Where to drink well in Vienna by the glass and the bottle: natural, classical, and worth the cab fare.
Wine bars in Vienna. natural, classical, and the grower-focused rooms worth the cab fare.
Heunisch & Erben on Landstrasser Hauptstrasse in Vienna's 3rd district pours over 100 wines by the glass under sommeliers Brandhofer and Gould.
PourWachau Riesling by the glass
WineAustrian and natural wines, 100+ by the glass
FoodModern European 4- to 9-course tasting
TipThe Bib Gourmand kitchen lets you build your own menu, four to nine courses; the summer terrace is the room's best seat.
MAST Weinbistro on Porzellangasse in Vienna's Alsergrund is Matthias Pitra and Steve Breitzke's natural-wine bistro, the Servitenviertel address with a Bib.
PourBurgenland Pinot Noir by the glass
WineNatural and organic, Austrian and European
FoodSeasonal bistro, Bib Gourmand
TipLunch service runs midday Wednesday to Friday; the weekend service is dinner only.
Pub Klemo on Margaretenstrasse in Vienna's 5th district has poured Austrian wine since 2006, the weekly list of 100 glass-pours and a 3,000-bottle next-door.
PourWeingut Klemo Burgenland Welschriesling
WineAustrian wines by the glass, growers' Champagne
FoodHomemade pasta, small plates
TipThe next-door retail shop sells everything on the bar list at retail; ask Klemo to suggest a bottle for the table.
Erich on Lerchenfelder Strasse in Vienna's 8th district is a serious natural-wine room from the Gasthaus zum Wohl team, the long pour list rotating.
PourBurgenland Rotburger by the glass
WineNatural Austrian wines and orange wines
FoodSmall plates, Bib Gourmand
TipThe carte rotates weekly; ask the bar what natural-wine pour they have brought in this week.
Vinifero Weinbar on Karmeliterplatz in Vienna's Leopoldstadt is the bar end of Enrico Bachechi and Claire Yuan's natural-wine distribution operation.
PourAustrian biodynamic Gruener Veltliner by the glass
WineNatural and biodynamic wines from Austria, Italy, and Hungary
FoodVegetarian and vegan snacks, cheese and antipasti plates
TipThursday evenings host the weekly tasting flight; the carte of pours rotates each week, so ask Enrico or Claire for the current Austrian Gruener.
O boufes on Dominikanerbastei is Konstantin Filippou's natural-wine bistro next door to his two-star room, the bar pouring Greek-Mediterranean plates.
PourChristian Tschida Himmel auf Erden
WineNatural wines, Christian Tschida and Mediterranean growers
FoodMediterranean-Greek small plates by Konstantin Filippou
TipThe downstairs bar takes walk-ins on quiet weekday nights; weekends need a booking.
Vinothek W-Einkehr on Schoenlaterngasse pours hand-picked Austrian rarities by the glass, the small bar a daily after-work stop for the office crowd.
PourAustrian small-producer wines by the glass
WineAustrian growers, biodynamic and natural focus
FoodCheese, charcuterie plates
TipThe Thursday tasting at 18:00 brings a flight from a single Austrian region; reservations sensible.
Wein & Co's Stephansplatz flagship is Vienna's biggest by-the-glass operator, the ground-floor bar pouring 96 Falstaff points with a basement vinothek.
PourGemischter Satz from Wieninger
WineBroad Austrian and international wines, large by-the-glass list
FoodModern Austrian small plates
TipOrder at the upstairs bar; downstairs is the shop where staff will pull any bottle for an upstairs corkage.
Vinothek St. Stephan opposite the cathedral is one of Vienna's oldest fine-wine sellers, a vaulted shop with a small bar pouring aged Austrian rarities.
PourAged Austrian Riesling
WineOld-school Austrian growers, fine wine archive
FoodLight bar plates
TipSaturday afternoon is the room's tasting drop-in; the back archive holds the older Wachau Rieslings.
Tian Bistro am Spittelberg is the Neubau wine-bar arm of Vienna's only vegetarian Michelin-starred kitchen, the list spanning Styria and the Jura.
PourSouthern Styrian Sauvignon Blanc
WineNatural Austrian, Slovenian and Jura wines
FoodVegetarian and vegan small plates
TipThe Spittelberg courtyard is the room's headline seat in summer; the upstairs cellar bar takes walk-ins.
Heuriger Sirbu on Kahlenberger Strasse in Vienna's 19th district sits high above the Danube on the Nußberg slope, pouring its own Gemischter Satz.
PourGemischter Satz from the own Nussberg vineyard
WineDoebling Heuriger, own-vineyard pours
FoodHeuriger buffet, cold plates
TipSeasonal: open mid-March to mid-October only; the terrace overlooks the river and the city beyond.
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