Best Wine Bars Around the World

Bern's Wine Room ★ 4.9

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.

PourVintage Burgundy by the glass

WineWorld's largest restaurant cellar

FoodSteakhouse pairing menu

Frasca Food and Wine ★ 4.9

Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder is Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson's James Beard-winning Friulian dining room since 2004, a 40-minute drive.

Book4 weeks ahead

Darog ★ 4.8

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

PourSancerre by the glass and rotating orange wines from Zsolt Lukacs' personal cellar

WineNatural and biodynamic European wines with Hungarian and Irish selections

FoodSmall plates: charcuterie, oysters, farmhouse cheese and seasonal vegetable dishes

Sheridans Cheesemongers Wine Bar ★ 4.8

Sheridans Cheesemongers wine bar on Churchyard Street Galway opens Thursday to Saturday above the cheese shop; a 50-bin natural list with boards of Gubbeen.

Why locals goTourists shop the cheese counter downstairs and leave; the stairs to the wine bar above are unmarked and known only to regulars.

TipGo upstairs after 16:00 on a weekday; the Ardrahan board with Grower Champagne is the right pairing.

La Buvette ★ 4.8

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.

PourDomaine Tessier Cheverny

WineNatural French wines

FoodSnacks: white beans, fish rillettes

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

10 William Street ★ 4.8

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

PourPinot grigio from Friuli

WineMinimal-intervention Italian and Australian growers

FoodItalian antipasti and daily pasta

Black Sheep Lisboa ★ 4.8

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.

PourAnselmo Mendes Loureiro Alvarinho by the glass

WineSmall Portuguese producers, biodynamic and natural

FoodPetiscos, charcuterie and cheese

Enoteca Bulzoni ★ 4.8

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.

PourCesanese del Piglio Damiano Ciolli, by the glass

WineItalian regional wines, deep Lazio cellar

FoodSalumi platters, cheese flights

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

O boufes ★ 4.8

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.

107 Wine Shop & Bar ★ 4.8

The Lower Clapton Road natural-wine room in Hackney London that traded as P. Franco from 2014, relaunched as 107 in 2023, wine shop by day, counter by night.

PourWhatever Italian skin-contact white is on by the glass

WineNatural wine, all-region with strong Italian and French focus

FoodSmall plates from a rotating chef-in-residence

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

Vinoir ★ 4.8

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.

PourOrange Skin Contact Ribolla Gialla by the glass

WineNatural and biodynamic Italian and European growers

FoodSmall plates: fassona sushi rolls, octopus, cheeses

Birdie's ★ 4.8

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.

PourWhatever rare grower-producer Arjav has on; the list moves daily

WineNatural and low-intervention wines, by-the-glass and bottle, James Beard 2025 winner

FoodCounter-service bistro pastas and crudo

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

Loose Canon ★ 4.8

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

PourWhatever Riesling is on the by-the-glass list this week

WineNatural and low-intervention European wines

FoodToasted cheese and charcuterie

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

Taberna La Tana ★ 4.8

Taberna La Tana is a 1993 wine bar with 400-plus references tucked in a realejo side alley, run by siblings who know every grower in andalusia personally.

Why locals goA 1993 wine bar with 400-plus references tucked in a Realejo side alley, run by siblings who know every grower in Andalusia personally.

TipClosed Sundays; ask Jesus or Luisa for the natural-wine flight if you want the deep cellar.

The Nikka Bar Sapporo ★ 4.8

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

PourTaketsuru Pure Malt flight

WineNikka Whisky flagship pours

FoodBar snacks

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

Late Air ★ 4.8

Late Air is a small neighbourhood wine bar at Bull and Victory, with a rotating natural-wine programme and small-plates kitchen. Reservations only on Resy.

PourRotating natural-wine flight

WineNatural wines by the glass and bottle

FoodSmall plates

Le Bar a Vin du CIVB ★ 4.8

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.

PourPessac-Leognan white by the glass

WineBordeaux appellations across all colours

FoodCheese, charcuterie, tartines

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

Bortársaság Lánchíd ★ 4.8

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

OrderA flight of dry Furmint and a glass of Tokaji Aszú.

PourTokaji Aszú by the glass

WineHungarian regional wines, large bottle retail and bar

FoodLimited cheese and snack plates

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

Tanica ★ 4.8

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

WineItalian and French, biodynamic

Selden Standard (bar seats) ★ 4.8

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.

PourGlass of the night, often a Michigan pinot blanc

WineEuropean and Michigan natural wines

FoodWood-fired vegetables and small plates

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

Campagne ★ 4.8

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

PourSommelier-selected pairing with the tasting menu

WineClassic French and European fine wine

FoodFull Michelin-starred tasting menu

Erst ★ 4.8

Bib Gourmand natural-wine room on Manchester's Murray Street since 2019. Short menu of seasonal plates, twenty natural reds and the same in whites here.

Why locals goManchester's understated Bib Gourmand neighbour to Mana on Murray Street; the natural-wine list wins quietly without the queue Mana gets daily here.

TipKitchen closed 15:00-16:30 for the gap shift; weekday early dinner is the calm slot.

The Four Horsemen ★ 4.8

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.

PourDomaine de la Pinte Arbois savagnin

WineNatural wines from France, Italy, Germany, Austria

FoodSmall plates by Nick Curtola

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

Snail Bar ★ 4.8

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.

PourBy-the-glass French and Italian natural pours

WineNatural wine, low-intervention growers

FoodSeasonal small plates, oysters, raw fish

Veneto Ristorante Italiano ★ 4.8

Veneto on East 900 South, sommelier Marco Stevanoni's Veneto-region Italian room, runs an 800-label cellar and a Wine Spectator Best of Award winner.

Pour800-label cellar by-the-glass

WineItalian Veneto-region wines

FoodAuthentic Veneto Italian dining

Osteria del Sole ★ 4.8

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.

PourSangiovese di Romagna, by the glass

WineSangiovese, Lambrusco, local growers

FoodBring-your-own; wine only

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

Haley.Henry Wine Bar ★ 4.8

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.

PourBugey-Cerdon by the glass

WineNatural wines from small European growers

FoodTinned fish and snacks

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

La Lune Wine Co ★ 4.8

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

WineNatural and minimal-intervention, French and Australian

SEZON ★ 4.8

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.

PourOrange wine from Moravia by the glass

WineNatural wines from Moravia, Austria and Central Europe

FoodSeasonal tapas, bread from Nowy Chleb

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

La Cabane Wine Bistro ★ 4.8

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.

PourRotating natural wine by the glass

WineNatural and biodynamic wines from small European growers

FoodFrench bistro plates, charcuterie, cheese

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

Voltaire ★ 4.8

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.

PourRotating by-the-glass list, classic cocktails

WineEclectic, global cellar

FoodGlobally inspired plates, weekend brunch

TipWeekend 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.

L'Ebbrezza di Noe ★ 4.8

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.

PourCantina Pellegrino Falanghina by the glass

WineItalian natural wines, Campania growers

FoodCampanian small plates, cheese, charcuterie

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

Wine Bar George ★ 4.8

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.

PourGeorge's red blend or a self-serve flight of Italian reds

WineMaster sommelier-curated wines, 100 by the glass and bottle

FoodCheese boards, charcuterie, shareable Mediterranean small plates

Allora Wine Bar ★ 4.8

Allora's wine bar in East Sacramento is the Michelin Recommended Italian room's bar, a Wine Spectator award list with by-the-glass Brunello flights.

PourBrunello di Montalcino by the glass

WineItalian regional wines, Wine Spectator award list

FoodItalian small plates and pasta

L'Oursin ★ 4.8

L'Oursin in Seattle at the crossroads of First Hill and the Central District is the 2017 French wine bar: natural Loire and Jura pours, oysters.

PourDomaine de l'Octavin Poulsard, by the glass

WineNatural French growers, Loire and Jura

FoodSmall plates, oysters, cassoulet

Cinco Jotas Sevilla ★ 4.8

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.

PourFino Tio Pepe En Rama with jamon iberico de bellota 5J

WineSherry triangle finos, manzanillas, olorosos paired with Jabugo jamon

FoodJamon iberico de bellota 5J, charcuterie boards

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

Banco Vini e Alimenti ★ 4.8

Banco Vini e Alimenti is a walk-in-only indie wine bar that does not take reservations; only locals risk arriving without one, until 2am most nights.

Why locals goA walk-in-only indie wine bar that does not take reservations; only locals risk arriving without one.

TipArrive at 18:30 sharp for the first walk-in window; later you queue on the pavement.

Most Restaurant ★ 4.8

Most is the tasting-only sister room behind Łukasz Budzik's Między Mostami in Wrocław, an intimate space at the back of the building with low-intervention.

OrderThe chef's tasting menu with the natural wine flight.

Book2-3 weeks ahead

TipMost opens Thursday to Saturday only. Book three weeks ahead for the 19:30 seating Thu-Fri (Sat runs to 23:00).

Le Comptoir du Vin ★ 4.8

Station North natural-wine bistro on Maryland Ave since 2018; chalkboard menu changes weekly, Bon Appetit Hot Ten 2019, named for a Lyon counter.

Why locals goA dozen seats behind an easy-to-miss Station North storefront, where the menu changes weekly and the natural-wine list is among the city's most serious.

TipReservations open in batches and vanish fast; follow the bar's social feed for the drop.

Cork ★ 4.8

Cork on Licenciado Poza in Bilbao's Indautxu is sommelier Jonathan Hernando's reference natural-wine bar, with a strong txakoli flight as a fine opener.

Why locals goSommelier Jonathan Hernando runs Bilbao's reference natural-wine bar on Licenciado Pozas, a small Indautxu room locals walk to weekly while most visitors never leave Casco Viejo.

TipAsk Jonathan for the lowest-intervention pour on rotation; the txakoli flight is a strong opener.

Restaurant Olivia ★ 4.8

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.

