‘Drinky Bill’: Curious koala stops by winery

A curious koala has dropped by a Kangaroo Island winery for a sneaky sniff of a newly brewed wine.

Video of the marsupial watching Adelaide winemaker Nick Dugmore extract a chardonnay from a barrel was posted to YouTube earlier this week, where it has since been viewed hundreds of times.

Mr Dugmore can then be seen pouring the wine into a glass and extending it to the koala, christened “Drinky Bill” – a play on the name of cartoon character “Blinky Bill” – waiting nearby to smell.

“What do you think mate?” he asks, dead-pan, as the koala takes a lingering sniff of the wine.

Mr Dugmore is the owner of The Stokes Wines, Kangaroo Island.