Dear Sainte Éloise

Shop 5, 29 Orwell St, Potts Point, NSW
(02) 9326 9745

dearsainteeloise.com

Cuisine Modern Australian
WINE LIST Matt Swieboda
WINEs ON LIS 518 (28 by the glass)
WINE PRICES $$ ($21-$12 by the glass)

“Dear Sainte Eloise, if you exist, please send me some money. I don’t ask for much – just enough to buy some bread and a bottle of wine.” The owners of Dear Sainte Éloise wine bar in Potts Point loved George Orwell’s classic 1933 story of desperation and renewal in Down and Out in Paris and London they were inspired to create the quintessential wine bar.

While the wine list celebrates alternative styles and winemakers, rest assured it is always at pains to present quality alternatives of a more conventional nature. Riesling takes on icon status here, as do small independent winemakers.

Start with a glass of sparkling vermentino/grenache blanc from the Languedoc while you pause to consider your options. Will you keep to wines by the glass or take up the offer to try the Mystery White and Red by the glass? If you correctly guess the grape and country of origin, the wine is on the house. Or there’s a seriously tempting feature on Italy’s Foradori winemaker, Elisabetta Foradori, and her teroldego grape with a tranche of 120ml tastings available under Coravin.

And that’s only the first two pages. Be assured of a long night full of many temptations and memories.  

jeni port