PourItalian by-the-glass selection

WineItalian and international small-producer wines

FoodHandmade pastas and Italian small plates

Foxy Nişantaşı ★ 4.8

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

PourIndigenous Kalecik Karası by the glass

WineNatural Turkish wines, indigenous grapes

FoodModern Anatolian small plates

Bar Bandini ★ 4.8

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.

PourFrank Cornelissen Etna Rosso, by the glass

WineNatural wines from California and Europe

FoodSnacks, anchovy toast, tinned fish

Pepie ★ 4.8

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

PourProvencal grower whites by the glass

WineNatural French wines, organic and biodynamic

FoodSmall plates and charcuterie

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

Spoon and Stable Bar ★ 4.8

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.

PourChampagne by the glass

WineModern American by the glass, growers' Champagne

FoodSnacks and oysters

Casa Rondena Winery ★ 4.8

Casa Rondena Winery on Chavez Road in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is the Spanish style estate winery tasting room since 1995, open daily from midday.

PourCasa Rondena Cabernet Sauvignon

WineNew Mexico estate Spanish style

FoodCharcuterie boards on weekends

Heteroclito ★ 4.8

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.

PourA by-the-glass flight of Aegean island wines

WineGreek-only list, native varieties, natural wines

FoodCheese boards and small plates

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

Bayonet Bar ★ 4.8

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

PourMuscadet by the glass

WineCoastal whites and grower champagne

FoodRaw bar, crudo, tableside martini

Smith and Gertrude ★ 4.8

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.

PourLoire valley natural Sauvignon Blanc, by the glass

WineLow-intervention wines and cheese

FoodCheese, charcuterie and seasonal small plates

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

GRAPES Weinbar ★ 4.8

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.

PourAustrian Grüner Veltliner by the glass

Wine1,300 labels across every style and region

FoodSmall plates, charcuterie, cheese

Bad Idea ★ 4.8

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

PourWhatever the sommelier is geeking out on

Wine150 artisan selections, natural and classic

FoodSeasonal small plates and a tasting menu

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

OK Omens ★ 4.8

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

PourWillamette Valley Pinot Noir by the glass

WineNatural wine from Oregon and the Old World

FoodPacific Northwest small plates

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

Maine & Loire ★ 4.8

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

PourWhatever the staff has open from Loire growers (Pithon-Paille, Mosse)

WineNatural and low-intervention wines, French and Loire-led

FoodCheese plate, charcuterie, light snacks

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

Bacaro Enoteca ★ 4.8

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

PourLugana by the glass

WineItalian by the glass and bottle, with focus on Veneto

FoodVenetian cicchetti and salumeria

Folii ★ 4.8

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.

PourSandberg and Becher's rotating wine-by-the-glass list

WineAward-winning natural wine list, broad European reach

FoodSmall plates, charcuterie, cheese

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

Reilly Wine Cellar ★ 4.8

Reilly's wine cellar on East Pennington in Tucson sits beneath the pizzeria, with the deepest Italian list downtown and a quiet stone-walled tasting space.

PourEtna Rosso by the glass

WineItalian wine list, natural by-the-glass

FoodWood-fired pizza, salumi, antipasti

The Loyalist ★ 4.8

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.

PourThe dirty burger with a Beaujolais by the glass

WineLo-fi natural wines, deep Burgundy

FoodBurger, snacks, full kitchen

TipWalk 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

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

PourA Burgundy by the glass to start a tasting menu

WineFrench-leaning by-the-glass and a Burgundy-led bottle list

FoodFrench menu paired with the dining room

Weinbar im Haerlin ★ 4.8

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.

PourEgon Mueller Scharzhofberg Riesling

WineGerman and Burgundy fine wine

FoodHanseatic snacks and Haerlin small plates

TipWalk-up bar seats available; the wine list shares the dining-room cellar.

Little Pearl ★ 4.8

Little Pearl calls itself a neighbourhood restaurant and wine bar, matching a Key West seafood tasting menu to a cellar strong in halves and sake.

WineDeep cellar of sparkling, sake and half bottles beside a tasting menu

FoodFour-course local seafood tasting menu

TipSeatings run at 17:00, 19:00 and 21:00 six days a week; the wine pairing leans on the half-bottle cellar and is worth it.

Slink and Bardot ★ 4.8

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.

OrderSommelier wine flight and the burrata with stone-fruit conserve.

PourSommelier flight of three Loire wines

WineFrench and modern European wines

FoodModern French small plates

TipBar seats are walk-in; dining room reservations needed at weekends.

Fujimaru Winery Shimanouchi ★ 4.8

A Shimanouchi urban winery pouring its own Osaka-made bottles and other Japanese wine by the glass, with Italian plates coming out of the kitchen.

OrderHouse Yamabudo wine, Natural Koshu white, Fermented cheese platter

WineJapanese wine, natural

Postino Arcadia ★ 4.8

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.

PourThe bruschetta-and-bottle deal after 8pm

WineApproachable global wines by the glass

FoodBruschetta boards and panini

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

Adarra Bar ★ 4.8

Adarra's bar in Oregon Hill (relocated from Jackson Ward in December 2024) pours sherry, txakoli and Iberian reds with pintxos. Randall and Lyne Doetzer.

PourTxakoli poured from height

WineSpanish and Basque wines, sherry, txakoli

FoodPintxos, charcuterie, hearth-grilled snacks

Verjus ★ 4.8

Verjus in San Francisco is Lindsay Tusk and Michael Tusk's Jackson Square natural-wine bar, with a Quince-trained kitchen running pasta and charcuterie.

PourDomaine de la Coume du Roy Maury

WineNatural French, Italian, Spanish

FoodBar snacks, pasta, charcuterie

TipThe chef-counter four-top is the seat to want; book it via Resy the morning seats release.

Augurio ★ 4.8

Augurio is chef Angel Vazquez's Pueblan dining room on 9 Oriente, added to the 2026 Michelin Guide selection and built around a six-mole tasting in Puebla.

WineMexican labels chosen to sit against mole

FoodFull Pueblan menu

TipSommelier Gina de la Mora builds the list around the six-mole tasting, which is a harder pairing job than it sounds.

Bar La Lune ★ 4.7

Bar La Lune in Vasastaden is Gothenburg's premier natural wine bar, pouring a rotating selection of biodynamic and low-sulphur bottles in a candlelit room.

OrderNatural wine flight, Orange wine by the glass, Seasonal cheese plate

WineNatural and low-intervention

Septime La Cave ★ 4.7

Bertrand Grébaut's Septime La Cave in Paris is the natural-wine annex of Septime, four blocks away. A 24-seat room, an electric list, walk-in only weeknights.

PourDomaine Pattes Loup Chablis, by the glass

WineNatural French wines, growers' Champagne

FoodSnacks and small plates

TipArrive at 17:00 for a counter seat or after 21:00 once the dinner crowd thins out at Septime.

Le Garde Robe ★ 4.7

Le Garde Robe in Paris's 1er is the city's senior natural-wine bar, opened by Vincent Sevray in 2005. Open mon-sat 12:30-23:00. At 41 Rue de l'Arbre Sec.

PourDomaine Mosse Chenin Blanc

WineNatural wines and charcuterie

FoodCharcuterie, cheese, small plates

TipClosed Sunday. The lunch menu pairs the day's plate with two glasses of wine for €25.

L'Atitude 51 ★ 4.7

Cork's definitive natural wine bar, operating as a cave-a-manger - part wine shop, part bistro - at 1 Union Quay. Located in Union Quay And Ballintemple.

WineNatural wine, Biodynamic, Orange wine

Le Volpi e l'Uva ★ 4.7

Le Volpi e l'Uva in Florence's Oltrarno is the 1999 wine bar tucked behind Ponte Vecchio, with a hand-built list of Tuscan small growers, 30 wines.

OrderCrostino del giorno, salumi flight, a glass of Sangiovese from a single-vineyard producer.

PourSangiovese di Toscana from a small grower

WineTuscan natural growers, small producers

FoodTagliere of salumi and cheese

TipClosed Sunday. The 12-seat bar has no bookings; arrive at 17:30 for aperitivo seating.

Love Tilly Devine ★ 4.7

Back-alley natural-wine bar on Crown Lane, Darlinghurst, Sydney. Matt Swieboda's room has poured one of Australia's deepest minimal-intervention lists.

PourSkin-contact gewurztraminer from Alsace

WineNatural and biodynamic wines

FoodCharcuterie and bar snacks

Sippenham ★ 4.7

Sippenham is sydenham wine bar in a converted shopfront on burrows road. 30 seats, ex-ester somms running the floor, blink-and-miss-it from the train station.

Why locals goSydenham wine bar in a converted shopfront on Burrows Road. 30 seats, ex-Ester somms running the floor, blink-and-miss-it from the train station.

TipBookings open three weeks ahead; the Tuesday-night chef collaborations are the sleeper hit.

Antica Bottega del Vino ★ 4.7

Antica Bottega del Vino has poured Amarone in Verona since 1890 on a side alley off Via Mazzini, open daily to 01:00 with a seated Veronese dining room.

PourAmarone della Valpolicella Classico by the glass

Wine4,500-label Italian list led by Amarone and Valpolicella

FoodVeronese plates plus 35-cured-meat cicchetti boards

TipStanding-counter ombra runs €3 to 8 per glass; the seated dining room is for full Veronese plates.

Enoteca della Valpolicella ★ 4.7

Enoteca della Valpolicella in Fumane outside Verona runs a 15th-century barn with primi casarecci and the most complete Valpolicella roster by the glass.

PourVertical of Allegrini, Quintarelli, Bertani Amarone

WineAll Valpolicella producers by the glass and bottle

FoodVeronese cucina tipica with primi casarecci

TipTwenty-minute drive from Verona; book the cellar table 10 days out for Vinitaly week and add the four-Amarone tasting flight.

