About Us

It was 2001 when Dave and his cousin Marty wrote the first words of the Shorty’s story, setting up a tiny 50 square metre store attached to the back of the Australian Hotel in the Rocks. It was called ‘The Australian Wine Emporium’ and it served local businesses and international tourists with an array of fine wines, focusing on local drops. This retail business continued to grow in 2004 under a different name, the newly crowned ‘Shorty’s Liquor’, in much larger premises in the Rhodes Shopping Centre. However it was four years after this that Shorty’s (as you’ve come to know and love) properly launched, taking over an Ultimo warehouse location and turning an eye to beverage supply for under-serviced corporate customers. The rest, as they say, is history. Shorty’s quickly became the key player in corporate beverage solutions, supplying to almost every major corporate business in Sydney’s CBD, from creative agencies to blue-chip businesses, catering companies and iconic hospitality venues. As well as corporate beverage supply we work closely with our valued clients to help manage their event needs, including organising tastings, wine dinners and cellaring advice.