Best Wine Bars Worldwide

Bern's Wine Room ★ 4.9 · Tampa

hyde-park · 1208 S Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606

Bern's Wine Room runs the in-cellar dining experience at Bern's Steakhouse, with table service inside the 500,000-bottle, 6,500-label wine cellar.

La Lune Wine Co ★ 4.8 · Brisbane

south-brisbane · Shop 3, 109 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101

La Lune on Melbourne Street in South Brisbane (Fish Lane entrance) is a natural wine destination. Skin-contact wines and small French-leaning plates.

10 William Street ★ 4.8 · Sydney

paddington · 10 William Street, Paddington NSW 2021

Paddington's natural-wine ground zero on William Street, Sydney. Pasta of the day, Italian-leaning list, a small upstairs counter, nightly seating.

O boufes ★ 4.8 · Vienna

innere-stadt · Dominikanerbastei 17, 1010 Wien

O boufes on Dominikanerbastei is Konstantin Filippou's natural-wine bistro next door to his two-star room, the bar pouring Greek-Mediterranean plates.

Tip: The downstairs bar takes walk-ins on quiet weekday nights; weekends need a booking.

Le Bar a Vin du CIVB ★ 4.8 · Bordeaux

golden-triangle · 3 Cours du 30 Juillet, 33000 Bordeaux

Le Bar a Vin du CIVB in Bordeaux's Golden Triangle is the wine council's tasting bar in the 18th-century Maison du Vin. At 3 Cours du 30 Juillet.

Tip: Pours from €3 to €9, the cheapest tasting flight in Bordeaux; bring an empty stomach for the cheese plate.

Pepie ★ 4.8 · Marseille

77 Rue de Lodi, 13006 Marseille

Pepie in Marseille's 6e celebrates natural wines from organic, biodynamic and low-intervention growers, a small room with a tight small-plates menu.

Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; arrives full by 20:00 most nights.

La Buvette ★ 4.8 · Paris

67 Rue Saint-Maur, 75011 Paris

Camille Fourmont's La Buvette in Paris is the 16-seat 11e wine bar that put white beans with citrus oil on every editorial radar. Open wed-sun 18:00-23:30.

Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Arrive at 18:00 or after 21:30 to find a counter stool.

Tanica ★ 4.8 · Cologne

belgisches-viertel · Engelbertstr. 31a, 50674 Koln

Tanica on Engelbertstrasse in Cologne's Kwartier Latäng is a natural wine bar and bottleshop listed by Star Wine List; kitchen serves small plates.

Weinbar im Haerlin ★ 4.8 · Hamburg

neustadt · Neuer Jungfernstieg 9, 20354 Hamburg

The Weinbar at the three-star Haerlin restaurant in the Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg pours German and Burgundy fine wines with the kitchen's small.

Tip: Walk-up bar seats available; the wine list shares the dining-room cellar.

GRAPES Weinbar ★ 4.8 · Munich

altstadt-lehel · Ledererstrasse 8a, 80331 München

GRAPES Weinbar in Munich's Altstadt is the Cortiina Hotel's wine room; Austrian sommeliers Stefan Grabler and Markus Hirschler keep just under 1,300 labels.

Heteroclito ★ 4.8 · Athens

syntagma-historic-centre · Fokionos & Petraki 2, 10563, Athina

Heteroclito on Fokionos in Athens has poured Greek wines since 2012, a 200-label list focused on native varieties with around 20 by-the-glass picks per.

Tip: The hard-to-find natural-wine flights are the bartender's pick; ask for the seasonal selection.

La Cabane Wine Bistro ★ 4.8 · Hong Kong

soho · 62 Hollywood Road, Soho, Central, Hong Kong

La Cabane Wine Bistro on Hollywood Road in Soho opened in 2010 as one of Hong Kong's first natural wine specialists, with 18 pages of low intervention.

Tip: The cellar branch up the hill at 97 Hollywood Road carries the deeper stock; the bistro pours daily.

Bortársaság Lánchíd ★ 4.8 · Budapest

varkerulet · Lánchíd utca 5, 1013 Budapest

Bortarsasag's flagship store on Lanchid utca, steps from the Chain Bridge, is the country's leading Hungarian wine merchant with daily tastings.

