05/06/2026
Mysterious Jura.
Rolling hills, tiny villages, candlelit dinners with Comté and mysterious wines. Rustic, understated, and perhaps less trodden than its neighbouring wine regions… yet with its own devoted cult of followers, especially among those chasing the region’s sparse wines.
Our new wine menu is now live! Over five years in the making for this current iteration. We’ve capped it whole at 200 bottles (not an easy task), while continuing to rotate highlights focused on particular regions, producers, themes, with new and old nobility.
Right now, we’re sharing some highlights from our own experiences discovering Jura: wines with a profound sense of place, best pondered slowly over a long sitting with good company, mutually unwinding.
…and of a side quest…
On a trip south to north through France in September 2021, two enthusiastic idiots were lucky enough to spend time travelling through Jura. One evening in Arbois - the heart of the region - we found ourselves in a local bistrot eating a delicacy of bird cooked in Vin Jaune sauce with morels. (A great homage to the dish has recently been done by Marion Wine Bar on Gertrude Street if you’ve never tried it.)
As the night unfolded, we got chatting with a nearby table of local farmers. Very curiously - and very generously - and very loudly - they opened the conversation by pouring us wine and declaring “In Jura, we drink Savagnin!” - Oh yeah?
A strong start with our new friends, until they learned we were Australian. Unbeknownst to us, Australia had ripped up the notorious French submarine deal just the day prior. We’d been travelling and had completely missed the news (no time for the paper when hungover eh). Unsurprisingly, this wasn’t especially well received.
After some delicate diplomatic triage, a few bandages (slaps on the back), and considerably more wine, harmony was eventually restored. We all left the evening with arms locked, singing together “We all live in a yellow submarine.”
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