Jervois Rd Wine Bar & Kitchen concept is simple; a relaxed local place for epicureans to drop in and enjoy small plates and sharing platters with artisan wines, craft beers and tea-infused cocktails.
Owner and manager Benjamin McManus has a wealth of experience from his time at the Langham Hotel as an award-winning tea sommelier. Benjamin has also worked at various well-established Auckland restaurants. His knowledge of wine and its origins is outstanding. Ask him about a vineyard - it is well worth the chat. Jervois Rd chef Viranga is inspired by modern European cuisine in small plate tapas-style and committed to supporting local suppliers who offer only the freshest seasonal ingredients.
Benjamin says, “We choose drinks that we want to drink: we focus on local and international producers that most sympathetically reflect the place from which they originate and the personality of their creator. The vast majority of the wines on the wine list are organic, bio-dynamic or natural and several have little or no additions during wine making.”
Benjamin and his team give you the opportunity to taste the unexpected and be transported to a faraway place with just a sip: with Coravin, they are offering the luxury to taste some very special wines with half and whole glass pours. Think vertical Ascheri Barolo 1999/2001/2006, Corton Le Rognet Grand Cru, Chateaux la Nerthe Blanc, Palladius White Blend, Tissot Vin Jaune.
Above all, they celebrate difference, diversity, and exploration. Their list uses style categories to represent the wide world of wine and spirits available to them beyond the well known varieties and famous brands.
JERVOIS RD WINE BAR & KITCHEN, 170 Jervois Road, T: 09 376 5367, www.jervoisrd.co.nz