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Birds of the Inner West
Back again after a sell-out first event in May appropriately called Birds of Redfern, held at Cake Wines newly opened venue on Eveleigh St, the fried chicken frenzy continues with Birds of the Inner West, a bigger, better, stronger and more fried up chicken festival than ever before! Featuring some of Sydney’s best chefs including Mary's, Butter, Belly Bao, Hashtag Burgers, Public House Petersham and The Erko, all cooking their hearts out in the carpark of Petersham’s much loved Public House! All Cake Wines Art Series wines will be available on the day alongside Public House Petersham’s stellar lineup of craft beers. DJ’s will also feature in the carpark for dancefloor vibes later on in the evening.
Vivid 2019 @ The Cake Wines Cellar Door View More Vivid 2019 @ The Cake Wines Cellar Door
Vivid Sydney is finally here! This year we've focused on bringing in the best of the best with a focus on improvisational Jazz, broken beat, soul / house music. Next Friday we kick things off with a free event, Jazz! Attack! with Jackson Milas and Cameo Culture live, Saturday see's the much talked about Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange step up, a live free form jam from Melbourne. Friday the 31st we go on a trip with Laneous' Uncomfortable Science, armed with a pen & whiteboard, spontaneously guiding the chord selection with some of the most talented musicians in the game. Friday the 1st, End Notes will deliver an unmissable performance, 'The Anthology', playing 3 sets across the night covering a huge repertoire of greatest hits. Links below, tickets selling fast!
RCC Fringe 2019 View More RCC Fringe 2019
Adelaide's premier cultural event, in collaboration with RCC, we present a neat little program as the wine partner for the 2019 Adelaide Fringe Festival. Hinged on the release of 3 of our wines, each event and activation explores different winemaking approaches and backstories. From a deep dive into the 'Edge of Chaos' with Mike Bennie and some of Adelaide's most forward thinking winemakers, to an equally as poignant discussion with controversial act Pussy Riot, describing their experiences living on The Edge of Chaos, to a sensory degustation titled 'Moon Safari' bringing together food, wine, music and lights with Africola. Buy a ticket, get down, set yourself free.
When lightning strikes - An insight into our winemaking View More When lightning strikes - An insight into our winemaking
A little insight into the ideas and process behind our wines. We're making textural, lively, youthful wines in and around the Adelaide Hills, a place now heralded as one of the most creative regions in the world.
Wine De Jour #2 Adelaide Hills View More Wine De Jour #2 Adelaide Hills
Wine De Jour is back! This time, celebrating regional diversity and a ‘sense of place’ zero'ing in on the much talked about, Adelaide Hills. Created by Glen Cassidy (Cake Wines) and Sommelier/Wine Writer Samantha Payne, Wine De Jour is a wine festival exploring wine styles, regions and theories in a fun and engaging way. Held at the Cake Wines Cellar Door in Redfern, for this edition, we are focusing on the Adelaide Hills, the home of Cake Wines’ winemaking heritage, and the diversity of wines that are produced there to understand the concept of terroir (also known as a ‘sense of place’).
Cellar Door x Vivid Sydney 2018 View More Cellar Door x Vivid Sydney 2018
Sitting at the intersection of wine and culture, Cake Wines Cellar Door has etched its way into the cultural fabric of the city as a place to enjoy great food and wine alongside a mix of weekly curated experiences across music, art and culture. Our 2018 program is a deep dive into a cross-section of genres, styles and artists...from classical to Jazz, beats to soul, dusty house music to a dash of late night techno. At times, a collision of food + wine + music will set the scene with Music for Brunch and the Imagination Degustation making a return. In other moments, classical with a run alongside some of the country's most renowned electronic artists to showcase some of the most revered record labels in the world — hear from the people that have created them. Our 2018 program is set to be our most diverse and will showcase this beautiful venue in it's true form!
Lovebombs View More Lovebombs
When one's nautical compass continues to point south, when dancefloor desires overpower all rational thought, when falling in love and losing yourself to the deepest, ffffffff-funkiest, soul-drenched disco, house and love related records is all that occupies your brain...there is really only one thing left to do...board the LOVEBOAT and let it all out in what will be one of the steamiest, silkiest one night stands you are likely to have in 2018...Lovebombs - The Loveboat Edition.