Tip: Pet friendly; Hungarian wine flight tastings run on Saturdays at 16:00.

Slink and Bardot ★ 4.8 · Mumbai

lower-parel · Shop 329/A Thadani House, Worli Village, Opposite Indian Coast Guard, Worli, Mumbai 400030

Slink and Bardot inside a refurbished colonial bungalow in Worli Village runs modern French small plates plus a sommelier-driven wine list and bar program.

Tip: Bar seats are walk-in; dining room reservations needed at weekends.

Loose Canon ★ 4.8 · Dublin

south-city-centre · 29 Drury Street, Dublin 2, D02 RX95

Loose Canon on Drury Street in Dublin 2, a low-intervention wine bar pouring small-grower European bottles and toasted-cheese flatbreads, the southside.

Tip: Twenty-five seats; book the back stools online. The toasted-cheese flatbread is the only menu item, two varieties weekly.

Darog ★ 4.8 · Galway

westend · 56 Lower Dominick Street, Galway, H91 X9F2

Darog on Lower Dominick Street Galway holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand; Zsolt Lukacs won the 2025 Michelin Sommelier Award for this natural wine bar.

Campagne ★ 4.8 · Kilkenny

medieval-mile · Gashouse Lane, Kilkenny

Campagne's wine list matches its Michelin kitchen, a curated French and European selection chosen by sommelier Brid Hannon for each tasting-menu course.

Osteria del Sole ★ 4.8 · Bologna

Vicolo Ranocchi 1/D, 40124 Bologna BO

Osteria del Sole in Bologna's Quadrilatero is the 1465-founded wine-only osteria, the city's oldest, where regulars bring food from the surrounding.

Tip: Bring food from Tamburini or Paolo Atti; the osteria sells only wine. Cash only. Closed Sunday.

Vinoir ★ 4.8 · Milan

navigli · Ripa di Porta Ticinese 93b, 20143 Milano

Vinoir at the quieter end of the Naviglio Grande is Milan's first natural wine bar, open since 2012, with over 300 vini artigianali from Italy, France.

L'Ebbrezza di Noe ★ 4.8 · Naples

chiaia · Vico Vetriera a Chiaia 9, 80132 Napoli

L'Ebbrezza di Noe in Naples' Chiaia is the natural-wine enoteca with a 400-bottle list of Campania and Italian biodynamic producers, the city's first cellar.

Tip: Closed Sunday. Book a fortnight ahead for the cellar room; cheese board runs 16 euros.

Enoteca Bulzoni ★ 4.8 · Rome

parioli · Viale Parioli 36, 00197 Roma

Enoteca Bulzoni in Rome's Parioli quarter has run as a wine cellar since 1929. The cellar runs 4000 labels deep; the wine bar pours 40 by the glass nightly.

Tip: Closed Monday. The retail bottle prices are 30 percent below the wine-bar pour markup; buy and uncork.

Fujimaru Winery Shimanouchi ★ 4.8 · Osaka

Dotonbori and Namba · 1-1-14 Shimanouchi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0082

Osaka urban winery established in 2013, producing Yamabudo wild-grape wine in-house and serving natural Japanese bottles by the glass in Shimanouchi.

The Nikka Bar Sapporo ★ 4.8 · Sapporo

susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0804, Japan

Nikka Whisky's flagship Hokkaido bar in Susukino, pouring rare expressions of Taketsuru, Yoichi and Miyagikyo from the company's own cellar.

Tip: Reservations via the Nikka site; the Yoichi single-cask flights need a week's notice.

SEZON ★ 4.8 · Gdańsk

ul. Grobla I 3, 80-834 Gdańsk

SEZON in Gdańsk pours a strict natural-wine list out of a tiny Grobla I room behind St Mary's, the only proper natural-wine bar in the Old Town.

Tip: Five seats at the bar; book a small table at the back for groups of four-plus.

