Free engraved sommelier's knife (valued at $50) with every order of 6+ bottles.
Underground wine cellar with oak tasting bench
Oak & Élevage · Fine wine

Wine, chosen with intent.

Exceptional bottles from Burgundy, Chablis and Champagne to Australia's finest and beyond, and a private service for building a collection worthy of your cellar.

Private Cellar MasterMelbourne · Sydney · Brisbane
The philosophy

Not merely made, but shaped.

Oak lends structure, depth and time. Élevage, the French art of “raising” a wine from barrel to bottle, is the patient, skilled hand that guides potential into greatness.

Oak & Élevage exists for those who understand that wine rewards discernment: careful curation and an intimate knowledge of wine at every level, from the great estates of France and the wider wine world to the local gems worth drinking tonight.

Josh James
Private Cellar Master, Oak & Élevage
Walking into client wine cellars curated by Oak & Élevage

Inside the cellars we curate

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Oak & Élevage engraved sommelier's knife
Gift with purchase

A gift with six bottles or more.

Order six bottles or more and we'll include our engraved Oak & Élevage sommelier's knife, valued at $50, free. It comes on top of our mixed-bottle savings: 5% off any six bottles and 10% off twelve, applied automatically at checkout.

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Private Cellar Master

A collection built around you.

A wholly personal approach to building and curating your collection: not a stock of bottles, but a considered archive that reflects your palate, your ambitions and the moments worth waiting for.

  • Bespoke curation tailored to your taste, lifestyle and long-term vision
  • Rare and allocated wines, local and international, through trusted trade relationships
  • Cataloguing and a digital cellar inventory for clarity and control
  • Expert guidance, preferential pricing and complete ease
Mixed bottles

Six or twelve, your choice

Mix any six bottles of red, white, rosé or sparkling for 5% off, or any twelve for 10% off.

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Gift cards

A gift for the discerning

Oak & Élevage gift cards from $150 to $1,000.

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Home visits

A visit to your cellar

Whether you're in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane, I'll meet you at home to look over your cellar storage, from temperature and humidity to space, and plan a collection that suits it.

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Correspondence

First word on new wines

Be the first to hear of new arrivals, from allocated Burgundy to Australia's best, and special offers from Oak & Élevage.