darlinghurstTue-Sat 5pm-11pm
Back-alley natural-wine bar on Crown Lane, Darlinghurst, Sydney. Matt Swieboda's room has poured one of Australia's deepest minimal-intervention lists.
Signature pour: Skin-contact gewurztraminer from Alsace
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic wines
Food: Charcuterie and bar snacks
potts-pointTue-Sun 5pm-late
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.
Signature pour: Beaujolais cru by the glass
Wine focus: French natural growers
Food: Mediterranean small plates
potts-pointTue-Sat 5pm-11pm
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.
Signature pour: Riesling from the Mosel
Wine focus: European and Australian by the glass
Food: Charcuterie, cheese, sourdough
woollahraMon-Sat 4pm-late
Wine Library on Oxford Street, Woollahra. Deep by-the-glass list, snack menu and a regular Sydney crowd through the late afternoon and evening.
Signature pour: Etna Rosso by the glass
Wine focus: Italian and small-producer Australian
Food: Italian small plates and pasta
surry-hillsWed-Sat 5pm-late
Italian-leaning wine bar on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Italian small plates, low-intervention bottles by the glass, late seating common.
Signature pour: Nebbiolo from Piedmont
Wine focus: Italian wines by the glass
Food: Pasta and aperitivo bites
surry-hillsWed-Sun 4pm-12am
Eastern European-leaning wine bar on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Natural-leaning by-the-glass list, walk-in friendly weeknights, small plates.
Signature pour: Slovenian orange wine
Wine focus: Eastern European and natural growers
Food: Eastern European snacks