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AGE Good Food Guide Awards in Melbourne

It was a cracker of a night in Melbourne last evening for the Rockpool Group. The AGE handed out the toques and awards and we were proud as punch to be there and to feel such a great part of this vibrant city and it’s healthy restaurant and bar scene.     Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne [...]

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Wine List Awards for Bar & Grill Melbourne

Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne wins four awards at Fine Wine Partners/Gourmet Traveller WINE’S  2010 Wine List of the Year Awards 5 August 2010: At Monday night’s announcement of Fine Wine Partners and Gourmet Traveller WINE’s 2010 Australian Wine List of the Year Awards, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne scooped four major awards including ‘Overall [...]

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Great Wines of the World Dinner – this Sunday

As a part of the 2010 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, will be hosting an exclusive ‘Great Wines of the World Dinner’ in the restaurant’s private dining room this Sunday, 21 March 2010.  At this once-in-a-lifetime dinner, Perry will craft an exclusive menu using the finest produce to complement a [...]

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Great Wines of the World Dinner – update

Great Wines of the World Dinner Sunday 21 March, from 6pm at Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne A unique opportunity to join David Doyle, owner of Rockpool Bar & Grill, Andrew Caillard MW, Langton’s Fine Wine Auctions, James Halliday, wine writer and judge, and David Lawler, Sommelier Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne for this dinner. [...]

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Great Wines of The World – Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

Great Wines of the World Dinner Sunday 21 March, from 6pm at Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne A unique opportunity to join David Doyle, owner of Rockpool Bar & Grill, Andrew Caillard MW, Langton’s Fine Wine Auctions, James Halliday, wine writer and judge, and David Lawler, Sommelier Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne for this dinner. [...]

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Wine Spectator “Best of Award of Excellence” Hat-trick, plus one

Media Release The Rockpool Group’s four restaurants win Wine Spectator awards 3 August 2009: Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney and Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne were three of 727 restaurants worldwide and only nine in Australia to receive a “Best of Award of Excellence” in Wine Spectator’s recently announced 2009 Restaurant Awards. Spice Temple [...]

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David Lawler does Paris

Road to Paris by David Lawler, Head Sommelier – Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne Working as a sommelier, one often ponders the most appropriate beverage for any given occasion.  Air travel for example; few things seem to bring the destination along more swiftly than the refreshing tang of a Gin & Tonic. However, after the [...]

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David Lawler has an appointment with The Court of Master Sommeliers

David Lawler, our Head Sommelier at Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, is off to Las Vegas to advance the ranks of the Worlds Master Sommeliers. The Court of Master Sommeliers was established in 1969 and its Master Sommelier Diploma is considered the highest level qualification available to the sommelier profession.  There are four stages to achieve [...]

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