Domus Vinum ★ 4.7

The most warm-lit wine bar in Braga, housed in a 350-year-old stone building a short walk from the cathedral. The arched cellar serves a thoughtful.

WineVinho Verde, Douro, Alentejo; petiscos and charcuterie

TipAsk for a flight of vinho verde tasting: the bar usually has four or five different producers open and can line them up for comparison.

Ellerbe Fine Foods ★ 4.7

Ellerbe Fine Foods on Fort Worth's Magnolia Avenue pairs James Beard-recognised farm-to-table cuisine with a Wine Spectator award-winning cellar.

OrderSeasonal tasting menu with sommelier wine pairings; the farm-to-table charcuterie board.

TipAperitif hour begins at 16:00 Tuesday through Saturday with reduced wine prices before the dinner rush.

By The Wine ★ 4.7

By The Wine on Lisbon's Rua das Flores: Sogrape's tasting bar pouring its full Portuguese range glass by glass, vaulted ceiling, late hours daily.

PourCasa Ferreirinha Vinha Grande Douro tinto

WineSogrape's full Portuguese portfolio by the glass

FoodPortuguese tapas

Pinot Bar de Vinhos ★ 4.7

Pinot in Lisbon's Estrela: Stephanie Audet and Marc Davidson's natural-wine sequel to Senhor Uva, organic plates and Portuguese growers by the glass.

PourFolias de Baco UIVO Renegado pet-nat

WineNatural Portuguese wines from the Senhor Uva team

FoodSeasonal vegetarian small plates and cheeses

Trimani Il Wine Bar ★ 4.7

Trimani Il Wine Bar in Rome's Castro Pretorio quarter is the Trimani family's wine bar (the retail cellar runs since 1821), with 5000 labels in the back.

PourAglianico del Vulture Paternoster, by the glass

WineItalian regional wines, classic cellar

FoodSalumi, cheese, Roman small plates

TipClosed Sunday. The cellar tour Saturday 11:00 is free for groups of six or more; book a fortnight ahead.

Heunisch & Erben ★ 4.7

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.

Domestic (wine programme) ★ 4.7

The one-star Domestic holds the most adventurous wine programme in the city, spotlighting Danish and Scandinavian microproducers with a focus on natural.

PourDanish pét-nat from Herlufsholm vineyard

WineDanish and Scandinavian microproducers, natural-focused

FoodTasting menu with wine pairing

Noble Rot Bloomsbury ★ 4.7

Daniel Keeling and Mark Andrew's wine-magazine-meets-bistro on Lamb's Conduit Street in Bloomsbury London, opened 2015, runs serious old-world wines.

PourWhatever mature Burgundy is open by the glass

WineBurgundy, Loire and serious old-world classics

FoodModern European dining-room menu

TipLunchtime three-course is £45 with a glass. The Greek Street Soho sibling has longer hours and the same list.

Ved Stranden 10 ★ 4.7

Ved Stranden 10 on the canal opposite Christiansborg in Indre By is Copenhagen's reference natural wine bar, opened 2010, with white walls and vintage Danish.

PourBy-the-glass from a Loire or Jura producer

WineNatural French, German and Austrian wines

FoodCharcuterie, cheese and small plates

TipThe Wednesday wine tasting (four to six wines) opens late afternoon. Walk-in only; arrive by 16:00.

N'Ombra de Vin ★ 4.7

N'Ombra de Vin on Via San Marco in Brera is the cellar cut into the 16th-century refectory of a former Augustinian convent, open since 1973.

PourBarolo by the glass from the cellar list

WineItalian regional cellar with 1,800 labels

FoodCharcuterie, cheese and small plates

Ahiru Store ★ 4.7

Ahiru Store in Tokyo's Tomigaya is sommelier Teruhiko Saito's natural-wine counter, sister Wakako's bread on the side. The 12-seat room queues from 18:00.

PourWhatever Teruhiko Saito has open by the glass

WineNatural French wines, small producers

FoodRustic breads, salads, charcuterie

TipNo reservations after 18:30; arrive at 18:00 for the second seating or before opening for the first.

Winestand Waltz ★ 4.7

Winestand Waltz in Tokyo's Ebisu-Nishi is the cellar-bar that built Tokyo's natural-wine ritual. Standing-counter only, 30 by-the-glass pours, no reservation.

PourDaily by-the-glass selection

WineFrench and Italian natural and classical

FoodCharcuterie and small bites

TipNo reservations. Walk-in standing room only; arrive by 19:00 for a counter spot.

Bar Brutal ★ 4.7

Bar Brutal in Barcelona's Born is the natural-wine-bar standard run by the Ca l'Anna Cantina team: a 600-strong cellar with a focus on the orange-wine scene.

PourVella Terra orange wine by the glass

WineNatural and orange wines

FoodItalian-Catalan small plates

TipClosed Monday. The bar takes walk-ups, the back-room dining books two days ahead.

Etto ★ 4.7

Etto on Merrion Row in Dublin 2, a Bib Gourmand Italian-leaning wine bar with the best by-the-glass list south of the Liffey and a kitchen that backs it up.

PourSicilian Frappato by the glass

WineItalian by the glass and bottle

FoodItalian crudo, hand-rolled pasta, small plates

TipCounter seats face the open kitchen; book through the website not OpenTable. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Veltlin ★ 4.7

Veltlin in Karlin is Bogdan Trojak's natural-wine bar, focused on what he calls authentic wines from the old Habsburg empire. Open tue-sat 17:00-23:00.

PourMoravian pet-nat by the glass

WineAuthentic wines from the former Habsburg empire, Moravia heavy

FoodCheese, sardines, small plates

TipTrust the staff; ask for a Moravian flight and order the sardines.

Hikidashi ★ 4.7

A sommelier-led natural wine bar 10 minutes from Maruyama Park station. Calming wooden interior with washi-paper walls; Hokkaido and French growers feature.

PourHokkaido pinot noir by the glass

WineHokkaido and natural French wines

FoodSmall plates with Hokkaido seafood

TipReservations recommended; counter seats look across into the kitchen.

N5 Wine Bar ★ 4.7

N5 Wine Bar on Rue de la Bourse is the brick-vaulted Toulouse wine bar named Best Wine Bar in the World in 2017, 2018 and 2019, with around 4,000 bottles.

PourLanguedoc by the glass

WineOver 500 wines by the glass

FoodSnacks and small plates

TipBookings essential for weekend evenings; the by-the-glass tour of France from the dedicated sommelier is the canonical first visit.

Vino Vero ★ 4.7

Vino Vero in Venice's Cannaregio on Fondamenta della Misericordia opened 2014 and runs one of Italy's deepest natural-wine lists, the canonical late-night.

PourFriulian orange wines by the glass

WineItalian natural and biodynamic wines

FoodCicchetti, charcuterie boards

TipCanal-side outside seating fills up by 19:00 in summer. Ask the staff for the orange-wine flight; the Friulian pours are the move.

Aux Quatre Coins du Vin ★ 4.7

Aux Quatre Coins du Vin in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the Enomatic-powered wine bar on Rue de la Devise with around 40 wines by the glass across three pour.

PourSaint-Emilion grand cru by the sip

WineWorld wines plus Bordeaux, by the glass

FoodCheese, charcuterie, croque-monsieur

TipTake the tasting card, then sip the Saint-Emilion grand crus and the Pessac-Leognans for the price-to-quality balance.

Phaedra ★ 4.7

Phaedra on Elsassstrasse in Cologne's Südstadt is a wine bar with 650-plus references covering classic and natural producers; Greek-inspired small plates.

WineGreek and Burgundy, 650+ references

Mudgie's Deli & Wine Shop ★ 4.7

Mudgie's Deli & Wine Shop on Brooklyn Street in Corktown pairs a New York-style deli with a natural-wine retail shelf in Detroit since 2008.

PourWhatever the deli's wine guy is opening

WineNatural and small-grower wines

FoodNew York-style deli sandwiches

TipPatio in summer is the prime seat; corkage $15 with the meal turns the shop into a wine bar.

Bacchanal Wine ★ 4.7

Bacchanal Wine in New Orleans is the Bywater wine shop on Poland Avenue that grew into a backyard wine garden, with cheese boards, live music every night.

PourWhatever the buyer pours by the glass tonight

WineSmall-producer wines from around the world

FoodCheese boards, small plates, courtyard kitchen

TipPay $5 corkage to drink the shop's bottles in the backyard; the kitchen is upstairs above the bar.

Wildair ★ 4.7

Wildair on Orchard Street has poured natural wine in the Lower East Side, New York City since 2015. Twenty pours by the glass, snacks-only menu.

PourLapierre Morgon by the glass

WineLo-fi natural wines, mostly French

FoodSnacks and small plates

TipThe hamachi crudo is the cross-glass food order. Wednesday and Thursday are the easy walk-in nights.

Ordinaire ★ 4.7

Ordinaire is Oakland's natural wine bar on Grand Avenue near Lake Merritt. Bradford Taylor opened it in 2013 with organic minimal-intervention pours.

PourBy-the-glass natural pours from California growers

WineNatural wine, organic grapes, minimal intervention

FoodBistro plates, cheese, charcuterie

Mezcaloteca ★ 4.7

Mezcaloteca on Reforma is the appointment-only mezcal library with 100-plus family producers for educational flights and a small dry-snack pairing service.

PourFamily-producer mezcal flight

WineMezcal flights by appointment

FoodNo food

Herons at The Umstead Hotel ★ 4.7

Wine programme at Herons backs a Forbes Five-Star kitchen. Sommelier focus on American producers and European benchmarks; advance reservations essential.

PourVirginia wine pairing with seasonal menu

WineAmerican and international fine wine; Forbes Five-Star cellar

FoodContemporary American tasting menu and a la carte

Le Wine Bar by Le Vintage ★ 4.7

Le Wine Bar by Le Vintage pours about 500 wines, champagnes and spirits on Place du Forum in Reims, and won Best Sparkling Wine List for France in 2026.

