A rare opportunity to join Michael Hall and The Local Drop for a ‘slow wine’ tasting experience. WHEN: Wednesday July 11, 6pm WHERE: The Local Drop HQ 30 Victoria Street, Brunswick [...]

So you have found an incredible venue… something that will look perfect when you are surrounded by your friends, family and significant other.  You have someone you trust cooking for the big day [...]

Evan Milne, founder of the wine distribution company ‘Stock On Hand’, has selected six unique wines for us to enjoy and purchase on the night. When: Wednesday 27th June from 6.30pm onwards Where: [...]

  Beyond the classic Negroni lives a world of variations ready for us to explore. Here are just two to try… THREE WOOD NEGRONI 15 ml Three Wood Scotch Whisky 15 ml Professore Antica [...]

So you have a significant dinner a matter of weeks away and you haven’t even thought about it. Enter French born Romuald and the team from The Local Drop. So you have a significant dinner [...]

It took me all of 4 seconds to buy this wine… It took me all of 4 seconds to buy this wine…  The fact that the woman showing it to me was one of the best in the game helped. There are [...]

Who would ever consider collaborating with their mum to produce a gin? If your mum has a natural love of foraging and you happen to live by Lake Como, it starts to make perfect sense. Marco [...]

Sam Cook and Alastair Reed, are the duo behind the Konpira Maru label, they source grapes from the top of New England, NSW all the way down to Kilmore in Victoria. Alastair a lecturer in [...]

Bringing light to the lesser known wine styles and grape varietals out there.  Txakoli – Pronounced, Cha-ko-li. Txakoli is a white wine produced in the Spanish provinces of the Basque [...]

Premium wine from Tasmania – Harvested during Lunar Cycles. We had the absolute pleasure meeting Nav Singh from Domaine Simha for an exclusive look at the new vintage releases of his range. [...]

Our second tasting in the “Meet the Winemakers” series saw Giorgio de Maria with special guest Tom Shobbrook. For those of you that don’t know Giorgio – he is the king of importing lo-fi [...]

We caught up for a quick drink with Brian Conway from Izway Wines in the Barossa Valley. 1. What are you drinking now and why? 2016 Izway Aglianico, I was thirsty and it was the closest bottle. [...]

On May 25th we launched our first “Meet the Winemakers” tasting series held at our East Brunswick warehouse. An opportunity for our members and new friends of The Local Drop to be introduced to [...]

Here’s what Nick had to say! The Local Drop subscription has been a bit of a revelation for my wine tasting and my cellar – each month based on my feedback and tastes, I get a curated [...]

Scott Wasley is a pioneer of wine importing into Australia and has been showcasing Spanish and Portuguese wine long before the queues formed at MoVida and Bar Lourinha. Well before anything like [...]

Supporting the volunteer-run not-for-profit organisation based in St Kilda, Melbourne. The Local Drop is proud to financially contribute to St Kilda Mums as they continue to support families with [...]

A curious thing is happening at the moment.  At the same time that we are doing things faster and more seamlessly – we are also appreciating aspects of life that belong to a previous era.  Things [...]