A Euro-style wine bar beautifully translated through the lens of excellent, relaxed WA hospitality.
One of hospitality’s great combinations, the blend of relaxed and efficient, is on full, satisfying display at Wines of While. The airy room sets the scene: a nicely worn, timber-floored double shopfront, its whitewashed walls lined with bottles to drink in or take away; the bentwood chairs, timber tables and bar distinctly nodding to Euro wine bar culture. Witty and knowledgeable service does its part too, even before you get a look at the lauded wine list that champions minimal intervention making that runs the gamut from funky to elegant, from both old and new world producers. Chef Rory Glacken fully understands the brief, his textural, deftly-seasoned dishes – rustic slices of saucisson; ruby snapper crudo prettily teamed with sweet nectarine slices and a flurry of earthy shiso; a sensational, umami-laden combination of octopus and house-made XO – perfectly in sync with the wine-forward raison d’être. It’s a flexible menu too, well-suited to a relaxed crowd who might drop in for a quick glass of wine and excellent Albany oysters with sourdough bread and cultured butter or to make a night of it over larger dishes like a pitch-perfect zucchini and silverbeet-stuffed agnolotti. Relaxed. Efficient. Thoroughly appealing.
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