PourThe by-the-glass list of champagnes and wines

WineAbout 500 wines, champagnes and spirits, with a by-the-glass list and magnums

FoodA food menu to go with the wine

TipWeekend evenings fill up, so book ahead; the bar opens Tuesday to Saturday evenings only.

Maxwell Park ★ 4.7

Maxwell Park in Washington DC is Brent Kroll's Shaw 9th Street wine bar with a monthly-themed list that resets every month, 50 by the glass.

PourWhatever the month's theme calls for

WineThemed monthly list across all regions

FoodSnacks and charcuterie

TipThemed nights run on the first Tuesday of each month with a sommelier walk-through; arrive at 18:00 for a seat.

Apero ★ 4.7

Apero in Washington DC is sommelier Elli Benchimol's Georgetown P Street Champagne and wine bar in a historic townhouse since 2021, a Michelin-listed room.

PourGrower-producer Champagne flight

WineGrower Champagne and Euro-centric wines

FoodFrench small plates and caviar service

TipThe upstairs sister La Boheme runs the kitchen tasting menu; downstairs Apero takes the Champagne and caviar focus and the bar takes walk-ins.

Weinbar Rutz ★ 4.7

Marco Mueller's Weinbar Rutz on the ground floor of the three-star Rutz in Berlin Mitte pours German Rieslings from the same 1,200-bottle cellar.

PourKeller G-Max Riesling by the glass

WineGerman Rieslings and Pinots

FoodBistro plates from the Rutz kitchen

TipWalk-ins from 18:30; bistro plates at a third the price of the upstairs tasting. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Enoteca Italiana ★ 4.7

Enoteca Italiana on Via Marsala in Bologna is the 1958-founded enoteca with the long marble counter, a 1,000-label Italian cellar and the daily tagliere.

PourSangiovese, Barolo, Chianti by the glass

WineItalian classics, broad selection by the glass

FoodSalumi, formaggi, small plates

TipWalk-in only; arrive before 19:30 for the aperitivo crowd. The wines by the glass rotate weekly.

Bar Vlaha ★ 4.7

Demetri Tsolakis's Bar Vlaha on Beacon Street has poured northern Greek wine in Brookline since 2022. Open daily 17:00-23:00, brunch sat-sun 10:00-15:00.

PourVlahiko, a Greek grape served by the glass

WineWines from northern and central Greece

FoodCharcoal-grilled Greek small plates

TipVlahiko, the Greek grape named for the Vlachs, is the by-the-glass to order. Sunday brunch is the easy seat.

Death & Taxes ★ 4.7

Death & Taxes hides on Burnett Lane in Brisbane CBD. Speakeasy-format wine and cocktail bar in the laneway off Adelaide Street, deep international wine list.

WineClassic cocktails and seasonal wine pours

Eliksir Cocktail Bar ★ 4.7

Eliksir in Gdańsk doubles as a cocktail-and-wine bar, with the bar built into the same room as the Green Star restaurant. At ul. Mariana Hemara 1.

PourHouse cocktail paired with the zero-waste tasting

WineWine list playing second to the cocktail programme

FoodFoodpairing tasting menu

TipThree bar seats only; arrive at 17:00 to claim one without booking.

La Cabane Wine Cellar ★ 4.7

La Cabane's wine cellar on Hollywood Road in Soho is the deeper stock home of Hong Kong's most respected natural wine import operation, with retail bottles.

PourCellar tastings from the 100 plus grower book

WineNatural and biodynamic wine retail and tasting

FoodCheese and charcuterie plates

TipBook the back tasting room for a flight; cellar staff will pair with cheese and charcuterie if you ask.

Underdog Wine Co. ★ 4.7

Underdog Wine Co. on 55th Street in Kansas City's Crestwood Shops sells natural and small-importer bottles by the glass and the bottle, with a tasting bar.

PourSkin-contact whites and natural reds

WineNatural and small-importer bottles

FoodSmall plates, charcuterie

TipWine retail by day, glass programme by night. The Union Hill sister shop closed; Crestwood is the active spot.

Huniik Wine Cellar ★ 4.7

Huniik's wine cellar on Calle 60 Mérida pairs the Roberto Solís Michelin tasting menu with Mexican single-vineyard bottles and small-import French growers.

PourMexican vineyard pairing flight

WineMexican grower + small importer France

FoodYucatecan tasting menu pairings

V. Mertz (wine cellar) ★ 4.7

V. Mertz's 450-bottle wine cellar in the Old Market Passageway holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, with sommelier-led pairings for its tasting menus.

PourSommelier-chosen pairing for the eight-course Grand Tasting menu

WineWine Spectator Award-winning cellar, 450+ bottles

FoodFive and eight-course tasting menu

Santiago's Bodega ★ 4.7

Santiago's Bodega on Virginia Drive in the Mills Park complex pours Spanish wines and sherry alongside small-plate tapas and house charcuterie boards.

PourTempranillo or a glass of fino sherry with the gambas al ajillo

WineSpanish and Iberian wines, sherry and vermouth

FoodSpanish tapas, charcuterie and cheese boards

Bloomsday ★ 4.7

Bloomsday in Philadelphia is the Headhouse Square natural wine bar, cafe and bottle shop at 414 S 2nd, run by Zach Morris and chef Kelsey Bush since 2019.

PourWhichever Loire grower is on tap that week

WineNatural and grower wines

FoodSmall plates and full lunch and dinner menus

Friday Saturday Sunday Bar ★ 4.7

Friday Saturday Sunday Bar in Philadelphia is the upstairs walk-up bar of the Rittenhouse townhouse, with the natural-wine list run by Hanna Williams.

PourWhichever Loire or Jura by the glass on Hanna Williams's list

WineNatural and biodynamic wines

FoodFull FSS menu

Ro Sham Beaux ★ 4.7

Ro Sham Beaux on J Street in midtown Sacramento is the city's leading natural-wine bar, around 60 selected pours from Sonoma to Maryland to Moselle.

PourRotating natural pour from the carafe list

WineNatural wines, 60 selections from Sonoma to Moselle

FoodLight European bites and snacks

Vif ★ 4.7

Vif in Seattle's Fremont is the 2014 natural wine bar and bottle shop: small kitchen of cheese, charcuterie and seasonal plates, plus a retail wall.

PourDomaine Tissot Jura, by the bottle

WineNatural, organic and biodynamic European

FoodSmall plates, cheese, charcuterie

La Antigua Abaceria de Triana ★ 4.7

La Antigua Abaceria de Triana on Calle Pureza in Seville is the working cheese-and-charcuterie counter near the Triana bridge, with vino de naranja.

PourVino de naranja with Sierra de Grazalema rosemary cheese

WineAndalusian growers, vino de naranja, sherry by the glass

FoodCheese-and-charcuterie counter from a working abaceria

TipThe original bar takes about 12 at the counter; the larger sister restaurant next door does the same menu with sit-down tables.

Pijalni Wino & Bistro ★ 4.7

Pijalni in Wrocław's Grunwald runs the city's most serious natural-wine programme: Coravin preservation across by-the-glass pours, kitchen led by Tomek.

OrderWhichever Czech or Slovenian orange wine is at the top of the daily by-the-glass list.

PourSmall-producer European naturals

WineNatural wines by the glass with Coravin preservation

FoodSeasonal small plates and bistro mains

TipBook a Wednesday-Friday seat at the bar; the kitchen takes its time on tasting plates by 21:00.

Ferraro's Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar ★ 4.7

Ferraro's on Paradise Road in Las Vegas is the family Italian since 1985, named Gambero Rosso Tre Forchette 2024 and pouring Italian growers in a wine bar.

Why locals goForty years of authentic Italian on Paradise Road, off-Strip behind Virgin Hotel; the wine bar pours growers most Strip lists ignore.

TipSit in the wine room not the dining room; ask for the Gambero Rosso Tre Forchette tasting menu.

Tabula Rasa Bar ★ 4.7

Tabula Rasa Bar in East Hollywood, Los Angeles is one of the city's earliest natural wine bars, pouring French and German growers from a back-room counter.

PourMarcel Lapierre Morgon, by the glass

WineNatural French and German wines

FoodTinned fish, charcuterie boards

Bar Liberty ★ 4.7

Bar Liberty in Fitzroy North is the natural wine bar that launched a thousand imitators: ferments and pours that changed how Melbourne thinks about wine.

WineNatural and minimal-intervention, skin-contact, Australian and European

Embla ★ 4.7

Embla in the CBD pairs an extraordinary natural wine list with wood-oven cooking: snacks designed around whatever was poured, all day and into the evening.

WineNatural and organic, Scandinavian-influenced curation

Saint Genevieve ★ 4.7

Saint Genevieve on Bryant Avenue South has run a French bistro and wine bar in Minneapolis since 2017. Steve Brown's natural-French Linden Hills room.

PourLoire whites

WineNatural French

FoodFrench snacks and plates

Spry ★ 4.7

Spry on Haddington Place at the top of Leith Walk in Edinburgh, a neighbourhood natural-wine bar and bottle shop with a basement cafe, pouring rotating.

PourSkin-contact whites by the glass from a rotating chalkboard

WineNaturally made wines from small producers

FoodSeasonal small plates and snacks

TipWalk-ins at the bar most nights, table reservations by email; the bottle shop downstairs sells the same wines at retail to take home.

MeeshMeesh Mediterranean ★ 4.7

MeeshMeesh in Louisville pours Lebanese, Israeli and Mediterranean wines alongside chef Noam Bilitzer's Levantine mezze, a NuLu East Market wine-and-food.

PourIsraeli orange wine

WineLebanese, Israeli and Mediterranean wines

FoodLevantine mezze

TipBook on Tock. The patio takes walk-ins during warmer months.

