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The vault

Sommelier Wine Tastings Inside the 400-Label Vault

Guided flights through one of Victoria's deepest cellars — from a gentle introduction to museum releases poured by the glass.

400 labels deep

Four decades of Australian icons plus old-world reserves.

Marcus hosts

Our head sommelier leads every session personally.

Max ten guests

Cellar tastings stay deliberately small — conversation, not lecture.

The experience

An evening underground

The tasting room sits inside the working cellar — fourteen degrees, candle-lit, surrounded by four hundred labels. Sessions run ninety minutes with eight wines matched to a theme you pick.

Beginners leave able to read a glass; collectors leave with allocations of bottles that never reach the public list. Both leave a little later than planned.

What sets it apart

The tasting formats

Iconic Australia — $85

Six benchmark wines from Barossa to Margaret River with aged-cheddar pairings. The perfect first tasting.

Blind Flight — $120

Eight unlabelled pours and the sommelier's method for reading a glass with zero clues.

Old World Masters — $140

Bordeaux, Barolo and Rioja from the reserve list, decanted two hours before you sit.

In pictures

A closer look

How it works

How a tasting runs

Ninety minutes inside the vault — the rhythm of a session.

1

Settle in

A glass of something cold to start, introductions, and Marcus reads the room's level.

2

The flight

Six to eight wines poured in sequence — geography, vintage and technique as the commentary.

3

The pairing

Cheese, charcuterie or chocolate matched mid-flight to prove the point.

4

The reveal

Scores, verdicts and the list of what you just drank — plus the option to take bottles home.

Included

Every tasting includes

The pour list changes, the inclusions don't.

  • Six to eight wines per guest per session
  • Matched cheese, charcuterie or chocolate board
  • Ninety minutes with the head sommelier
  • Tasting notes to take home
  • Cellar-door pricing on anything you loved
  • Private room bookings available for groups
Investment

From $85 per guest

$85+

per person · formats to $140

Iconic Australia runs $85, Blind Flight $120, Old World Masters $140. Private cellar tastings for six to ten guests price from $950 per session — a genuine bargain per pour.

Ninety minutes with Devereux and you'll never order by the second-cheapest bottle again.

Gourmet Traveller · Cellar Review

Questions

Before you book

More answers on the FAQ page — or ask the concierge directly.

Iconic Australia. It's pitched as an introduction, and nobody has ever felt out of their depth. Marcus adjusts to the table in real time.
Yes — the cellar room books privately for six to ten guests from $950, any theme you choose including rare back-vintages.
Constantly. The list follows the cellar's arrivals — regulars often book the same format twice and never repeat a bottle.

The vault seats ten

Sessions run Thursday to Saturday and sell quietly — grab the seats your week allows.