Wine Bar in Sydney

10 William Street ★ 4.8

Paddington's natural-wine ground zero on William Street, Sydney. Pasta of the day, Italian-leaning list, a small upstairs counter, nightly seating.

Love Tilly Devine ★ 4.7

Back-alley natural-wine bar on Crown Lane, Darlinghurst, Sydney. Matt Swieboda's room has poured one of Australia's deepest minimal-intervention lists.

Dear Sainte Eloise ★ 4.6

Natural wine bar on Llankelly Place, Potts Point, Sydney. Same crew as Love Tilly Devine; Mediterranean small plates and a deep Champagne-by-the-glass list.

Monopole ★ 4.6

Brent Savage and Nick Hildebrandt's wine bar on Macleay Street, Potts Point, Sydney. Open 7 nights; small-plates menu and natural-leaning wine list.

Wine Library ★ 4.4

Wine Library on Oxford Street, Woollahra. Deep by-the-glass list, snack menu and a regular Sydney crowd through the late afternoon and evening.

Vini ★ 4.3

Italian-leaning wine bar on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Italian small plates, low-intervention bottles by the glass, late seating common.

Where's Nick ★ 4.2

Eastern European-leaning wine bar on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Natural-leaning by-the-glass list, walk-in friendly weeknights, small plates.

P&V Wine + Liquor Merchants ★ 4.5

Bottle shop and bar on Enmore Road, Newtown, Sydney. Mike Bennie and Lou Dowling's natural-wine retail by day, by-the-glass and pintxos by night.

Vermuteria ★ 4.0

Vermouth and sherry bar on King Street, Newtown, Sydney. Tinned-fish pintxos, Spanish-leaning tapas and a list of 40+ vermouths by the glass.

Porcine Bar ★ 4.2

French wine bar attached to Porcine restaurant on Marian Street, Redfern, Sydney. Natural wines by the glass and charcuterie in a 24-seat room.

Della Hyde ★ 4.1

Champagne-led wine bar on Stanley Street, East Sydney. Caviar service, grower-Champagne pours by the glass, the kind of room booked for celebrations.

Joe's Tavern ★ 4.4

Joe's Tavern is newtown bar room with a tiny kitchen out the back doing nose-to-tail italian plates and natural wine for 25 seats, sister to bella brutta.

TipWalk-ins only; sit at the bar to watch the kitchen line directly.

Sippenham ★ 4.7

Sippenham is sydenham wine bar in a converted shopfront on burrows road. 30 seats, ex-ester somms running the floor, blink-and-miss-it from the train station.

TipBookings open three weeks ahead; the Tuesday-night chef collaborations are the sleeper hit.

Ester Bar ★ 4.6

Ester Bar is the walk-in stand-up bar inside ester on meagher street, chippendale, sydney. same wood-fired snacks as the dining room, no booking required.

TipSit at the bar after 9pm; the natural wine list is the same as the dining room.