King and Godfree invite you to come instore on Friday the 4th of October from 11am to 1pm to meet Brendan from Uncle’s Smallgoods and have a free tasting of their delicious products. Melbourne based producers, Bert and Brendan are brothers-in-law who have drawn on their Polish and Italian heritages to  hand-craft each locally sourced product with care using the time honoured techniques handed down through their family.

On Wednesday the 18th of September Agostino will welcome Black Estate Wine from the beautiful Waipara Valley in New Zealand. Family owned, Black Estate are seen as region leaders in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

Join us in the Agostino Cellar for a four course dinner paired with a variety of styles and vintages from the Estate. Winemaker Nicholas Brown will be on hand to speak about the wines and answer all your questions. Special offers will also be available on the night.

Click here to purchase your tickets through Eventbrite.

This month we are thrilled to welcome Tuscany’s first biodynamic grower, Querciabella. Pioneers in sustainable viticulture in Italy, Querciabella are strictly vegan, utilising only non-animal derived products at every stage of the wine-making process.

Join us at Agostino from 6pm on Thursday 19th September and meet Giorgio from Querciabella. Try some of their rare wines by the glass and pair them with some special Tuscan dishes from the team at Agostino.

To make a booking please click here.

Join Nic Douse from Honeyfingers on Tuesday 24th September from 6-7pm and enjoy a tasting of honey from his recent adventures in Turkey, Greece, Morocco and Pentridge, matched with cheeses from the King and Godfree Deli. Tickets are limited so Bee quick! Click here for tickets.

From Monday to Friday Agostino is now offering a seasonal lunch special. Two courses and a glass of wine for just $45. Reserve your lunch date now; http://www.agostinowine.com 

Come into the King and Godfree Deli on Saturday 10 August from 11.30am until 1.30 pm and meet our friends from Mount Zero Olives. They will be coming in to teach you all about their delicious products made right here in Victoria and you’ll be able to try them as well!

Come into the K&G Deli this Sunday 4 August 2019 from 1-3pm to taste some delicious artisan chocolate made right here in Melbourne from the team at Monsieur Truffe!

On Saturday 22 June, join us in Agostino’s beautiful bluestone cellar for an intimate Olive Oil masterclass hosted by Richard Seymour from Mt Zero Olives.

In this class, you will learn about the olive season, flavour profiles and Mt Zero’s history.

You will then taste and blend your own bottle of olive oil to take home.

The class will run from 9.00am – 10.45am. Purchase tickets here.

Join us for a night of fine food and wine in Agostino’s wine cellar.

Ticket includes 4 course Italian sharing menu with matching wines from Enoteca Sydney, featuring new releases from Mauro Molino. The dinner will be hosted by Fernando Burani and take place in our original bluestone dining room underneath the wine bar.

Based in the La Morra commune of Barolo, Mauro Molino has established an incredible worldwide reputation for crafting exceptional wines from indigenous varieties grown using sustainable practices. The business is now run by Mauro’s children Matteo and Martina, who bring a youthful passion for wine while respecting the work of their father and the traditions of the Langhe. Although half of their 12 hectares of vineyards are planted to nebbiolo for Barolo wines, they also produce lovely Barbera wines and a delicious Roero Arneis.

This will be a night to remember and a first of many wine dinners in our cellar.

Purchase tickets here.

We’ll be holding three stellar Good Beer Week events this year for all the beer enthusiasts out there.

Salt. Fat. Acid. Heat. – Tuesday 14 May, 7.30pm, Agostino Cellar

Join Two Bird Brewing’s Jayne Lewis on a sensory exploration of beer and food, held in the beautiful cellar at Agostino. Lewis will help you discover the unique ways that beer styles interact with tastes; from salty, sweet, fatty and acidic.

For example, salt will be showcased with a salt cod fritter with aioli and heat with spicy nduja, white bean and octopus crostini. There will also be a grazing table complete with a variety of cheeses, salumi and pickles.

Si Parla Italiano – Thursday 16 May, 7pm, Agostino

The most refined out of the three events will be Si Parla Italiano, a six-course dinner at Agostino our soon to be open wine bar, matched with the delicious and innovative beers from Garage Project.