Black Sheep Lisboa ★ 4.8 · Lisbon

principe-real · Praca das Flores 62, 1200-192 Lisboa

Black Sheep Lisboa on Praca das Flores: a natural-wine bar from a Brazilian wine-geek duo pouring small biodynamic and low-intervention Portuguese producers.

Cinco Jotas Sevilla ★ 4.8 · Seville

Calle Castelar 1, 41001 Sevilla

Cinco Jotas Sevilla on Calle Castelar in Seville's El Arenal is the Osborne-group flagship for 5J jamon iberico de bellota, with sherry triangle pours paired.

Tip: The corner standing bar is fastest; the back dining room takes reservations for charcuterie boards. A pata of 5J runs 22 to 28 euros.

Folii ★ 4.8 · Stockholm

sofo · Erstagatan 21, 116 36 Stockholm

Folii on Erstagatan in Stockholm's SoFo runs the sommelier-led wine bar from Jonas Sandberg and Beatrice Becher; DN Gulddraken Best Bar, White Guide Best.

Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The counter seats walk-in; the back tables book a week ahead.

Foxy Nişantaşı ★ 4.8 · Istanbul

nişantaşı · Mim Kemal Öke Caddesi No:1, 34365 Şişli, İstanbul

Foxy in Nişantaşı, Turkey's first natural-wine room from Neolokal's Maksut Aşkar and sommelier Levon Bağış, listing Anatolian growers nobody else pours.

Smith and Gertrude ★ 4.8 · Edinburgh

stockbridge · 26 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh EH3 5BA

Smith and Gertrude on Hamilton Place in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2014, a 30-cover natural wine bar with a cheese-led food list and a vinyl.

Tip: BYO cheese policy from the deli next door at £5 corkage on a Tuesday. Pours are 100ml or 175ml from a chalkboard list.

P. Franco ★ 4.8 · London

hackney · 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP

Liam Kelleher's natural-wine room on Lower Clapton Road in Hackney London, opened 2014, runs a wall-of-wine shop by day and an evening counter.

Tip: Walk-up only. Tuesday-Thursday at 17:30 is the easy slot; Friday-Saturday queue 30 minutes for a counter seat.

Casa Rondena Winery ★ 4.8 · Albuquerque

north-valley · 733 Chavez Rd NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107

Casa Rondena Winery on Chavez Road in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is the Spanish style estate winery tasting room since 1995

Birdie's ★ 4.8 · Austin

2944 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702

Birdie's in Austin is Arjav Ezekiel's natural-wine list paired with Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel's bistro kitchen, the 2025 James Beard Outstanding Beverage.

Tip: The by-glass list is the strongest in town; Arjav is at the bar and will route you through the strange bottles.

Bayonet Bar ★ 4.8 · Birmingham

downtown · 2015 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203

Bayonet Bar on 2nd Avenue North downtown Birmingham serves coastal whites and grower champagne next to the raw bar, with tableside martinis and crudo.

Haley.Henry Wine Bar ★ 4.8 · Boston

beacon-hill · 45 Province St, Boston, MA 02108

Haley Fortier's Haley.Henry on Province Street has poured natural wine in Downtown Boston since 2016. 30 seats, small-grower European list, tinned fish.

Tip: Walk-ins from 17:00. The tinned fish board with butter toast is the food order; the Bugey-Cerdon is the cross-glass house pour.

The Loyalist ★ 4.8 · Chicago

177 N Ada St, Chicago, IL 60607

The Loyalist in Chicago is the wood-bar room downstairs from Smyth on Ada Street, an unfussy wine bar from John and Karen Shields with the cult dirty burger.

Tip: Walk up to the bar at 16:55. The dirty burger is on the bar menu from open; it leaves the kitchen rare and griddle-pressed.

EDWINS Wine Program ★ 4.8 · Cleveland

cleveland-heights · 12383 Cedar Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106

EDWINS in the former Nighttown space on Cedar Road in Cleveland Heights, Brandon Chrostowski's culinary training restaurant, runs a French-leaning.

Restaurant Olivia ★ 4.8 · Denver

290 S Downing St, Denver, CO 80209

Restaurant Olivia in Denver is chef Ty Leon and somm Austin Carson's Wash Park Italian pasta room and wine bar, with a 35-seat dining room, walk-in wine.

