Salty Grapes

A wine shop that trades in bottles you won't find lined up at the big chains: organic, biodynamic and low-intervention wines from Australia and further afield, chosen, by the shop's own account, for authenticity and a sense of discovery rather than label recognition. Salty Grapes sits on Tweed Coast Road in Cabarita Beach, a short walk from the sand and around the corner from Pipit, the acclaimed local restaurant that lists it as a BYO wine partner and sends diners next door to pick something before dinner. The range leans toward small growers working with minimal additives, alongside curated hampers built around the same producers. It is a modest, specialist counterpoint to the bottle-shop chains that otherwise dominate this stretch of the Tweed Coast — worth a stop for anyone stocking a beach-house cellar or choosing something to carry into a BYO table.