Archi-bottle 2018 View More Archi-bottle 2018
Fondly known as Australia’s second most prestigious art prize and now entering it's 5th year, the Cake Wines Archi-bottle Prize is a yearly art competition where 1 winner will appear on one of our next release range of wines. Submissions are currently open for 2018 entries!
Mister Sunday View More Mister Sunday
We're bringing Mister Sunday to Sydney.
In the ten-or-so years this event has been running in the laneways of New York City, it’s only left NYC for one other town, but now, together with our Astral People family, we've found a secret outdoor spot in Sydney's inner city, and we're landing the party there on Sunday, February 25 for the first, Mister Sunday. We’ll be doing it just how it rolls in NYC: a four-point sound system, good vibes, a cell-phone-free dance floor and tunes from Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter from beginning to end. There’ll be good food from Eat Art Truck to keep you going and plenty of places off the dance floor for a nice chat and a hang. The party runs from 1pm to 8pm, and our rules will be in force to keep the vibe right:
Wine De Jour View More Wine De Jour
Wine De Jour is a wine festival exploring interesting and often mis-understood varietals of the world. Created by Glen Cassidy (Cake Wines) alongside wine writer and sommelier Samantha Payne, this edition will focus on rosé and skin-contact whites, an area of winemaking undoubtedly enjoying its time in the sun right now. We love the vibrant mix of wines, styles and winemaking ethos that these wines attract so we thought we’d bring them all together under one roof.
Cellar Door View More Cellar Door
In 2016, we opened Sydney’s first winery cellar door in a beautiful old warehouse in Redfern. Sitting at the intersection of wine + culture, the cellar door is our new permanent home., and will host tastings, food + wine events, gigs, talks, exhibitions, film screenings and a bunch of other wine and cultural experiences that we love. Wines will be sold over the bar along with beers and a small selection of spirits. For food, cheese and meat boards are on offer.
Address:
16 Eveleigh st, Redfern
Open Thursday to Sunday
Pies in the Sky - Vivid 2017 View More Pies in the Sky - Vivid 2017
Choose from 3 rooftops, 3 chefs, 3 Cake Wines alongside some of the worlds most renowned live acts and DJs, all on one epic Vivid Sydney afternoon. Ladies and gentleman, we present to you, Pies in the Sky. Pies in the sky is a rooftop music, food and wine event series set on three different CBD rooftops, a showcase of culture in a context very rarely explored in the city. From deep wonky jazz, beats, rare boogie, eclectic house and disco, to Sydney’s best chefs creating menus carefully matched to our wines. A gem in the 2017 Vivid Sydney calendar, Pies in the Sky is a rule bending concept that will see our involvement in the festival literally pushed to new heights. Tickets selling fast!
Vivid 2017 - Cellar Door View More Vivid 2017 - Cellar Door
Step into the warmth of the Cake Wines Cellar Door for Vivid Sydney 2017 from 26 May–17 June and discover a raft of record label showcases, diverse acts from around the country; classical to jazz, deep techno explorations and everything in between, to talks...even a full sensory experience across food/wine/music/lights held over two sessions. This is undoubtedly our most significant contribution to Vivid so far, we are super excited to present to you the following:
Birds of the Inner West View More Birds of the Inner West
Back again after a sell-out first event in May appropriately called Birds of Redfern, held at Cake Wines newly opened venue on Eveleigh St, the fried chicken frenzy continues with Birds of the Inner West, a bigger, better, stronger and more fried up chicken festival than ever before! Featuring some of Sydney’s best chefs including Mary's, Butter, Belly Bao, Hashtag Burgers, Public House Petersham and The Erko, all cooking their hearts out in the carpark of Petersham’s much loved Public House! All Cake Wines Art Series wines will be available on the day alongside Public House Petersham’s stellar lineup of craft beers. DJ’s will also feature in the carpark for dancefloor vibes later on in the evening.
