In times of uncertainty, it's good to get back to basics. Especially if those basics are a laneway party of natural wine and fried chicken. One of Sydney’s fave wine bars, Love, Tilly Devine, is teaming up with Hank's Fried Chicken for a Coal Coast Collab on Tuesday, February 1. The inaugural event will see four of the Illawarra region's best producers take over the Darlinghurst laneway for a night of limited-release organic wines, wild ales, fried chicken and good vibes.
From 5pm, you’ll be able to dig into tenders slathered in Hank’s hot sauce and blue cheese dressing, corn ribs, biscuits and gravy, mac and cheese and cinnamon doughnuts. Benson Brown and Joel Mucci, from Benson & the Mooch, one of the region’s best no-intervention winemakers, will also be pouring wine all night.
Expect to try the likes of Disco Juice (a chardonnay pét-nat that apparently tastes like Fanta), a slightly spritzed organic GSM called Purple Rain, and an Italo-leaning, skin-contact field blend. Brendan Cato will be repping Urban Winery Sydney and showcasing his very limited run wines as well as a sparkling cider made of apples from across NSW and a vermouth that's steeped in over 30 foraged botanicals.
Rounding out the drinks lineup will be Georg and Chan Bobbert from just-launched brewery the Barrel Shepherd, who’ll be tapping a keg or two of one of their new barrel-aged brews. Sip on a glass of golden sour aged on French oak and chardonnay skins or, perhaps, a golden ale that’s spent ten months on organic nectarines.
All wines and beers will be available in super-limited quantities and the event will be walk-in only. First in, best dressed, run, don't walk.