Winespeake – Amazing country location

Posted by Sue Dyson and Roger McShane on 23 February 2026 at 12:34 am

Winespeake – beautiful wine and food

Could this be the most exciting wine store and cafe outside the major Australian cities? We are constantly amazed by what the owners are doing here in country Victoria.

The space is large and roughly divided with the entry area being like a mini delicatessen, to the right there are window seats where you can enjoy the food offerings and maybe a glass or two of the amazing wine selection, and then, from the centre of the space to the back there is there is the famous wine selection where you can peruse the selection of local and overseas wines where we love spending time marvelling at their carefully curated selection.

The wine selection is comprehensive (with some of the natural wines we import from France on display here) and the food and coffee very appealing. The wines are also very reasonably priced. Wines that we have noted here include a Jean Francois Ganevat Les Chamois du Paradis from the Jura, the Charles Dufour ‘Bulles de Comptoir’ #13 Cuisine du Dimanche (a young natural producer who is creating fantastic Champagnes) and Elise Dechannes Absolue Grès which is another Champagne by a young woman who has converted her small holding to organic and is now producing wonderful Champagnes, the Domaine Derain Allez Goutons Aligoté (which is one that we import allowing customers to enjoy the rapidly emerging Aligoté grape variety), the ever reliable Mount Mary Chardonnay, the Clos de Tue-Bœuf Frileuse from the Cheverny district in the Loire Valley where some great wines are produced and this one, imported by our friend Andrew Guard is an excellent example, Tempier Bandol Rose from coastal Provence (A Tempier red may have been the first natural wine that we ever drank) and the iconic Jean Foillard Cote du Py Morgon which was one of the first natural wines to herald in the new era.