Bocum Mixology ★ 4.7

Bocum Mixology on Via dei Cassari in Palermo's Vucciria is the city's senior cocktail and wine bar, Gambero Rosso's Sicily benchmark, deep Etna list.

PourEtna Rosso by the glass, Frangiflutti house cocktail

WineSicilian and natural wines, Nero d'Avola, Etna Rosso

FoodSicilian sharing plates, panini, charcuterie

TipBook the upstairs lounge; aperitivo runs from 18:00. Frangiflutti is the house cocktail; Etna by the glass on the wine list.

Leo's House of Thirst ★ 4.7

Drew Wallace's Leo's House of Thirst on Haywood Road in West Asheville was a 2025 James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program.

PourNatural pet-nat or skin-contact white by the glass

WineNatural, low-intervention wines by the glass and bottle

FoodSeasonal small plates, all-day cafe

TipOpen from 09:00 for espresso and breakfast; the wine list opens midday. Closed Mondays.

Bar Magda ★ 4.7

Bar Magda runs a tight low-intervention wine list alongside Carlo Buenaventura's Filipino kitchen at 25B Cross Street, Auckland. Cuisine-hat listed.

PourNatural wines by the glass

WineLo-fi and natural wines with a Filipino kitchen

FoodModern Filipino small plates

Mom 'n 'em Coffee and Wine ★ 4.7

Mom 'n 'em on Colerain Avenue in Cincinnati's Camp Washington is the cafe and wine bar named the best coffee shop in Ohio by Food and Wine magazine.

PourNatural wine by the glass

WineNatural and allocated wines from boutique importers

FoodHouse pastries, tinned fish, snacks

Kronenhalle Bar ★ 4.7

Gustav Zumsteg created the Kronenhalle Bar in 1965. Architect Robert Haussmann designed the room; Diego Giacometti made the light fixtures. Well-known.

PourNegroni

WineSwiss and French growers, classic cocktails

FoodBar snacks, small Kronenhalle plates

Invino Enoteca ★ 4.7

Invino on Bănulescu-Bodoni in Chișinău is the 2016 sommelier-led Moldovan wine enoteca, with 250 labels on the shelf and 15 pours by the glass.

PourAnastasia's flight of Moldovan reds

Wine250 Moldovan labels from 30 wineries, sommelier-curated

FoodCheese boards and quince jam pairings

Territoriet ★ 4.7

Territoriet on Markveien at the lower end of Grunerlokka opened in 2014 with 100-plus wines by the glass, and has become the neighbourhood institution Norway.

PourBurgundy growers by Coravin

WineOver 100 wines by the glass, natural and classic side by side

FoodSnacks and small plates

Le Churchill Bar ★ 4.7

Le Churchill Bar at La Mamounia in Marrakech, named for Winston Churchill, is a black-marble Pullman-style bar by Patrick Jouin with champagnes and cocktails.

PourSir Winston Churchill cocktail, gin and marjoram

WineChampagne and grand crus

FoodBar snacks, oysters, caviar

TipElegant attire required. Plastic sandals refused; the signature Sir Winston Churchill cocktail uses marjoram from the Mamounia garden.

Big Lights (Bar Big Lights) ★ 4.7

Seoul's first natural wine bar (2017). Bar Big Lights pours grower Champagne and small-producer natural wines alongside a Neo-French kitchen in Hannam-dong.

PourRare grower Champagne and single-estate natural wine by the glass from the reserve list

WineNatural wines, rare grower producers, seasonal French bistro wines

FoodNeo-French seasonal dishes cooked over firewood and charcoal grill

Tenute Sella & Mosca ★ 4.6

Sella & Mosca has farmed the Nurra plain outside Alghero since 1899 and pours its Torbato in an enoteca that opens every day of the year. TableJourney pick.

Restaurang Natur ★ 4.6

Restaurang Natur pairs a cooking-focused natural-wine list with seasonal small plates in a stripped-back Centrum space that has become the meeting point.

OrderSeasonal wine of the week, Natural sparkling, Charcuterie with paired glass

WineNatural and organic

Darog Wine Bar ★ 4.6

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

OrderLet Zsolt guide the wine pairing; the kingfish crudo is a reliable anchor plate

TipGet there early on weekends; the small room fills quickly after 19:00.

Cru Cellars Palma Ceia ★ 4.6

Cru Cellars on MacDill Avenue has been Tampa's most-awarded wine bar for over four years, with a secluded brunch garden and 50+ wines by the glass.

PourBordeaux Rive Gauche flight

WineBoutique world wines by the glass

FoodCharcuterie and small plates

The Refectory Wine Cellar ★ 4.6

The Refectory wine cellar on Bethel Road carries 700 selections, the largest cellar in central Ohio, paired with the contemporary French tasting menu.

PourBurgundy from the 700-bottle list

WineBurgundy and classic French

FoodFrench canon tasting menu

MacCurtain Wine Cellar ★ 4.6

Ranked number one wine venue in Cork by Star Wine List in both 2024 and 2025. Owners Trudy Ahern and Sean Gargano are both restaurant-industry veterans.

WineNatural wine, Pet-nat, Grower Champagne

Pitti Gola e Cantina ★ 4.6

Pitti Gola e Cantina in Florence's Oltrarno sits across from Palazzo Pitti, with a 600-bottle natural-and-biodynamic list, charcuterie boards.

OrderSalumi flight, the daily seasonal plate, a Brunello pour from a single-vineyard estate.

PourBrunello di Montalcino from a small estate

WineItalian natural and biodynamic growers

FoodCharcuterie and small plates

TipClosed Sunday. The 20-seat dining room books out two weeks ahead.

Wine Bar Suklje ★ 4.6

The Suklje wine family from Bela Krajina opened this riverside Breg bar in 2017, the young oenologists curating a 500-label Slovenian and natural list.

PourSuklje family Bela Krajina blends

Wine500-bottle list of Slovenian and natural growers

FoodSmall plates and charcuterie

TaBar ★ 4.6

TaBar's Rog complex room runs Slovenia's tightest 150-kilometre-radius natural wine list, all organic and biodynamic, against chef Jakob Pintar's tapas.

PourVipava ribolla gialla

WineOrganic and biodynamic, 150-kilometre radius

FoodSlovenian tapas, foraged plates

TaBar at Rog ★ 4.6

TaBar at Rog is hidden in the renovated rog bicycle factory complex on the canal east of the centre. most tourists don't make it past the river.

Why locals goHidden in the renovated Rog bicycle factory complex on the canal east of the centre. Most tourists don't make it past the river.

TipWalk in for the bar's tapas plates without a reservation if the dining room is fully booked.

Het Eigendom ★ 4.6

Het Eigendom has poured wine on Witte de Withstraat since November 2011: 135 wines, 35 of them by the glass, with borrel snacks, lunch and petit diner.

PourRotating natural wine by the glass from small French producers

Wine135-label list, French and natural wines

FoodRefined shared plates

Cafe Kiem ★ 4.6

A French-focused natural wine bar on Nieuwe Binnenweg with a terrace that draws the neighbourhood's creative crowd. Located in Rotterdam Noord.

PourGrower Burgundy by the glass, changed weekly

WineNatural wines, mainly French, hard-to-find growers

FoodSmall seasonal plates

Palatial Vigna ★ 4.6

The wine counter inside the Michelin-starred Palatial restaurant, operating separately with a deep cellar of Minho and Douro bottles and by-the-glass.

WineAmistad Wine cellar; Michelin-kitchen small plates; by-the-glass tasting focus

TipBook the Vigna counter for a first visit to the Palatial complex. You get access to the kitchen's sourcing without the longer lead time of the main dining room.

Grace Restaurant ★ 4.6

Grace Restaurant at 777 Main Street in Fort Worth offers over 700 wine labels chosen by two sommeliers alongside contemporary American cuisine.

OrderChef's tasting menu with sommelier wine pairings; ask for the temperature-controlled cellar selection.

TipRequest a table near the glass-enclosed wine cellar for the full visual effect; book at least two weeks ahead for weekend reservations.

La Mescita Monteverde ★ 4.6

La Mescita Monteverde in Rome's Monteverde Vecchio quarter near Villa Sciarra is the natural-wine enoteca and bistrot that took over the Litro space.

PourLazio orange wine from Damiano Ciolli, by the glass

WineNatural and biodynamic Italian wines

FoodSeasonal small plates, salumi and cheese boards

TipOpen daily from 18:00. Book the corner table a week ahead; the orange-wine flight at 18 euros is the order.

MAST Weinbistro ★ 4.6

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.

Haervaerk (wine programme) ★ 4.6

The wine programme at the Green Star restaurant Haervaerk is the most ambitious natural-wine pairing in Aarhus. Open thu-sat dinner seatings.

PourPét-nat from a Danish microproducer

WineExclusively natural and biodynamic, Nordic producers featured

FoodEight-course tasting menu

Substans (wine bar) ★ 4.6

The one-star Substans operates a bar-seating programme alongside its tasting menu where guests can access the full wine list with a shorter a la carte.

PourNatural Champagne from a grower house

WineMichelin-calibre wine list, natural and classic

FoodBar menu alongside tasting menu

Sager + Wilde ★ 4.6

Michael Sager and Charlotte Wilde's bar on Hackney Road in east London, opened 2013, ran the bridge between London's old wine-bar scene and the natural-wine.

PourWhatever German Riesling is on by the glass

WineInternational natural and low-intervention wines

FoodSmall plates and a famous grilled cheese sandwich

TipThe grilled cheese sandwich is the marquee bar snack. Wednesday and Thursday nights run a £25 menu pairing.

Super Ioulios ★ 4.6

Super Ioulios on Mitropolitou Gennadiou has one of the most considered natural wine lists in northern Greece, with 200 labels spanning Xinomavro, Assyrtiko.

WineGreek natural wines, amphora-aged, low-intervention

Clochard ★ 4.6

Clochard's wine programme anchors its bistronomic identity: monthly menus are written around the cellar's strength rather than the reverse. At Mitropoleos 11.

