Wine bar€€€leopoldstadtTue-Sat 17:00-23:00, closed Sun-Mon
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.
Wine bar€€€innere-stadtTue-Sat 18:00-24:00, closed Sun-Mon
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.
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.
