After 21 years, De Vine Food & Wine is clinking glasses to a new era with a stylish million-dollar renovation.

A Sydney institution is raising a glass to two decades of success. De Vine Food & Wine, a beloved CBD wine bar and restaurant, is celebrating its 21st birthday with a stylish million-dollar renovation, ensuring it remains a premier destination for years to come.

"Consumers are becoming quite well versed in the world of bitter drinks and amari (the plural of amaro)," says Anthony Izzillo, director of Sydney’s De Vine Food & Wine. Anthony says that the consumption of amaro-based cocktails has exponentially increased in recent times. "The negroni has become a household name – compared to five years ago when not many knew what it was."

If you like your wine bars cosy and brimming with charm, De Vine Food & Wine on the corner of Clarence and Market streets in the CBD hits all the right notes. De Vine has held the corner spot since way back in 2003, and packs an impressive collection of 400+ wines and, as a bit of a passion project, the largest collection of amaro in the Southern Hemisphere.

After 21 years of trade, de Vine has a new look and feel. The wine bar and Italian restaurant that's long sat, unassuming, on a busy Market Street stretch has undergone a million-dollar renovation to reveal a swanky new interior with exposed brick, a curving granite bar, champagne-tinted mirrors and green velvet banquette seating.

One of Sydney’s oldest wine bars is ushering in its 21st year with a luxurious multimillion-dollar fit-out.

Brothers Anthony and Julian Izzillo formerly ran Wildfire in Circular Quay before shifting to De Vine seven years ago.

As de Vine Food & Wine celebrates its 21st year with a luxe makeover, the CBD stalwart has staked its claim as the Sydney’s oldest continuously trading wine bar.

deVine Food and Wine is renowned for having one of the most comprehensive Amaro collections in the Southern Hemisphere, not to mention an award winning wine list, supporting a very accomplished menu that focusses on produce and flavour driven dishes that aim to please.

CBD business lunch stalwart de Vine was an outmoded Market Street spot that you could easily walk by without ever noticing its presence. Then in 2023, in its 21st year of trade, the wine bar and restaurant underwent a million-dollar renovation and an overhaul thanks to restaurateur brother duo, Anthony and Julian Izzillo.

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De Vine is an old-school, European-influenced wine bar and restaurant that’s been around since 2003, long before the city’s licensing laws changed and small bars began springing up everywhere. It’s stood the test of time because – good food and ambiance aside – De Vine knows its product. If it’s wine you’re after, you’ve come to the right place.