Bar Rosa

When you don’t have time for a bottle, but you want a bit more than a glass, it’s great to see plenty of affordable wines available by the carafe here, particularly when they’re as tempting as this line-up. Anything on pour by the glass – typically six whites, six reds and a rosé – is also available in a 375ml carafe. When the mercury climbs, a chilled red like the organic Foradori Lezèr from northern Italy might be the ticket, or if you need a winter warmer it’s hard to go past a bold red like the Contesa Montepulciano. There’s Ligurian vermentino, pinot grigio from the Alto Adige, and Barbera and Nebbiolo d’Alba from Piedmont. But the wine list, like the soundtrack, isn’t exclusively Italian, embracing the likes of shiraz from the Barossa and Yarra Valley chardonnay, among others. 

Cocktails are also pretty snappy. The house take on a Bella Luna is made with citrus-infused vodka, elderflower, strawberry and lemon, while the Full Monty mixes Italy’s Montenegro liqueur, white rum, passionfruit and lime.