these bottles with a platter or toasted sandwich or tapas type delights.
Pay $ 15 corkage and chose, with great difficulty but with expert guidance, a bottle from the wine side then sit down on the ‘tasting’ side and enjoy this said bottle with some cheese and jamon. OR just chose off their wines by the glass menu.
There are often tastings going on so join their mailing list or just pop in to see whats going on. All the staff rock and know their wines (and love a chat). And more often than not a wine maker will be floating around to join in the chat. Very strong wine community feel. They have a very interesting and broad range of local and international wines that are often hard to find elsewhere.
Great people watching potential and a really awesome spot for a day time or after work drink with some mates. Alternatively there are many comfortable spots to sit solo without feeling like you are drinking alone.
They also do coffee… So maybe grab a coffee and look around at all of the wines in the shop.

Have eaten here twice recently., very nice flavours. They Moved from across the road into bigger premises.
As you enter — a Hugh wine selection stashed to the right. Tables for sipping coffee, drinks and to nibble food to pair with the wine to the left.
They make a range of very interesting toasties to go with your wine or coffee.
The climate controlled room for the posh wines is still in the back.
The staff are wise and friendly (no, the move did not affect them). This is your friendly neighbourhood wine shop with a range of food, also have some interesting woman’s handbags for sale.
Oh, and they open at 9am for an early coffee. Tastings still happen on Fridays and Saturdays.

I am not sure the best way to review this since they have a tasting room and wine store, both of which I AM IN LOVE WITH!!!
we ordered a few glasses of wine to taste and share and ordered the «small» cheese board. since we had a gluten hater with us they cut some fresh apples in addition to the wonderful bread. the prosciutto was perfect and complimented the soft cheese and jam they provided. the bar tender was very nice and knowledgable.
the wine store is freaking AMAZING! the guys were knowledgable about almost every wine in the place. the best part was that they went the extra mile to find wine packing boxes and explain the tourist refund scheme in Australia. basically spend $ 300 AUD on wine and when you get to the airport they give you 25% back! they also said they ship to singapore. did i mention that they were super knowledgable about the wine and very nice. i will go back anytime I am in Adelaide and plan to try the shipping to Singapore.

Boasting a magnificent collection of local and specialist wines, most by the glass. These guy are devotees ask for anything, they will find cheese or snacks to match. In any other town this place would be packed with banker-​wankers and sundry other social parasites driving the price up. Here, you lucky people, you get to appreciate wine amongst others doing the same thing. Don’t make it popular, I’ll be very annoyed.

I was pleasantly resuscitated with wine tasting and cheese platters after my work trip to Adelaide was contaminated by SA’s most uptight crazy lady at the workshop I was running. Moved on from the tasting flight to a delicious Hahndorf rosé, ‘Zsa Zsa’, accompanied by more cheese and some wonderful jamon. What a way to fill the time before my flight home. Radelaide, you’re not so bad.

This is East End Cellars (R.I.P.)
Mind you, East End Cellars Redux: Bigger better swankier cooler.
As you enter — wines are stashed to the right. Tables for sipping coffee, drinks and nibble food to pair with the wine to the left. Do not drool over the glass window showcasing the meats and cheeses, please.
The climate controlled room for the posh wines is still in the back.
The folk are as wise as before and as friendly (no, the move did not affect them). The clientele seems to have shifted a tad, but don’t let that stop you. This is still your friendly neighborhood wine shop.
Oh, and they open at 9am for an early coffee. Tastings still happen on Fridays and Saturdays… What else you want? Ah! the Menu… that would be nice… to have it online. :)