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EXPLORE THE DIFFERENCE, EXPAND YOUR BOUNDARIES

We are your local liquor store focusing on bringing you the locally produced winners in beer, wine, whisky, gin, and vodka categories.

29/08/2025

🍹✨ Free Tasting This Saturday! ✨🍹

Join us at Sessions at Arden this Saturday from 3–6pm for a special free tasting featuring three unique Japanese liqueurs:

🌊 Kitajima Sea Salt Yuzushu – bright yuzu citrus with a refreshing touch of sea salt
🍓 Kitajima Strawberry Yuzushu – lush strawberries meet the zest of yuzu
🌌 Uchu Black Tea Umeshu – rich plum balanced with the depth of black tea

A playful trio of sweet, tangy, and aromatic flavors—all on the house this weekend!

📍 Sessions at Arden, North Melbourne
🕒 Saturday | 3–6pm
💸 Free Tasting

Bring your friends, sip, explore, and discover something new with us. See you there! 💛

17/08/2025

✨ Wine of the Month ✨

This month’s spotlight: Millton’s Libiamo Chardonnay & Muscat 🍇✨
Wines that dare to be different.

🌿 Why Libiamo is Special
• Radical skin contact: while most white wines only touch the skins for a few hours or days, Libiamo pushes boundaries — Chardonnay rests 190 days, Muscat up to 180 days! This adds texture, spice, and complexity rarely seen in whites.
• Unfined, unfiltered, uncompromised: no polishing, no shortcuts. Just pure terroir in your glass.
• Organic & biodynamic pioneers: Millton has led the way since the 1980s, long before “natural wine” was trendy. Certified Demeter biodynamic since 2009.
• Chardonnay: layered, textural, citrus and spice, sculpted by amphorae and oak.
• Muscat: juicy stone fruit, citrus pith, hints of cinnamon — plush yet playful.

These wines are stories in a bottle: bold, raw, and beautifully true to Gisborne, NZ.

Which one’s calling your name first? 🥂

15/08/2025

✨ This Saturday, 3–6 pm ✨
We’re bringing a taste of Korea to the shop with Four Ki One Single Malt Whiskies from Three Societies Distillery 🇰🇷

On pour:
🦅 Ki One Eagle – Virgin American oak meets bourbon cask; smooth, sweet, and oaky.
🐯 Ki One Tiger – Sherry and red wine cask influence; rich fruit and spice.
🦄 Ki One Unicorn – Peated malt (50 PPM) with a honey-smoke balance.
🥃 Ki One Batch 7 Cask Strength – First-fill bourbon, 56.9%, bold and full-flavoured.

Come by for a free taste, discover how Korean climate shapes whisky, and find your favourite.
📍 Sessions at Arden – this Saturday, 3 pm to 6 pm.

09/08/2025

🚨 Springbank & Longrow just landed 🚨

The wait is over – fresh from Campbeltown, a rare lineup of legends has touched down at 🥃✨

Now in store:
🌿 Springbank 10
🌿 Springbank 10 Amontillado
🌿 Springbank 12 Cask Strength
🌿 Springbank 15
🌿 Springbank 18
🌿 Springbank 21
🌿 Longrow 21
🌿 Longrow NAS
🌿 Longrow Red 7YO

Whether you’re a lifelong Springbank devotee or just starting your Campbeltown journey, this is the drop to chase. Stocks are seriously limited – once they’re gone, they’re gone.

📍 Available now at Sessions at Arden
🐾 Kuma’s guarding the bottles, but he might share if you’re quick.

06/08/2025

🍺✨ New in at – Rare Chinese Micro-brews Have Landed! 🇨🇳

Forget what you think you know about Chinese beer.
We’ve just stocked five small-batch gems from some of the most creative, independent breweries in China – each one brewed in tiny quantities, each one a flavour adventure. 🌏

Here’s your new must-try lineup:

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🍚 Suapobbe YUZU Meet – Japanese-style rice lager brewed with yuzu for a crisp, dry body and bright citrus lift. Clean, refreshing, and incredibly drinkable.

🥭 Suapobbe Mango Madness – A mango cider bursting with tropical sweetness and a juicy, fruity aroma. Light, playful, and perfect for sunny afternoons.

🍵 SHENG Natural Calling Me Sour Ale – A tart, floral sour infused with jasmine tea and tangy cermai fruit. Delicate yet vibrant.

