The AlcoWholery 

 WHAT'S THE GO? 

Doing a liquor list for a Wholefoods store was an interesting proposition. This AlcoWholery liquor list is the best version of a small, carefully curated, hand crafted, local & Lo-fi liquor list from Victoria with only 30 lines of Beer, Wine and Cider that we can offer.  

 

So yep, we did our homework, and came up with the following themes and combinations: 

• Firstly, we picked local regional producers with traditional small batch, hand harvested methods. These include some of the Lo-Fi natural, innovative, slightly eccentric, arty urban cult wines and beverage styles that the producers either work in collaboration within our local region or within the broader Victoria wine regions. 

• It has to be about Victoria more than ever. It was also important that these producers also had an alignment with the values and ideology of what Bendigo Wholefoods is about. So here is our ‘pick of the bunch’…. We hope you have as much fun as us finding your flavour, cheers!

 

Seasonal Liquor Lists

We wanted to hand pick styles of beer, wine and cider to connect with the type of food our customers love. Our Café food menu, showcases our range of the Wholefoodery - Pickle, Preserve & 'Providor for the Store' foods. Our Shop Boxes, and Festive Foods Christmas crates, celebrates our amazing Victorian suppliers - who have continued to create the most amazing cheeses, dips, crackers, fruit, veg and more! We really are so lucky to live in this region!

 

We have two seasonal liquor lists throughout the year….
Basically, we can always find a reason in the season 😊

 

• Warm Season - Spring Summer list runs from September to February list will focus on lighter, fruity-fresh, cherry berry, spritz sparkly, slightly chilled out, zingy, to cool for school, tingly when life should be peachy….,ISO escapism…..picnic, party, platter, potter. 

• Cool Season - Autumn Winter list runs from March to August list will focus on richer, riper, rounded, puckery, peppery, plumy…all the R+P words plus vanilla or chocolate….but we are not in the cool season yet…we will get to this…in time…..

 

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Liquor Legend

To assist with the BamBOOZEL, this Liquor Legend is found at the start of the AlcoWholery Liquor List. There are so many methodologies to making alcoholic beverages.  Our Local & Lofi Liquor List have their own quirks too…..So the Liquor Legend is designed to breakdown the BamBOOZEL of beer, wine and cider making as best we can to hit some key aspects that align to the Bendigo Wholefoods. Our way of doing things.   Besides the important style guide of; Look? Smell? Taste? Mouthfeel? Smash ability? Useability? Drinkability? Reasonability? Other features and reasons come to mind for our customers who might consider these producers for different reasons and who are more likely to shop for these products in our store.  We really hope this does not further BamBOOZEL you 😊

 

·     Local Region – 150km

·     Certified Biodynamic

·     Certified Organic

·     Organic Practices

·     Sustainable Practices

·     Minimal Intervention

·     Low Sulphur

·     No Sulphur

·     Unfiltered-Haze

·     Preservative Free

·     Vegan Friendly

·     LoFi – Natural