Wine bar€€€innere-stadtTue-Sat 16:00-23:00, closed Sun-Mon
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.
Wine bar€€€innere-stadtMon-Sat 09:00-24:00, Sun 11:00-23:00
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.
Wine bar€€€innere-stadtMon-Fri 10:00-19:00, Sat 10:00-17:00, closed Sun
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.
Wine bar€€€neubauMon-Sat 11:30-23:00, closed Sun
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.
Wine bar€€€doeblingOpen mid-March to mid-October, Mon-Sat 15:30-00:00
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.
Wine bar€€€landstrasseTue-Sat 15:00-01:00, closed Sun-Mon
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.