Busselton, Western Australia

The annual awards are back. Here are the top wine bars around Australia that are finalists for our Wine Bar of the Year Award.

The award-winning bar collective behind Maybe Sammy and El Primo Sanchez is the latest operator to cut ties with Public Hospitality and its owner Jon Adgemis.

Whether they’re changing social values or pre-empting drink trends, the bars and pubs of Australia have long reflected Australian society. MAX VEENHUYZEN celebrates seven of the nation’s most influential watering holes.

With only two Australian bars named in the respected awards, coming in at number 15 and 23.

The intimate 30-seat cocktail bar is opening right next door to the stately Gimlet dining room for cocktails and neat snacks.

Know where to sip in style.

Where to find the best pub fare.

The next piece of the puzzle falls into place at Brisbane’s ambitious riverside development and it comes in the shape of an overwater bar designed by Anna Spiro and helmed by chef Damien Styles of The Fish House.

Should you put your gin in the freezer? What's the best ice to use when mixing drinks? All this and more from the man who rewrote the rules of cocktails.

Nestled amongst the glam restaurants and high-roller bars of this inner-Sydney suburb, there's a new spot where locals can linger over carafes of wine, pinchos and perhaps even dinner.

This weekend, 16 mixologists from almost every corner of the country will get behind the stick to battle it out for first prize – and raise funds for a worthwhile cause, too.

Open from morning till night, Ode has all the makings of a neighbourhood favourite.

Some of the city’s finest operators are giving you more reasons to get out of the house midweek.

Three days, two bars, so much tequila.