Given the sheer number of acres 'under vine' around Adelaide, there are surprisingly few good wine bars in the city – something to do with the synergy between 40°C days and cold beer, perhaps. But sweet Mother Vine is a good 'un, nooked into Vardon Ave off Rundle St and with a broad vinous remit from the Barossa to Burgundy.


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Nearby Adelaide attractions

2. Adelaide Park Lands

0.18 MILES

The city centre and upmarket North Adelaide are surrounded by a broad band of parkland. Colonel William Light, Adelaide’s controversial planner, came up…

3. Freemasons' Grand Lodge

0.21 MILES

This towering sandstone edifice on North Tce has been a bastion of secret handshakes and funny robes since 1927. But like other things that most people…

4. Adelaide Botanic Gardens

0.27 MILES

Meander, jog or chew through your trashy airport novel in these lush city-fringe gardens. Highlights include a restored 1877 palm house, the water-lily…

5. National Wine Centre of Australia

0.36 MILES

Check out the free self-guided, interactive Wine Discovery Journey exhibition at this very sexy wine centre (doubling as a research facility for the…

6. Art Gallery of South Australia

0.36 MILES

Spend a few hushed hours in the vaulted, parquetry-floored gallery that represents the big names in Australian art. Permanent exhibitions include…

7. Mall's Balls

0.38 MILES

Check out the infamous and very shiny Mall’s Balls sculpture in Rundle Mall (real name Spheres, by sculptor Burt Flugelman).

8. South Australian Museum

0.41 MILES

Dig into Australia’s natural history with the museum's special exhibits on whales and Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson. Over two levels, the amazing…