{"id":25823,"date":"2022-09-07T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidfood.com.au\/?p=25823"},"modified":"2022-12-14T10:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T00:21:34","slug":"auterra-wine-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidfood.com.au\/blog\/auterra-wine-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Auterra Wine Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Auterra is a fun and funky wine bar, a spinoff of the award-winning fine dining restaurant Amaru. It offers some of the best wines in Australia and from around the world by the glass and a selection of beautiful\nlittle snacks to be eaten by\nhand. No knives, no forks.\nJust fourteen little dishes of\nsensational deliciousness.\nWe spoke to chef and owner\nClinton McIver.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tell us the Auterra back story.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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You\u2019ll find us on High Street in the leafy old\u00a0<\/span>suburb of Armadale. We are a wine bar\u00a0<\/span>amongst the art galleries and antique\u00a0<\/span>poster shops and opposite our fine dining <\/span>restaurant Amaru<\/a>. I am the chef and owner\u00a0<\/span>of Amaru and work with the head chef of\u00a0<\/span>Auterra, Steve Harry. This building used to\u00a0<\/span>house a great little wine bar, classic and\u00a0<\/span>popular but during COVID, it sadly did\u00a0<\/span>not survive. The \u2018for lease\u2019 sign went up,\u00a0<\/span>and I started thinking about a wine bar to\u00a0<\/span>complement Amaru across the road. The\u00a0<\/span>set menu experience at Amaru begins with\u00a0<\/span>three or four incredibly delicious snacks.\u00a0<\/span>Since we opened six years ago, customers\u00a0<\/span>have told us they could eat an entire\u00a0<\/span>meal made of snacks. So we took on the\u00a0<\/span>lease, and I sat down with Steve and our\u00a0<\/span>sommelier team to work out a finger food\u00a0<\/span>menu that would marry perfectly with wine.\u00a0<\/span>That was how Auterra was born.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Describe Auterra for us. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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There are bare walnut tables at burgundy banquettes and tan\/gold leather chairs at the copper-topped bar. The floors are bare hardwood, and the colours lighten from the deep hues of red wine to the golds and straw colours of white wine. There is a half curtain on the front window, like classic French bistros, for a little privacy. When customers arrive, the tables are set with napery and glasses but no cutlery. We only use cutlery for one or two seafood dishes. The rest is high-end finger food. The idea is that this is a wine bar for a glass or two of beautiful wine and a few snacks, then move on. Perhaps home, perhaps to Amaru across the road. People can also meet up with friends and stay for a few hours.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What are we going to eat when we come to Auterra?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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There are 14 little dishes. You can order as many or as few as you like. We have an option called \u2018F#*k it, we\u2019re all in!\u2019 This is more or less a portion, or a shared portion, of every dish between two. There is always some oyster, raw veg crudites, some cured fish on a cracker, a takoyaki-like doughnut, and a little hot dog.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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auterrawinebar.com.au<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Continue reading our chat with Clinton McIver in<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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