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.
Signature pour: Wachau Riesling by the glass
Wine focus: Austrian and natural wines, 100+ by the glass
Food: Modern European 4- to 9-course tasting
Tip: The 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.
Signature pour: Burgenland Pinot Noir by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and organic, Austrian and European
Food: Seasonal bistro, Bib Gourmand
Tip: Lunch 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.
Signature pour: Weingut Klemo Burgenland Welschriesling
Wine focus: Austrian wines by the glass, growers' Champagne
Food: Homemade pasta, small plates
Tip: The 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.
Signature pour: Burgenland Rotburger by the glass
Wine focus: Natural Austrian wines and orange wines
Food: Small plates, Bib Gourmand
Tip: The 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.
Signature pour: Austrian biodynamic Gruener Veltliner by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic wines from Austria, Italy, and Hungary
Food: Vegetarian and vegan snacks, cheese and antipasti plates
Tip: Thursday 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.
Signature pour: Christian Tschida Himmel auf Erden
Wine focus: Natural wines, Christian Tschida and Mediterranean growers
Food: Mediterranean-Greek small plates by Konstantin Filippou
Tip: The 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.
Signature pour: Austrian small-producer wines by the glass
Wine focus: Austrian growers, biodynamic and natural focus
Food: Cheese, charcuterie plates
Tip: The 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.
Signature pour: Gemischter Satz from Wieninger
Wine focus: Broad Austrian and international wines, large by-the-glass list
Food: Modern Austrian small plates
Tip: Order 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.
Signature pour: Aged Austrian Riesling
Wine focus: Old-school Austrian growers, fine wine archive
Food: Light bar plates
Tip: Saturday 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.
Signature pour: Southern Styrian Sauvignon Blanc
Wine focus: Natural Austrian, Slovenian and Jura wines
Food: Vegetarian and vegan small plates
Tip: The 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.
Signature pour: Gemischter Satz from the own Nussberg vineyard
Wine focus: Doebling Heuriger, own-vineyard pours
Food: Heuriger buffet, cold plates
Tip: Seasonal: open mid-March to mid-October only; the terrace overlooks the river and the city beyond.