Lovebombs (On the Pier) View More Lovebombs (On the Pier)
It’s been exactly one year since we transformed the Prince Alfred half court into a Spring Affair love in. You the people have waited patiently for another soiree and we are here to deliver! This time round we’re shifting from the urban oasis to Sydney Harbour. Smack bang under the Bridge that splits the city and tucked out on the tip of a secret wharf lies a sea-side dance floor begging for a memory making afternoon. On headline duties and in our humble opinion one of the most exciting live acts we have seen in a minute, It’s The Possé baby - Expect heavyweight Disco, Boogie and Funk fuelled heaters with the soulful grit of Detroit and Chicago house. On support we have called up the first ladies of love, long time extended family member Ariane & FBi radio’s Mira Boru for her Lovebombs debut. They will be joined by the faithful residents Anno, Resort Styles, Jian Hans & the much-hyped return of Pauly G!
The School of Wine View More The School of Wine
The School of Wine is back bigger and better than ever! Hosted by Nomad Sommelier and rising start of the wine world, Samantha Payne, this is a high-brow / low-brow educational course held at the Cake Wines Cellar Door for people who want to know more about wine. This is not for the masters, nor for the secret sommeliers amongst us, this is for everyone else who just loves to drink nice wine, and better still, understand in a bit more detail the hows, whys, with what and with whom...of wine. We’ll keep things straight talking, across 4 modules, in a relaxed but informative session once a week. Buy one session or the whole course, your'e call...let the journey begin!
Vivid 2016 View More Vivid 2016
The time is upon us again, our city set to come alive under the energy of Vivid Sydney, a celebration of creativity across music, lights and ideas. We're super excited about our involvement this year, from a curated selection of music events in the Cake Wines Cellar Door and surrounding Redfern warehouse spaces featuring The Possé, Love Bombs, Mike Who, Julien Dyne, a talk with Two Up | Talk Series - Vivid Edition 2016, playing host to Make Nice - a creative conference for women, and a series of dinners and nightmarkets at Carriageworks with some of Sydney's best chefs. Big month ahead, grab your tickets now from the link below!
Food and drink futures forum View More Food and drink futures forum
The Future Laboratory is one of the world’s most renowned and respected futures consultancies. A leader in trend forecasting, consumer insight and strategic innovation, The Future Laboratory ethos is a simple one : to help businesses make the future happen. When we were asked to speak at this conference in Melbourne we thought someone was playing a joke on us, it's a real honour...some seriously smart folks in the room. If your interested in coming along, grab your ticket below!
Community Feast View More Community Feast
Welcome to the Cake Wines Community Feast, a series of lunches and dinners held in the grounds of some of the country's best kept community gardens, thriving hubs of produce, productivity and true community spirit. We will be collaborating with a different chef for each event who will use produce from each garden to create a bespoke menu matched to our wines. You'll hear from the chefs as they talk us through their dishes and the produce they've used from the garden to create them, a representative from the garden will give us insight into their crop and some gardening tips, and our head winemaker, Sarah Burvill, will talk about the winemaking process, wine + food matching, and the secret to Cake Wines' approach.
Cake Wines presents - Wax'o Balearico View More Cake Wines presents - Wax'o Balearico
Ahoy Paradisians! It is our great pleasure to welcome back to our shores, for their second outing north o’ the border, bringing their Melbournian balearic roots to the open seas! On Sunday November 1st we again join forces with our Wax’o Paradiso friends, setting sail in Sydney’s picturesque harbour for an afternoon of delish spritzers, naughty-cal frocks and a whole lot of Rosé José! Join us as we sail into the sunset to a place where the nights are long and balmy, the lockouts are a thing for dry land folk, and where Andy Hart, Edd Fisher and Simon TK will serenade you into sweet oblivion.
Sarah's 2015 Vintage Report View More Sarah's 2015 Vintage Report
2015, the vintage that ticked every box. We had surprise, drama, elation experimentation, lots of beer and the odd fire truck. But in the end we were left with spectacular results, and a real sense of pride for the awesome Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale wine regions.
Lovebombs View More Lovebombs
The time has come to shed those winter coats and rekindle what we started on the rooftop many months ago. On October 10th we’ll be bombing Prince Alfred Park with our good friends lovebombs for another daytime soiree of food, wine and ofcourse dancing. Think afternoon vibes on a courtside dancefloor adjoining a lush green grassy-noel for hangs. Heat it up or keep it cool, your vibe is sorted. As always, the tune selection will be varied but expect soul, funk, boogie, disco, house...even the odd slow jam. If it gets you hot and sweaty, it’s most def a Lovebomb, and sure to be a contender on the day.
