Where to drink mulled wine in Melbourne this winter

At Mjolner, a Norse mythology-themed bar under Hardware Lane, you'll be able to warm up aching knuckles like the Vikings with a punchy mulled wine. Mjolner's is made with cognac, port, juniper, wood and cranberries, blazed and served hot with a house spice teabag. 

If the perpetual line snaking out from its entrance is anything to go by, Section 8 is one CBD haunt that never gets old. It's also a reliable spot to grab a mulled wine with friends in the cooler months. Next time you find yourself hankering for a proper German Glühwein, rug up in your warmest jacket and head to Tattersalls Lane to enjoy this lively open-air bar's refined mix of vino, triple sec, star anise, brandy, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. 

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. 

Collingwood-based bottleshop, wine bar and haven for all things wine, Glou Melbourne is dishing out mulled wine this winter and if it's anything like last year's, it'll be made from a biodynamic drop that makes it all the more smashable.

Lygon Street's wine nerd paradise ReWine will be serving mulled wine at their wine bar all winter long. 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. 

Watch the rowboats glide past with some hand-held climate control. Classically spiced and heated to perfection, you won’t need gloves once you’ve got yourself Riverland's mulled wine. 

An award-winning bar and café in South Wharf, The Boatbuilders Yard captures the charm of Melbourne's Maritime precinct with a modern fitout housed inside an original historic shed. Its mulled wine is your classic, run-of-the-mill hot stuff that's perfectly spiced and is best enjoyed by the venue's fireplace.