To start, chicken liver parfait with vincotto and crostini will be paired with Pas de Deux (a Belgian beer fermented together with champagne yeasts). For mains, you can expect venison with white polenta, cimi di rapa and chestnuts matched with a Mutiny on the Bounty stout. Garage Project’s take on the stout is brewed with breadfruit, roasted, plantain, coconut and Tahitian vanilla. To finish, neighbours Pidapipo will be providing a sour peach gelato to go with a White Mischief – a kettle soured wheat, lightly salted and infused with white peaches.

This will be one adventurous and tasty dinner. Tickets are limited – so hop to it.

Moon Dog Rooftop Tap Takeover – Friday 17 May, 5pm, Johnny’s Green Room

Our rooftop – Johnny’s Green Room – will be taken over by the folks at Moon Dog for one night only. All taps on the rooftop will transform to Moon Dog’s range, including pale ales, tropical lagers, dark ales and IPAs.

There will also be a Tinnie Bar, where you can explore the more adventurous Moon Dog beverages, including the 2019 Jumping the Shark and Black Lung IX. Wash it all down with BBQ beer snacks, including pork and fennel sausage in milk buns, Piedmontese style roasted peppers and BBQ octopus with salmoriglio. The best bit? In true Moon Dog style, it will be a full moon on the night of the party.

To book tickets to all three events, head here.

There will be no better place to spoil mum on Mother’s Day than at King & Godfree.

On Sunday 12 May, the K&G Espresso Bar will be donating $1 from every coffee to the Miracle Mums foundation, supporting vital work of The Royal Women’s Hospital. Alongside every purchase, a homemade hazelnut and milk chocolate baci will be gifted for mums.

We will also be playing host to the mums, nonnas or the special women in your life with lunches and dinners in the new wine bar, Agostino. We will be serving up authentically Italian shared dishes, such as Piedmonte’s peppers with squacquerone topped with basil oil and grilled octopus with potato, nduja and black garlic. For a pasta course, there will be ricotta gnocchi with pumpkin, stinging nettle and pecorino Romano. For secondi, chose from either market fish with zucchini flowers or beef short rib with charred onion and to finish, hazelnut delizioso. Bookings for lunch and dinner can be made here.

As a prelude to Mother’s Day, we will be hosting our first ever pasta masterclass in the cellar. Headed up by our in-house pasta maker Piera, learn how to make and shape your own gnocchi.

Piera – who emigrated from Bologna in 2010 – is no stranger to making pasta. Before joining us at King & Godfree, she was the sfoglina (the term used for a female pasta-making matriarch using traditional techniques) at Rosetta Ristorante.

Piera believes that pasta in not the vehicle for sauce. Pasta is the hero, and the sauce a friend. This ethos will be at front of mind at the masterclass, with the addition of learning how to make two sauces to enjoy with your gnocchi; pesto Genovese and Bolognese.

Following the class, you will enjoy the fruits of your labour, with the addition of King & Godfree salads, cheese, wine and cannoli to finish.

The class will run from 11am – 2pm on Saturday 11 May. Tickets are $95pp and can be purchased here.

This month at Johnny’s features another stellar line up of local selectors thanks to the folk at Hope St Radio. Here are some highlights to look forward to:

This Saturday 30 March we have a very special interactive workshop with our friends at Uncle Small Goods! Learn the world of smoking and sausage making, and then enjoy a degustation lunch paired with Tar & Roses wine. After the class, take home your own fresh sausage and a voucher to Uncle’s Smokehouse. To find out more info and to purchase tickets, click the link below.

We will be celebrating the long weekend a little bit differently on the rooftop.

Join us on Sunday 27 January from midday til late at Johnny’s Green Room. There will be arrosticini & seafood straight from the grill, and tunes provided by Woody McDee & friends.

Last week we celebrated the launch of Johnny’s at King and Godfree. Live broadcasted by Hope St Radio with Danny Hotep, Makeda and Oscar Key Sung. See our Instagram @johnnysgreenroom for more pics from the night. Thanks for our sponsors Peroni, Moon Dog Brewing, Poortomsgin, Melba Fresh, That’s Amore Cheese, Catalina Sounds, Rising Wines and Bibendum Wine Co.