We’re standing in the new boutique wine shop from Adrian Filiuta, one of just six Australians to have earned the title of Master Sommelier. The space is just a few months old, yet it feels as if it was always here, tucked into Sydney’s historic ‘French Village’ (as it was coined in 1861), in a peninsula location where there is nothing else like it.
Filiuta’s journey as Master Sommelier (and now Hunters Hill shopkeep) began in Romania’s seaside restaurants during summer holidays, later working with acclaimed chef Tom Aikens’ in London, before an 11-year stint with Sydney’s Merivale group as group sommelier, directing programs for 70+ venues.
He tells BresicWhitney the Hunters Hill shop is an exciting chapter in this ongoing journey.