Plonk

Inside the Fyshwick Markets, among the fruit stalls and delis, this family-owned bottle shop has been trading since 2006 on a straightforward premise: back Australian brewers and winemakers ahead of the imported labels that dominate bigger retailers. The range runs heavy on craft beer, with wine, cider and spirits filling out the shelves, and staff who know the local Canberra district producers by name. It trades on the market's own schedule — Thursday to Sunday only — which suits the rhythm of a weekend market run rather than an everyday errand. A Belconnen sister store has since closed, leaving Fyshwick as the sole outpost, but the market setting still gives it a genuine local following that a standalone shopfront might not. Worth combining with a wander through the rest of the market for anyone building a Canberra weekend shop.