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As you enter through the wrought iron gates and walk past the bowl of water to refresh the neighbourhood canines, the overwhelming sensation is noise. People come to the Dogs Bar to be noticed and the easiest way to be noticed is to be heard. Set-up by local identity, the late Donleavy Fitzpatrick, also the initial redeveloper of the George, Dogs Bar is a watering hole for the upper end of St Kilda's artistic community. Sitting outside on the terraces or by the open fires, Dogs Bar patrons are as much part of the scene as Luna Park and palm trees.
Established before St Kilda truly swung back in vogue, Dogs Bar was the first 'bar' in Melbourne and indeed was the catalyst for what is now the bar capital of the world. Dogs Bar has survived while a million other cafes and bars have flared and faded. A reliable menu and good wine keep regulars coming back and back, making it as popular for a working lunch as an after work schmooze.

It's worth spending an early evening here on a balmy summer's day just to check out everyone else checking out everyone else.

Background

We have been running winemaker dinners, wine appreciation courses and tasting events at Dog's Bar since 2003. Most of our events take place in our private tasting room / private dining room. Our aim is to provide you with interesting and fun ways of learning more about the wine you drink, give you confidence to be more adventurous in your wine selection and hopefully, meet new friends and generally have fun.

Sometime in the dark old days (maybe 2003), I looked around to find a "wine educator". I wanted to provide wine training for my staff (wine suppliers often offer free training but it's focused, for very good reasons, on their own wines) and also to run wine appreciation training for my customer base. Having looked around for somebody I felt would "fit" St Kilda, work with my vision for wine, not be a "wine wa#&er" and importantly have extensive knowledge of wine and be able to train people too!! It didn't take me long to work out that Phill Meyer was that amazing man. Phill has been teaching wine courses for more years than he cares to remember, regularly judges wine shows, consults to a number of companies and organisations and he's a really nice guy too!

In previous years we have run four week wine appreciation courses at introductory, intermediate and advanced levels. We have also run bi-monthly winemaker dinners hosted by some of Australia's great names in wine.This year all our events are being held on Tuesday nights. There will be range of wine events from eduational to just plain fun. Whether you want to learn more about wine tasting, where different wines come from or you just want a fun event where you'll meet some like-minded people on a Tuesday night, we have the evnts for you.To purchase a ticket for one of our events just click on the link next to the event details. You will be transferred to our secure on-line ticket purchasing web-pages.

Attending any of our wine events automatically qualifies you for membership of the "St Kilda Wine Society", and lots of benefits throughout the year.

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