🥨 SHENG Brewing Diary Lager – A barrel-aged lager with soft oak notes, gentle malt sweetness, and a smooth finish. Elegant and complex.

🥑 SHENG Avocado Engine Sour Hazy IPA – Inspired by the famous “Mango Pomelo Sago” dessert – creamy avocado, mango, pomelo, passionfruit, and lactose in a tropical sour IPA twist.

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💡 Why you need these:
✔ Ultra-small Chinese micro-breweries – almost impossible to find in Australia.
✔ Bold, innovative flavours – pushing boundaries beyond “standard beer”.
✔ Limited stock – when they’re gone, they’re gone.

📍 Available now at Sessions at Arden, North Melbourne.

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03/08/2025

NEW IN: Beechworth Bitters Company Amari 🍂
Crafted in Beechworth, VIC, each bottle is a small‑batch marvel from 120+ botanicals—rooted in local goodness and old‑world tradition.

🌿 B8: savory, veggie‑rich and full of umami.
🌼 Daisy Age: floral harmony with artichoke bite.
🌲 Walk in Black Forest: wood, cherry, cocoa spice.
🔥 Up to Eleven: max bitterness, mint & native intrigue.
🍊 Orchard: zesty, citrus‑driven and gently bitter.
🐝 Beetle Juice: local botanicals take centre stage.

What is amaro, you ask? It’s the Italian word for “bitter”—herbs, roots, fruit & flowers steeped into an aperitif/digestif tradition that supports digestion and adds complexity to winter sipping.

Why buy now? Winter is amaro season—perfect for warming after dinner, pairing with winter meals or easing the feast‑heavy stomach. They’re gluten‑free, vegan‑friendly and full of botanical goodness.

Stock limited. Hit us up for tastings or wholesale packs—savour the story in every sip.

25/07/2025

🥃 FREE Glendronach Tasting – This Sat 3–6 pm @ Sessions Arden!

Discover two dazzling new releases from Glendronach’s Master’s Anthology series:

✨ Ode to the Valley – 46.2% ABV | Ruby port & PX-sherry cask-aged. Bright notes of berries, apricot, gingerbread, plum.
🌑 Ode to the Dark – 50.8% ABV | Fully matured in Pedro Ximénez casks. Deep layers of dark chocolate, espresso, dates, black cherry.

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Why Glendronach stands out:
Founded in 1826, Glendronach is one of Scotland’s oldest licensed distilleries, proudly nestled in the Valley of the Brambles, Aberdeenshire . Over nearly 200 years, it has built a reputation for richly sherried whiskies aged in Spanish Oloroso and PX casks . Its Revival 15‑year‑old won Gold at the World Whiskies Awards 2019 and “Best in Show” at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2020 . The Allardice 18‑year‑old was crowned Category Winner at the World Whiskies Awards 2022 .

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📍 Sessions Arden | 🕒 Sat 3–6 pm | Free entry – no RSVP needed.

Swing by to sip two superb expressions, explore Glendronach’s rich sherry‑cask heritage, and meet fellow whisky lovers over a dram.

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18/07/2025

📣✨ FREE WINE TASTING THIS SATURDAY! ✨📣

North Melbourne wine lovers, it’s time to swirl, sip, and discover. 🍷 This Saturday from 3–6pm, we’re pouring a lineup of wildly expressive, terroir-driven wines that speak of place, craft, and personality.

On the pour:
🍇 Entropy Gippsland Pinot Noir — silky, soulful, and full of intrigue
🍇 Entropy Gippsland Savagnin — textured, saline, and unique
🍇 Hank Heathcote Grenache — bright red fruits, dusty tannins, pure Heathcote energy
🍇 Patrick Sullivan Chardonnay — effortless elegance in a glass
🍇 Patrick Sullivan Woori Yallock Chardonnay — a true Yarra Valley gem, refined yet generous

✨ Whether you’re here to explore, learn, or just unwind with a glass, we’ve got you. As always, free to taste, no booking required. Come hang with us and let’s talk wine.

📍 Sessions At Arden, North Melbourne
⏰ Saturday 3–6pm

🎯 Don’t just drink wine. Discover it. See you there!