Selden Standard (bar seats) ★ 4.8 · Detroit

midtown · 3921 2nd Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

Selden Standard on 2nd Avenue in Cass Corridor pours by the glass at the bar next to the wood oven in Detroit. Located in Midtown. Open daily 17:00-22:00.

Tip: Bar seats hold for walk-ins from 17:00. The wine team writes the list weekly.

Voltaire ★ 4.8 · Kansas City

west-bottoms · 1617 Genessee St, Kansas City, MO 64102

Voltaire in the Kansas City West Bottoms is the Moxie Industries wine bar and globally-inspired bistro, next to the sister Golden Ox in the Live Stock.

Tip: Weekend brunch Sat 10:00-14:00 and Sun 10:00-15:00; the bar takes walk-ins. Sister to Golden Ox on the same block.

Bar Bandini ★ 4.8 · Los Angeles

2150 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Bar Bandini in Echo Park, Los Angeles is a 30-seat natural wine room with a tight list of California and European growers, snacks and a small patio.

Burnhearts ★ 4.8 · Milwaukee

2599 S Logan Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207

Burnhearts on South Logan Avenue in Bay View is a craft cocktail and natural wine bar with rotating pet-nats, draft beer and a late-night kitchen on weekend.

Spoon and Stable Bar ★ 4.8 · Minneapolis

north-loop · 211 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN 55401

Spoon and Stable's bar on North 1st Street pours growers' Champagne in Minneapolis since 2014. Walk-in seats at the bar, snacks and oysters.

Bad Idea ★ 4.8 · Nashville

east-nashville · 1021 Russell St #101, Nashville, TN 37206

Brian Lea's converted East Nashville church running 150 artisan wine selections and seasonal plates. 2025 Michelin American South Sommelier of the Year award.

Tip: Bar walk-ins available; named to the New York Times 50 Best Restaurants in 2024.

The Four Horsemen ★ 4.8 · New York City

williamsburg · 295 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

James Murphy's natural-wine room on Grand Street has set the bar for Williamsburg wine bars in New York City since 2015. At 295 Grand Street.

Tip: Reservations open four weeks ahead on Resy. Counter walk-ins from 17:00; the snack menu runs the whole night.

Snail Bar ★ 4.8 · Oakland

temescal · 4935 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609

Snail Bar on Shattuck pairs natural wine with seasonal Bib Gourmand small plates. Walk-in only, six-top maximum and no reservations of any size.

Wine Bar George ★ 4.8 · Orlando

disney-springs · 1610 E Buena Vista Dr, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

Wine Bar George at Disney Springs is master sommelier George Miliotes' room with 100-plus wines by the glass and bottle, plus Mediterranean small plates.

Postino Arcadia ★ 4.8 · Phoenix

3939 E Campbell Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85018

Postino Arcadia on Campbell Avenue is the original location of the Valley's neighbourhood wine cafe chain, set in a restored 1940s post office with a patio.

Tip: After 8pm on Monday and Tuesday, a bruschetta board with a bottle of wine is the deal regulars chase.

OK Omens ★ 4.8 · Portland

hawthorne-belmont · 1758 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214

The naturally focused wine room next door to the former Castagna space on SE Hawthorne in Portland, chef Justin Woodward's food, Willamette growers.

Tip: The bar takes walk-ins; the dining room reserves on Resy. By-the-glass list rotates weekly.

Maine & Loire ★ 4.8 · Portland

east-bayside · 59 Washington Avenue, Portland, ME 04101

Maine and Loire on Washington Avenue, from Peter and Orenda Hale, is Portland's natural-wine flagship with Loire-led pours and counter charcuterie.

Tip: Counter service, walk-in only, no tipping. Last call 17:00, closes 18:00.

Bacaro Enoteca ★ 4.8 · Providence

downtown · 262 South Water Street, Providence, RI 02903

Bacaro's ground-floor bar is the closest Providence gets to a true Venetian bacaro. Cicchetti plates, salumeria boards, Italian wines by glass.