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Ta-ku 'In conversation' View More Ta-ku 'In conversation'
Emerging as one of the most creatively diverse Australian artists in recent times, Perth talent, Ta-ku, will be appearing for one night only with friend and long time collaborator, Repeat Pattern, for an intimate “conversation style” evening in a secret warehouse location in Redfern. Hosted by Cake Wines, this will be a night of wine, food (prepared by Redfern Continental) and open dialogue featuring Ta-ku himself, delving into the life of his many creative pursuits and current working projects. From Ta-ku’s current EP released through Future Classic to his more recent photographic tangent titled “NO. SLEEP.”, a series of photographs taken over a 24 period materialized in a fully published book, the conversation will hover around the theme of “multi-disciplined creativity” as a means to stay fresh, inspired and curious in todays creative age.
LUNCH - The Pinot & Pork edition View More LUNCH - The Pinot & Pork edition
Welcome to LUNCH, a free, cultural event with a focus on 1 of our wines, alongside matching food and some of our favourite DJ's. LUNCH is a chance for us to put the spotlight on a particular wine from our portfolio, share the stories behind how we made it, and get together with the people who continue to support the things we do.
Things We Do Archi-bottle View More Things We Do
Archi-bottle
Fondly known as Australia’s second most prestigious art prize and now entering it's 5th year, the Cake Wines Archi-bottle Prize is a yearly art competition where 1 winner will appear on one of our next release range of wines. Stay tuned for 2016 entry details!
Semi-Permanent 2015 View More Semi-Permanent 2015
Super excited to be part of Semi-Permanent this year...one of the largest events of its type and a creative platform spreading art and design inspiration. It consists of a conference and side events which include exhibitions, competitions, workshops and parties. It’s a week long celebration of all things design. Graphic Design, Film, Art, Illustration, Web Design, Photography, Visual Effects, Animation, Graffiti, Motion Graphics, Stop Motion. Catch some of the worlds most inspiring thought leaders on the 2015 lineup including artist Ben Quilty, design team Made Thought, Wired Magazines Scott Dadich and, the awesome Stanley Domwood...they guy who's produced all of Radioheads cover art (OMG WTF?).
Things we do Notes View More Things we do
Notes
Notes is a quarterly wine + culture journal that we're super excited to release into the world! This is a limited run newspaper featuring the people, businesses and places that to us represent the new, romantic world of wine that we love. Inside you'll find interviews, reviews, articles and other musings that will hopefully get you as inspired as us. Look out for Notes in all good record stores, wine bars, cafes and Cake Wines stockists around the country. If you would like to be the first to receive this journal...sign up below and we'll send you a free copy!
Wax'o Paradiso View More Wax'o Paradiso
2 years ago we hosted the first ever Wax'o Paradiso party in a warehouse in Melbourne so we thought it would epic to bring these guys up to Sydney for an afternoon of equally joyous debauchery! Whether it’s amidst the clouds on a garden rooftop, amongst the nooks of an outdoor labyrinth or honouring the winter solstice by closing MONA’s Dark Mofo, Wax'o Paradiso is now recognised as one of Melbourne's most esteemed parties.
Things We Do Pop-Up Bars View More Things We Do
Pop-Up Bars
We’ve run a number of month long temporary bars, set up in unusual locations in Sydney and Melbourne, with a carefully curated cultural program of food, wine, music, art, film, talks, and good times! Look out for the next one!
Things we do Work-Shop View More Things we do
Work-Shop
This year, we'll be working with the awesome guys from Work-Shop, a creative concept that will broaden your horizons and help you unleash your inner awesome. Providing affordable short courses in life skills and alternative art, the guys work with some of Australia’s brightest creative minds to share their knowledge and help teach you a new skill. From printmaking and stencil art through to music and gardening.
Join Jardine botanic and The Plant Hunter for a fun evening of botanically inspired conversation on plants, perhaps distill some essential oils, share info about the field of floristry, publishing and garden design and there will be plenty of time for all of your planty questions.
Stonnington Jazz Festival View More Stonnington Jazz Festival
Jazz, one of the purest free form languages on the planet. Experimental, avant garde, filled with beautiful imperfections and we love it! This year we've jumped onboard with Melbourne's Stonnington Jazz Festival, a firmly established and important event on the national jazz calendar. Our wines will be pouring at all official festival venues so look out for them! Click the link below to find out more info about the festival running from the 14th - 24th of May!