WineGreek and French, bistronomic pairings, Xinomavro focus

Pompette ★ 4.6

Pompette on Møllegade in Nørrebro is a small basement natural wine bar and shop, opened summer 2018, serving low-intervention wines at unfussy prices.

PourGlass of orange wine from the changing list

WineNatural and low-intervention wines

FoodCheese, charcuterie, snacks

TipWalk-in only; turn up early or after 22:00 when the after-dinner crowd thins.

Den Vandrette ★ 4.6

Den Vandrette on Havnegade in Copenhagen's inner harbour is a 10-year-old natural wine bar from Rosforth & Rosforth importers, all biodynamic and natural.

PourGlass from the by-the-glass natural list

WineBiodynamic and natural wines from Rosforth & Rosforth

FoodCharcuterie, cheese, hot dish of the day

TipThe harbour-side seats fill first on a sunny evening. Book ahead for groups of four or more.

La Venencia ★ 4.6

La Venencia on Calle Echegaray in Madrid is the 1930s sherry bar where Hemingway drank manzanilla; cash-only and no photographs. Open daily 12:30 to midnight.

PourManzanilla en rama from Sanlucar

WineAndalusian sherries (fino, manzanilla, oloroso, palo cortado, pedro ximenez)

FoodConservas, mojama

TipCash only. No photographs (rule since the 1930s). The bar serves five sherry styles and three conservas; nothing else.

Cantine Isola ★ 4.6

Cantine Isola on Paolo Sarpi is a Chinatown wine-shop facade with a handful of stools, cash-only and a handwritten weekly list of Lombard and natural bottles.

Why locals goChinatown wine-shop facade with a handful of stools inside; no website, cash only and the handwritten wine list changes weekly with producer-direct Lombard and natural bottles.

TipGo Tuesday or Thursday evenings when the importer drops new cases and Andrea opens something unannounced.

Muscadothèque ★ 4.6

The Muscadothèque on Quai de la Fosse is the Nantes cave given over to the local vineyard alone, more than 170 wines from 24 nearby growers.

PourA glass from Château de la Perrière, one of the Nantes federation growers

WinePays Nantais only, Muscadet plus local chardonnay and pinot gris

FoodCharcuterie and cheese boards from regional artisans

TipChardonnay and pinot gris sit beside the Muscadet, which is the point the founders are making; tasting evenings run through the month.

Suerte (wine bar program) ★ 4.6

Suerte in Austin runs a Michelin-recognised wine program led by Celia Pellegrini at the East 6th masa-driven dining room, paired with Fermin Nunez's modern.

PourGlass route by sommelier Celia Pellegrini

WineMexican and natural-leaning wines, Michelin Texas Sommelier 2025

FoodModern Mexican small plates and tacos

TipPellegrini won the Michelin Texas Sommelier Award 2025; ask her to route the pairings or the all-Mexican flight.

Bar Mut (wine) ★ 4.6

Bar Mut in Barcelona's Eixample also runs as one of the city's deepest natural-wine bars: 200 bottles by the glass, marble counter pours from 13:00.

PourMercadal Estate Vi de Vila glass pour

WineNatural French and Catalan

FoodTapas

TipOpen Mon-Sat; the bar takes walk-ups, the back room books. Mid-week is easier than weekend.

Frank's ★ 4.6

Frank's on Camden Street in Dublin 2, a tiny low-intervention wine bar in a former pork shop with one large communal table, around 100 organic and biodynamic.

PourSancerre or a daily natural orange wine

WineOld World by the glass with a French lean

FoodSnack-shaped small plates

TipWalk-in only daily; the room seats around twenty around the communal table. Arrive early Friday and Saturday.

Lorsbacher Thal ★ 4.6

Lorsbacher Thal treats apfelwein the way a wine bar treats Burgundy, cellaring over 300 bottlings in barrel below its Frankfurt tavern in Sachsenhausen.

WineAn apfelwein cellar list of over 300 entries, aged in barrel

FoodHessian tavern kitchen without shortcuts

TipOrder by flight, not Bembel, and let the host sequence the pours from bone dry to barrel-aged rarities.

La Degustation Wine Room ★ 4.6

La Degustation's wine programme runs alongside its Michelin-starred Czech tasting menu, with a heavy Moravian focus. Located in Stare Mesto.

PourMoravian wine pairing for tasting

WineMoravian-led Old World pairing flight

FoodTasting menu only

TipSkip the by-the-glass programme; commit to the full Moravian pairing.

Bar Kamata Sapporo Sake Bar ★ 4.6

A Susukino sake bar stocking nearly 300 Hokkaido-produced sake bottles. Otokoyama, Kunimare and Chitosetsuru are the everyday pours; cellar bottles too.

PourOtokoyama junmai daiginjo flight

WineSake (300+ Hokkaido producers)

FoodHokkaido seafood small plates

TipFlight of three Hokkaido junmais is the easy intro; closed Sundays.

Common Restaurant ★ 4.6

Common Restaurant on East Broughton: Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence 2022 through 2025, DiRoNA 2025. Located in Historic District.

PourSommelier-curated by-the-glass list

WineWine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence (500+ bottles)

FoodElevated Southern, oysters, steak

Estro Vino e Cucina ★ 4.6

Estro Vino e Cucina in Venice's Dorsoduro is the Spezzamonte brothers' wine-bar and bistro with 700 sustainable wines, a Michelin Guide listing for good.

PourVeneto natural wines by the glass

WineSustainable wines, 700 labels

FoodModern Venetian small plates

TipCounter cicchetti are walk-in; book the dining room ahead. The wine flight is the move; the staff curate it to what you order.

Cantinone Gia Schiavi (Cantina Schiavi) ★ 4.6

Cantinone Gia Schiavi in Venice's Dorsoduro at the foot of Ponte San Trovaso is the De Rossi family bacaro since 1944, with house-made crostini and the canal.

PourSoave Classico and Recioto pours

WineVeneto whites, traditional ombre

FoodHouse-made crostini, polpette

TipEat your crostini standing on the bridge; the bar inside is tiny. Closed Sunday afternoons. Family-run since 1944.

Soif Table et Vins ★ 4.6

Soif in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the natural-wine bar and bistro of Cecile Lambre and Nico Lefevre on Rue du Cancera, with around 350 low-intervention.

PourAquitaine natural wines by the glass

WineNatural and low-intervention wines

FoodSmall plates and charcuterie

TipBook the back room for groups of four; the daily blackboard is the only menu and runs until they sell out.

Doblo Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Doblo on Dob utca in the Jewish Quarter pours over 100 Hungarian wines and pálinka by the glass in a former shop, with live jazz Wednesdays in Budapest.

OrderA flight of three Hungarian regional whites with the charcuterie board.

PourTokaji Furmint dry by the glass

WineHungarian wines and pálinka, over 100 by the bottle

FoodCheese, charcuterie and small plates

TipDaily 14:00-01:00; the Wednesday jazz night books out, arrive before 21:00.

Taberna Salinas ★ 4.6

Taberna Salinas stores its wine in eleven American-oak barrels in Córdoba and has poured house Montilla-Moriles beside 1920 azulejos since 1924.

OrderA copa of the house fino before you look at the food carta.

PourThe house fino, drawn from the botas

WineHouse Montilla-Moriles drawn from eleven American-oak barrels behind the counter

FoodFull cordobés carta

TipIt shuts on Sunday and does no dinner on Saturday, which trips up weekend visitors constantly.

Flawd ★ 4.6

Canalside Manchester wine bar by Ancoats Marina. Light, brick room, communal tables, leafy courtyard, low-intervention bottles from small European growers.

PourBottle from Domaine du Tremblay, Loire

WineLow-intervention bottles from European growers

FoodSmall plates

Saint-Germain Wine Garden ★ 4.6

Saint-Germain in New Orleans runs a natural-wine garden behind the Michelin starred tasting room on St Claude, with biodynamic pours and bar snacks.

PourLambrusco by the glass

WineNatural and biodynamic European

FoodBar snacks and a la carte plates

TipThe wine garden takes walk-ups when the tasting room is fully booked; arrive before 18:00 for the garden bar.

Ops ★ 4.6

Ops on Himrod Street pairs naturally leavened wood-fired pizza with Italian natural wines in Bushwick Brooklyn, New York City. Open tue-sun 17:30-23:00.

PourCOS Pithos rosso by the glass

WineItalian natural wines

FoodNaturally leavened pizza

TipSix tables and a counter; reservations open three weeks ahead. The marinara pie with the COS Pithos is the order.

The Punchdown ★ 4.6

The Punchdown on Broadway in Uptown Oakland is a natural wine bar plus bottle shop. Twenty-five glasses rotating weekly, attached retail program.

PourTwenty-five rotating natural by-the-glass pours

WineNatural wine, biodynamic and organic

FoodSmall plates, cheese, charcuterie

Poole's Diner Bar ★ 4.6

Poole's Diner bar counter: one of the most coveted seats in Raleigh for solo dining. The wine list skews natural and thoughtful; bar seats are first-come.

PourNatural wine by the glass to pair with macaroni au gratin

WineNatural and classic American and European wines

FoodFull rotating blackboard menu

Bida Manda ★ 4.6

The drinks programme at Bida Manda is developed to complement the Laotian kitchen's bold flavours. The wine list is curated for Southeast Asian food pairing.

PourHouse Laotian-inspired cocktails

WineCraft cocktails and wine with Southeast Asian pairing

FoodFull Laotian kitchen

Libô ★ 4.6

Libô is a wine bar in a Botafogo townhouse on Rua Conde de Irajá, Rio de Janeiro, pouring organic, natural and biodynamic wines chosen by Maíra Freire.

PourA five-glass tasting circuit of unconventional labels, launched in November 2025

WineOrganic, natural and biodynamic wines chosen by sommelier Maíra Freire

FoodFish crudo, stracciatella and grilled prawn skewers

TipThe house seats 40 inside, 14 outside and 24 in the cave; the five-glass circuit changes with the sommelier's picks.

