Where to drink mulled wine in Melbourne
Red wine and spices are the base ingredients for this European winter warmer: but from there, anything is possible. You'll find mulled wine in bars and pubs all over town in the colder months, and you'll be warm in no time even if you don't have a fireplace handy.
Still cold? Make you're way to out to one of our favourite hot chocolates. If you don't like your wine warm, check out some of the best wine bars in Melbourne.
Melbourne's best mulled wine
ReWine
Lygon Street's wine nerd paradise ReWine will be serving mulled wine at their wine bar all winter long. They even set up shop at the Winter Night Markets at Victoria Market – just look out for the giant neon mulled wine sign. Prefer to make it at home? ReWine also sells a syrup to add to your own wine mix, perfect if bracing the outdoors to get your fix seems way too arduous.
Milk the Cow
The kings of cheese and booze pairings are taking the traditional German path here, brewing up their Glühwein with aniseed stars, whole nutmeg, cardamom pods and hints of citrus. Each guest gets a complimentary nip on arrival, and you can also drink by the glass at both Carlton and St Kilda locations. Available exclusively during the winter months.
Madame Brussels
Prim, proper and served in fine china, this Madame knows the key to a great mulled wine. A hearty red is richly infused with figs and strawberries, then hit with a generous swig of brandy. The European blend is made to share, so be sure your drinking partner likes things spicy.
Riverland Bar
Watch the row boats glide past with some hand-held climate control. Classically spiced and heated to perfection, you won’t need gloves once you’ve got yourself a glass.
Vegie Bar
Is there a better sight on a cold night than a crackling fire and a big, black cauldron filled with mulled wine? The heavy scent of spice hits you as soon as you enter Vegie Bar's back bar; hold the glass close and it will clear your sinuses before the first sip. High on clove factor but balanced with a good hit of citrus, waiting 30 minutes for a table almost becomes a treat.
More warm bevvies
The Rochester Hotel
Sit by the fire with a cuppa warm cider at the Rochey. Their brew is made with brown sugar and heaps of spices, so it's both warming and spicy.
The Boatbuilders Yard
South Wharf bar the Boatbuilder’s Yard is dishing out cups of hot Milo spiked with alcohol this winter, too. The drink, which the bar has called a Dockyard Starter, includes a cup of hot Milo, rum and raisin and topped with ample amounts of marshmallows. If you’d rather a classic, you can also get mulled wine by the cup.
Get warm at these pubs
Pubs with fireplaces in Melbourne
Kill old man winter with a roaring fire, a freshly pulled pint and a nosh on something wintery and warm.
