The Thousands

Like Disco Stu, La Vigna’s Michael Tamburi doesn’t need to advertise. He’s taken down his website and wasn’t mad keen on this piece. Plenty of people already know La Vigna has the finest selection of wines in Perth. The shelves at ground level are pretty stacked, but there’s even more below in the cellar. The range exceeds 8000 wines, from a cheap quaffer you could take next door to Full Moon Thai, to specialty wines worth thousands. While the juice of La Vigna runs through his la veins, Michael’s also pretty partial to nice single malts and you’ll find bottles of the good stuff hailing from all corners of the world (even Canada and Japan, who knew?) filling his shelves. For a local contender, Mike’s pretty keen on Limeburners distilled down in Albany.

This ain’t no drive-through bottle-o selling no gin-in-a-bag. This is a place to browse, to consider and to have a chat to Michael or his particularly knowledgeable kin. And if you can talk the talk, you might just get an invite to one of their exclusive wine or whisky tastings. Sipping in the cellar is an excellent way to get down.