Cucina Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Cucina Wine Bar on 2nd Avenue in the Avenues, owner Dean Pierose's gourmet deli turned New American wine bar, runs daytime deli and dinner from 17:00.

PourCurated by-the-glass flights

WineNew American by-the-glass program

FoodSeasonal small plates and deli

Cork Wine Bar and Market ★ 4.6

Cork Wine Bar and Market in Washington DC is Diane Gross's 14th Street Logan Circle wine bar and bottle shop since 2008, the city's anchor natural wine room.

PourGrower Champagne flight

WineOld World by the glass, deep grower Champagne

FoodCheese and charcuterie, small plates

TipThe retail shop next door sells the bottles you drink in the bar at retail price plus a $15 corkage; the best value list in DC.

Jaja ★ 4.6

Jaja on Berlin's Weichselstrasse in Neukoelln pours natural French wines from a 200-bottle list, with bar-counter walk-ins from 18:00 anchoring.

PourJura Trousseau by the glass

WineNatural French and German wines

FoodSmall plates and charcuterie

TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Bar walk-ins from 18:00; the small plates run until midnight.

Otto ★ 4.6

Otto in Berlin Neukoelln runs a natural-German-wine bar with a tight small-plates kitchen; the Riesling-led by-the-glass list and the bread course anchor.

PourSchaefer-Froehlich Riesling by the glass

WineNatural German and Austrian wines

FoodSmall plates from a tight open kitchen

TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The early 18:00 seating walks in; tables from 20:00 book online a week ahead.

Camera a Sud ★ 4.6

Camera a Sud in Bologna's Centro Storico is the natural-wine bar from Andrea Liguori, with a Sicily-and-Emilia-focused cellar, a small plates carte.

PourFrank Cornelissen Munjebel rosso

WineNatural Italian wines, Sicily and Emilia

FoodSmall plates, seasonal carte

TipBook three days ahead for the seated dinner; the bar standing-aperitivo runs 19:00-21:00 walk-in. Closed Monday.

Krasi ★ 4.6

Demetri Tsolakis's Krasi on Gloucester Street holds the country's largest all-Greek wine list in Boston's Back Bay since 2020. 300 Greek bottles.

PourAssyrtiko from Santorini by the glass

WineAll-Greek wine list

FoodGreek meze and small plates

TipThe bar serves the full menu for solo diners. Wines by the glass rotate weekly; ask for the Limnio.

Same Same ★ 4.6

Same Same on Ada Lane off James Street pairs a shortlisted wine and sake list with modern Southeast Asian charcoal grilling. Tyron Simon's project.

WineCurated Asian-friendly wine list and sake pairing

Blind Bishop ★ 4.6

Texas's only Master of Wine Dilek Caner curates this intimate Bishop Arts wine bar and shop with about 300 labels. Kitchen leans wine bar, wine education.

OrderBlind tasting flight with curation by Dilek Caner; any producer dinner pairing

TipFull-service bar runs Saturdays only. Retail shop open by appointment for weekday visits. The free Saturday tasting (4-6pm, select weeks) fills fast.

Wino ★ 4.6

Wino in Kallio keeps pouring Old World natural wine and small plates until midnight on weekends, a late, low-lit option for a glass and a bite by Karhupuisto.

TryNatural wine and small plates

TipKitchen runs to 10pm, wine to midnight on weekends. A calmer late option than the bars, with beef tartare and ravioli on offer.

The Baker & The Bottleman ★ 4.6

The Baker & The Bottleman on Lee Tung Avenue in Wan Chai is Simon Rogan and sommelier Pierre Brunelli's bakery by day and natural wine bar by night.

PourRotating wine by the glass with Pierre Brunelli's pick

WineOrganic and biodynamic wines from sustainable growers

FoodBritish bakes, sourdough flatbreads, charcuterie

TipOrder the daily flatbread with whichever orange wine Brunelli is pouring; the by glass programme rotates weekly.

Decanter Wine and More ★ 4.6

Decanter Wine and More near Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples runs an intimate enoteca led by Carol and Fabrizio, with a Campania-led list moving.

PourGreco di Tufo and Aglianico by the glass

WineCampania and Italian wines, by-the-glass focus

FoodTaglieri of charcuterie and cheese, crostini, bruschette

TipClosed Monday. Book a week ahead for the wood-shelved back room; the cheese-and-charcuterie tagliere is 18 euros.

Vernick Wine ★ 4.6

Vernick Wine in Philadelphia is Greg Vernick's bottle-shop wine bar next door to the flagship on Walnut, with a tight 18-seat counter and a selected.

PourBourgogne by the glass from a rotating list

WineBurgundy and natural French

FoodSnack menu shared with Vernick Food & Drink

The Rind ★ 4.6

The Rind on L Street in midtown Sacramento is the city's defining cheese-and-wine bar, farm-to-fork seasonal fare paired to artisan and farmstead cheeses.

PourCheese-and-wine pairing flight

WineCalifornia and Old World wines paired to cheese

FoodArtisan and farmstead cheese, charcuterie, salads

Galerna Jan Edan ★ 4.6

Galerna Jan Edan in San Sebastian's Gros pairs the chef-partners' tasting menu with a deep Basque growers' wine list, natural and small-producer leaning.

PourItsasmendi 7 Txakoli with the tasting opener

WineBasque growers, natural and small-producer wines

FoodModern Basque tasting menu

TipBook ahead; ask for the wine pairing with the lunch menu for best value.

The Walrus and the Carpenter wine list ★ 4.6

The Walrus and the Carpenter wine list in Seattle's Ballard pairs the city's defining oyster bar with crisp Northwest whites, Muscadet and Picpoul.

PourMuscadet sur lie, by the glass

WineCrisp Northwest whites, Muscadet, Picpoul

FoodOysters, steak tartare, rye toast

Revolution Wine Bistro ★ 4.6

The Bukit Merah successor to Wine RVLT, opened by founders Alvin Gho and Ian Lim in 2025 after their Carpenter Street wine bar closed. Revolution carries the same missionary natural-wine programme into a sleek Henderson industrial space designed with Fritz Hansen, alongside an unboxed bistro menu that runs from RVLT-era chicken nuggets with fermented tomato sriracha to salted egg carbonara and hua diao white clam linguine. The most direct line to Singapore's natural wine pioneers.

OrderNatural wine by the glass, Salted egg carbonara, Wagyu beef patty melt

WineNatural and low-intervention wines, by-the-glass programme

TipBook ahead for Friday evenings. The by-the-glass list changes weekly; ask the team what is newest on the chalkboard.

Cote ★ 4.6

Cote on Ahad Ha'am behind Rothschild Boulevard is the R2M hospitality group's wine bar, run by three Israeli sommeliers and a 2026 Star Wine List winner.

PourA glass from the European-leaning list picked by the three sommeliers behind the bar

WineEuropean-leaning list from three Israeli sommeliers, R2M hospitality group

FoodSmall plates

TipIt opens at 18:00 every evening except Friday, when it closes for the day and reopens Saturday evening.

Bar Cavour at Del Cambio ★ 4.6

Bar Cavour above Del Cambio in Turin pours vintage Piedmont and Italian fine wine alongside a tight cocktail carte; on the 50 Best Discovery list for bars.

PourBarolo vertical flights

WineItalian fine wine, vintage Piedmont

FoodBar snacks

Grapes & Soda ★ 4.6

Grapes & Soda on West 6th from chef Lucais Syme since 2015 is Vancouver's reference natural-wine bar, the sibling room to Farmer's Apprentice next door.

PourJoie Farm Riesling by the glass

WineNatural and biodynamic, Old World

FoodSmall plates, charcuterie

TipWalk-in only at the counter; the kitchen runs a tighter snack list than Farmer's Apprentice.

Caffe La Tana ★ 4.6

Caffe La Tana from chefs Paul Grunberg and Lucais Syme runs as a Roman daytime cafe and evening wine bar since 2019, Italian deep cuts and an amaro program.

PourAmarone della Valpolicella by the glass

WineItalian, natural and classic, growers' Champagne

FoodPasta, antipasti, amaro list

TipCounter walks in for the antipasti and a glass; the back room books for the pasta tasting on Tock.

Bar Susu ★ 4.6

Bar Susu on East 6th from Andrea Vescovi since 2022 runs a natural-wine bar and small-plates kitchen, Vancouver's reference low-intervention pour list.

PourAnjou Chenin Blanc by the glass

WineNatural French, Italian, low-intervention

FoodModern small plates

TipTock reservations open 30 days out; the bar walks in early for an aperitif and a snack.

GlouGlou ★ 4.6

GlouGlou in Amsterdam's De Pijp kickstarted the city's natural-wine wave in 2015, a small room pouring growers without pesticides, sulphur low, lo-fi service.

PourBeaujolais cru by the glass, varies weekly

WineNatural French and Italian growers

FoodCheese platters, small plates

Aldo's Vinoteca ★ 4.6

Aldo Graziani's wine-led restaurant in Monserrat: 600-plus labels selected via blind tasting; bottles at retail plus modest corkage. Deep by-the-glass list.

PourCabernet Franc from Lujan de Cuyo

WineArgentine focus, 600-plus labels, Malbec and Cabernet Franc

FoodArgentine bistro with parrilla

Bin 152 ★ 4.6

Bin 152 in Charleston runs a French Quarter wine bar with European-focused pours and cheese plates from a corner of King and Queen Streets since 2010. 30.

PourGrower Champagne by the glass

WineEuropean wines, by the glass

FoodCheese, charcuterie, baguette

TipWalk-up only; first-come tables. The corner stools open earliest on Friday and Saturday.

Graft Wine Shop & Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Femi Oyediran and Miles White's Graft Wine Shop on Upper King Street in Charleston runs a natural, small-production wine list since 2018. Booking recommended.

