Elizabeth BayCellars

An art deco shopfront on Elizabeth Bay Road has housed this cellar since 1978, run for decades by Michael David, whose career in liquor retailing stretches back to buying his first store in 1966. The range leans hard into Australian wine from every region, including labels rarely seen on suburban shelves, alongside a strong line in sweet whites and dessert wines, imported spirits, champagne and cleanskins sourced through the trade's personal networks. Staff turn over recommendations built on decades of tasting rather than distributor sheets, and Friday evenings bring informal tastings that double as a gathering point for the inner-city crowd. Open every day, 10am to 9pm, it functions as the kind of neighbourhood cellar Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay locals lean on for a last-minute bottle or a proper conversation about what's in it. A fixture of the harbourside pocket for close to fifty years.