Things we do Lovebombs View More Things we do
Lovebombs
From over-crowded house parties, to dis-used city basements, festivals, club nights and everything in between…DJ collective Lovebombs is a Stevie Wonders paradise, soul-drenched and dance-floor full, a tasteful hit machine with obscurity in it’s veins. Dim the lights and prepare for a sweaty fling…fall in love, lose your sh*%. Darnce!
In April of 2015 we joined forces with our favourite music lovers to throw down a sold-out secret rooftop party over looking Sydney Harbour in the Rocks in what was an epic afternoon of tunes, food, wines and mad times. Stay tuned for the next event!!
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Things we do The School of Life View More Things we do
The School of Life
This year we've partnered with The School of Life, a global institution devoted to developing emotional intelligence through the help of culture. Based in Melbourne, this is a place to step back and think intelligently about central emotional concerns. You will never be cornered by dogma, attend any one of their short courses or classes geared towards a variety of ideas from the humanities – from philosophy to literature, psychology to the visual arts – ideas that will exercise, stimulate and expand your mind. Through out the year we'll be giving away tickets to classes...our first one being "How to balance work with life". Sign up below to enter!
Things we do Theo Parrish View More Things we do
Theo Parrish
We love unique things and when the opportunity came up to serve up some of our wines at this event we couldn't resist. Headlined by a man that needs no introduction with a musical history covering jazz, house, hip-hop, electronica and beyond...Detroit legend Theo Parrish is one of the greats. Alongside Invisible City, Tako and the Wax'o Paradiso boys, this was a memorable "one night only" gig at the Revolt Art Space in Melbourne.
Things we do Summer Dance View More Things we do
Summer Dance
In Jan / Feb we partnered up with our good friends, Astral People, to host 4 outdoor summer events in the epic grounds of the National Art School in Darlinghurst. Featuring some of the most respected local and international DJ's including Mister Saturday Night, Tornado Wallace, Omar S, Mike Who and Moodymann. It was great to be pouring our wines to the sound of such incredible music.
Things We Do Matched View More Things We Do
Matched
MATCHED was an idea that looked to explore “kitchens that don’t live in the limelight”, sharing stories from the chefs that run them, and giving some much needed love, and exposure, to the restaurants, cafes, tapas/wine bars and gastro pubs that sometimes get drowned out in our celebrity driven food world. Throughout July-Aug-Sept 2014 we're launched a campaign to promote these unsung heroes by asking them to match their favourite dishes to our wines, served up for you to enjoy! Click on the link for some great food + wine matching ideas!
Things We Do The School of Wine View More Things We Do
The School of Wine
The Cake Wines School of Wine is a light-hearted, high-brow/low-brow look at exciting topics and trends in wine, food and culture! In the past we have had guests Mike Bennie, Sarah Limacher, and Richie Harkham host informal educational classes that give an insight into the ever evolving world of wine. We'll taste wine, match food, get into heated debates and generally cause a ruckus, all the while gaining valuable insight, whatever your level of wine knowledge. Stay tuned for the next School of Wine coming soon!
Things We Do Support the Support View More Things We Do
Support the Support
Support bands, the under celebrated legends of the music world. In 2014 we ran a campaign called Support the Support, incentivising people to head to gigs earlier in over 40 participating venues around the country. 197 bands, 645 glasses of wine and a shed-load of love from the community, we hope we made a difference to the venues and bands that got involved.
Things We Do Community Radio View More Things We Do
Community Radio
We’ve discovered some of the best music, art and culture through independent radio so we appreciate how vitally important these stations are to our nation’s identity. Community funded, these stations need all the support they can get. As such, 10% of proceeds from the sale of every bottle goes back to FBi (Syd), 4ZZZ (Brisbane) and RTR (Perth). We also support RRR in Melbourne through various sponsorships and partnerships and are hopeful that one day we will be working together under a similar arrangement. Tune in to these stations, support them and help them stay on air.
Things We Do Rooftop Dinners View More Things We Do
Rooftop Dinners
The Cake Wines Rooftop dinner series is a chance for us to bring together 4 of our favourite things; Wine, food, art and music. With so many unused but spectacular rooftops around the city we thought it would be a great idea to bring some of them to life! Stay tuned for more dinners!!