13/07/2025

✨ Whisky Dinner: Japanese Next Generation | Featuring Kanosuke Distillery ✨

🍶 Date: 13th August | 6–9 PM
🍽️ 4-course dinner + 6 whiskies+ 2 hidden gems
📍 Mr. Tucker, 17 Melrose St, North Melbourne
💵 $105/head
📲 Book now — Link at Bio

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🥃 Why Kanosuke?

On the golden sands of Fukiagehama Beach in Kagoshima, Kanosuke Distillery is redefining what Japanese whisky can be. 🌸🏖️ With their philosophy of “MELLOW LAND, MELLOW WHISKY”, they create spirits that are richer, more soulful, and uniquely tied to Kagoshima’s shochu-making heritage.

For over 140 years, Komasa Jyozo — the family behind Kanosuke — has been making shochu at their Hioki facility. Shochu in Kagoshima is traditionally distilled from unmalted barley (mugi), a style known for its elegance and umami. This expertise inspired them to experiment with whisky made from both malted and unmalted barley, distilled in traditional Japanese pot stills.

🥃 On the line-up — 8 unique pours:

1) Kanosuke Newmake Spirits x 2

2) Kanosuke Flagship Single Malt

3) Kanosuke Hioki Pot Still

4) Kanosuke Double Distillery

5) Kanosuke Single Malt (2022 Limited Edition)

5) Kanosuke Hioki Pot Still 2024 Limited Edition

6) Secret Cask Sample

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🎟️ Why you can’t miss this:

✔️ 7 pours you won’t find elsewhere
✔️ Exclusive limited editions & cask sample
✔️ Learn how shochu tradition shaped Kagoshima’s whisky
✔️ Perfectly paired with a 4-course dinner

05/07/2025

✨🍷 FREE TASTING TODAY! 🍷✨

We’re popping the corks on something bold, fun, and full of personality — straight from the creative minds at Alpha Box & Dice.

Join us today from 3–6pm to taste:
🍊 Golden Mullet Fury — a wild and textural Viognier–Semillon blend
🥂 Wendy Chardonnay — creamy yet vibrant, with all the charm
🍒 Wendy Pinot Noir — silky, juicy, and oh-so-drinkable

No bookings, just swing by and sip with us!

📍 Sessions At Arden , Notth Melbourne
🕒 Today 3–6pm
💲 Free tasting

Come discover wines as colourful as their labels — see you soon! ✨

30/06/2025

🚨 NEW ONE DROP JUST LANDED 🚨
This drop is WILD — from juicy sours to indulgent pastry stouts…
AND for the first time — Non-Alcoholic Editions are in the mix!
Same bold flavour. Zero booze.
⚡ Come get ‘em before they’re gone ⚡

27/06/2025

🍷 Free Tasting This Saturday: Meet the Wines of Rongo 🍷
🗓 Saturday | ⏰ 3–6 PM | 📍Walk-in only

This weekend, we’re opening four remarkable bottles from Rongo Wines, a boutique label that’s been quietly turning heads — led by the talented Ray Chen, one of the most exciting new voices in Australian wine.

Ray is not just a winemaker — she’s a scientist, traveller, and creative. Trained at Lincoln University (NZ) and shaped by vintages across New Zealand, France, the US, and Australia, she brings a rare global perspective to her craft. Her wines speak softly but with purpose — rooted in site, texture, and balance, always with food in mind.

✨ What’s pouring:
— Rhapsody | Amber 2024
100% Riesling | 30 days skin contact
Aromatic, exotic, textural.

— Prelude | Aglianico 2024
100% Aglianico from Murray Darling
Red berries, rosewater, gentle spice.

— Reflection | Riesling 2024
7 days skin contact | Strathbogie Ranges
Bright acidity, herbs, and preserved lemon.

— Reverie | Darkrosé 2024
95% Syrah, 5% Viognier | Yarra Valley
In between a dark rosé and a light red — juicy, earthy, and utterly smashable.

Each label features original artwork by Kaka Bu, and like the wines, is a playful blend of tradition, personal story, and modern edge.

📍Tasting is FREE — just walk in. Let’s toast to bold women in wine 🍷

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Address

R10-R11, Arden Gardens Shopping Centre
North Melbourne, VIC
3051

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 9pm
Tuesday	10am - 9pm
Wednesday	10am - 9pm
Thursday	10am - 9pm
Friday	10am - 10pm
Saturday	10am - 10:30pm
Sunday	10am - 10:30pm

Telephone

+61399139702

Website

http://www.sessionsarden.com.au/

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