Quince Fromagerie & Cellar

Tucked into a Gold Coast Highway strip in Tugun, this is a shop built around the idea that a good bottle and a good cheeseboard shouldn't require two separate errands. The wine wall leans toward small growers and low-intervention makers — bubbles, whites, orange, rosé and red chosen for character over convention, with minimal sulphur and a story behind the label, sourced from Australia, France, Italy and Spain. Spirits and liqueurs round out the cellar for those wanting something stronger to take home. What sets it apart is the counter: cheese cut and wrapped to order, paired with olives, charcuterie and crackers, so a browse for a Friday-night red can easily turn into the makings of a proper grazing board. Staff talk customers through both sides of the room, matching a bottle to a board or building a hamper on the spot for gifts, weddings or corporate orders. It's a small, personal operation — open seven days, with free local delivery around Tugun — that trades on knowing its shelves well rather than stocking everything. For anyone on the southern Gold Coast after a bottle with a point of view, and something to eat alongside it, this is the kind of neighbourhood shop worth detouring for.