The College Hill Wine Room by David Nash is to open in Auckland’s Freeman’s Bay in November.
Located on College Hill the collection of above and below-ground spaces comprises of a wine bar, luxury retail offering, private dining room and chef’s kitchen, along with subterranean wine storage vaults.
The Wine Room is created and helmed by David Nash, one of New Zealand’s most experienced wine professionals.
Executive Chef Ryan Moore is also a partner in The Wine Room and has created a perfectly paired food offering for the Wine Bar, which is open to the public and adjoined to the retail offering.
As well as a series of hosted wine and spirit experiences, the space can be booked for large luxury events. The 20-person private dining room can be booked for Champagne breakfasts, lunch events, intimate dinners and celebrations throughout the day.
Residents of the wine cellars will also have 24-7 access to their collections as well as preferential benefits at retail and unlimited corkage in the bar or private events.
“We want The Wine Room to play a pivotal role in elevating our wine culture in New Zealand as a place where anyone can come to share their love of wine and spirits,” says Nash.
“By dropping in for a glass on the way home or by attending our events, you’ll meet some of the greatest winemakers in the world.
“With your own collection cellared on site, you can open and share your wines, have them handled by wine professionals and enjoy a series of menus purposefully created to maximise the enjoyment of those great bottles.”
For collectors, The Wine Room includes more than 400 individual subterranean cellars, all expertly climate and temperature controlled.
The below-ground cellars provide assurance and certification when cellaring investment wines or spirit collections.
The Wine Room’s extensive retail offering, curated by David Nash, will offer a pre-vetted a selection of New Zealand’s and the world’s best wines and staffed by some of the country’s most experienced wine professionals.
“We want everyone who drops into the wine bar, or joins us for drinks and canapes on the sun deck, or books out the private dining room to walk away with some knowledge on how to elevate any wine and food experience,” says Nash.
“Everything is a hosted experience; hopefully, for a few people, it’ll be where they catch the wine bug or have that great wine and food memory; it’s a life-changing moment.”
The Wine Room, located at 43 College Hill, will be open mid-November.
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