PourNatural orange wines by the glass

WineNatural, small-production wines

FoodCheese and small plates

TipWalk-up bar seats turn over fast. Tasting flights are a useful way to map the natural-wine list.

Bigsby's Folly Craft Winery ★ 4.6

Bigsby's Folly Craft Winery in Denver is the RiNo urban winery making wine from Western Slope Colorado grapes, with a tasting room and a tight food menu.

PourBigsby's Folly Petite Sirah

WineColorado-made wines from Western Slope grapes

FoodCharcuterie and shared plates

The Tchin Tchin Bar ★ 4.6

The Tchin Tchin Bar in Chinatown Honolulu is the rooftop wine bar Dusty Grable and Jesse Cruz opened above Lucky Belly, with a plant-walled outdoor terrace.

PourBy-the-glass natural-wine flight

WineOld World classics and natural pours by the glass

FoodMediterranean small plates

TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Terrace tables turn at 19:00; come early for one.

Silver Lining ★ 4.6

Silver Lining in Kakaako Honolulu is the natural wine bar Rick Lilley opened on Waimanu Street, with hundreds of bottles to taste and a focus.

PourPet-nat by the glass

WineNatural and low-intervention pours by the glass

FoodSmall plates, charcuterie

TipBottle shop runs alongside the bar with reduced corkage. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Nicole ★ 4.6

Nicole atop Tomtom Suites in Çukurcuma, executive chef Serkan Aksoy's Michelin-starred tasting-menu room with a tight Turkish-growers wine list above Beyoğlu.

PourBornova Misketi by the glass

WineNatural Turkish growers, by-the-glass focused

FoodModern Anatolian tasting menu

Esther's Kitchen Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Esther's Kitchen wine bar in Las Vegas is the bar room adjacent to the Arts District Italian dining room, an Italian-focused wine programme compiled.

PourRotating regional Italian by the glass

WineItalian wine programme by Brett Vibber

FoodWine-friendly snacks and the full Esther's menu

TipThe bar is walk-in even when the dining room is booked; ask the somm to route a regional Italian flight.

Vinovore ★ 4.6

Coly Den Haan's Vinovore in Silver Lake, Los Angeles is a retail wine shop and bar focused on wines from women winemakers, with rotating tastings on weekends.

PourChampagne Marie-Courtin, by the glass

WineWines from women winemakers

FoodCharcuterie, cheese boards

La Mercerie Cave ★ 4.6

La Mercerie Cave in Marseille's 1er is the wine bar side of the Paris Popup trio's bistronomic room, the Laura Vidal sommelier programme drawing.

PourMarseille and Cassis whites by the glass

WineNatural Mediterranean and Provencal wines

FoodSmall plates from the Mercerie kitchen

TipPair the bar pours with the small-plate menu; full Mercerie tasting is the other room.

Carlton Wine Room ★ 4.6

Carlton Wine Room on Faraday Street has the suburb's most serious wine list: old-world depth and a kitchen that holds its own beside the bottles.

WineVictorian and Australian regional, classic French and Italian back-up

Andrew Michael Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen on Brookhaven Circle runs a deep Italian cellar with rare regional bottles, alongside Ticer and Hudman's Southern-Italian menu.

PourBarolo by the glass

WineItalian, Old World, deep cellar

FoodPasta tasting plates

TipThe bar takes walk-ins and lets you order from the full menu; somm-guided pairings come on request.

Boone and Crockett Wine List ★ 4.6

Boone and Crockett on South Water Street in Walker's Point is a craft cocktail bar with a small natural wine list, vegan snacks and a deep brandy Old.

PourWisconsin Old Fashioned brandy

WineSmall natural selection alongside cocktails

FoodBar snacks, vegan options

Milly's Wine Bar and Bistro ★ 4.6

Milly's Wine Bar on Washington Avenue South has run an approachable Mill District wine bistro in Minneapolis since 2023. Big-format cheese boards.

PourRotating by-the-glass flight

WineApproachable by-the-glass, exploration list

FoodBistro plates, cheese boards

Alewino ★ 4.6

Alewino in Warsaw is the wine-shop-turned-bistro on Mokotowska, hidden behind a courtyard gate. Open mon-sat 17:00-23:00. At ul. Mokotowska 48.

PourLesser-known Polish white by the glass

WinePolish and natural European producers

FoodModern Polish small plates

Salt and Board ★ 4.6

Salt and Board on Harvard Drive in Albuquerque's Nob Hill is the charcuterie wine bar with house boards, natural wines and wood-fired flatbreads to share.

PourRotating natural wine flight

WineNatural wines and Old World classics

FoodCharcuterie and wood fired flatbreads

Warehouse ★ 4.6

Warehouse on Valtetsiou in Exarchia, Athens is the corner all-day wine room of the quarter, with morning coffee, an all-day menu and a deep cellar of Greek.

PourA glass of orange wine from Santorini

WineNatural Greek growers, Exarchia wine room

FoodCharcuterie and small plates

TipOpen daily from morning coffee through late-night wine; the Valtetsiou pavement tables fill first.

Bottega Cafe ★ 4.6

Bottega Cafe in Highland Park Birmingham runs a deep Italian by-the-glass program from the Stitt cellar, with a casual patio menu next to Bottega Restaurant.

PourChianti Classico by the glass

WineItalian regional and Stitt-cellar pours

FoodWood-oven pizza, antipasti, pasta

Drak and Finch ★ 4.6

Drak and Finch on Mikulasska 1B pours Slovak, Austrian and European natural and biodynamic wines in a low-lit cellar setting under the castle slope.

PourFrankovka modra by the glass

WineSlovak and Austrian natural and organic wines

FoodSmall plates, cheese, cured meat

TipClosed Sunday and Monday; the by-the-glass list rotates fortnightly, ask for the staff favourite.

Ristorante Lombardo (Wine Cellar) ★ 4.6

Lombardo on Hertel keeps Buffalo's deepest Italian wine cellar, with Tuscan and Piedmont reds, Brunello pours and the city's longest single-region wine list.

PourBrunello di Montalcino, Barolo, Chianti Classico

WineItalian regional, deep Tuscan and Piedmont

FoodItalian fine dining, handmade pasta

Harbinger Wine List ★ 4.6

Harbinger's wine list is anchored in natural, low-intervention European producers; the best farm-to-table drinking experience in Des Moines.

WineNatural, biodynamic and low-intervention wines; primarily European

Vinette ★ 4.6

Stuart Ralston's Parisian bar a vin on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, opened October 2025 on the former Fhior site, a wine-led restaurant with a rotating.

PourRotating Old World glasses overseen by sommelier Stuart Skea

WineOld World wines and smaller producers

FoodParisian bistro sharing plates

TipBookings via vinette.co.uk; for an aperitif first head one floor down to sister cocktail bar Vivien before sitting at the table.

Loup Bar ★ 4.6

Loup Bar in Mexico City is the Roma Norte natural-wine room on Tonala beneath Maison Artemisia, a narrow candle-lit counter pouring Loire and Rhone naturals.

PourLoire natural pours by the glass

WineNatural European and Mexican wines

FoodSmall plates and charcuterie

Weinhaus Neuner ★ 4.6

Weinhaus Neuner on Munich's Herzogspitalstrasse, established 1641, is the city's oldest wine house; vaulted 15th-century ceilings, family-owned since 1892.

PourGerman Riesling by the glass

WineGerman and Austrian classics, 200+ labels

FoodBavarian classics, game in season

Henrietta Red ★ 4.6

Julia Sullivan's Germantown seafood room in Nashville pours one of the city's deepest by-the-glass wine programmes, with strong growers' Champagne and raw.

PourGrowers' Champagne by the glass

WineGrowers' wines and Champagne

FoodRaw bar and wood-grilled fish

TipBar seats walk in; happy hour 17:00-18:00 runs $1 oysters and discounted.

Ava Gene's Wine Bar ★ 4.6

The bar at Ava Gene's on SE Division in Portland, focused on Italian regional pours and Willamette Valley wines, with full kitchen access for walk-ins.

PourEtna Rosso by the glass

WineItalian growers and Willamette Valley

FoodItalian antipasti and pasta

TipOrder the antipasti as a snack with two glasses of wine; the kitchen will plate a smaller portion.

Chaval Wine Program ★ 4.6

Chaval's bar on Pine Street pours a Spanish and French-led by-the-glass list built for the kitchen's tapas and bistro plates, with apero pricing weekdays.

PourManzanilla sherry to start, Burgundy with the steak frites

WineSpanish and French growers, by-the-glass focus

FoodSpanish tapas, French bistro plates

TipBar seats walk in; reservations via OpenTable for tables. Apero hour 16:30-18:00 weekdays.

Capela Incomum ★ 4.6

Capela Incomum on Travessa do Carregal in Porto is a 19th-century chapel turned wine bar, with Portuguese small-producer reds, port flights and a vaulted.

PourNiepoort Dialogo glass of Douro red

WinePortuguese small-producer reds, port flights

FoodIberian tapas and cheese boards

Ellie's Evening Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Ellie's runs as a French pastry cafe by day, then converts to a wine and small-plates room on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. Old World list.

PourLoire chenin by the glass

WineOld World, leaning France and Italy

FoodPastry and savory small plates

Arroyo Vino Wine Shop ★ 4.6

The Arroyo Vino wine shop houses 600 bottles next to the restaurant; the on-list corkage is bottle price plus $20, the kitchen plates while you sip retail.

PourBy-the-glass natural Burgundy

WineOld World and natural, 600 bottles available retail

FoodSnacks and full-menu access from the attached restaurant

La Boca ★ 4.6

James Campbell Caruso opened La Boca in 2006; modern Spanish tapas, an all-Spanish wine list and deep sherries served Wed through Sun on Marcy.

PourManzanilla sherry by the glass

WineAll-Spanish list with deep sherry selection

FoodSpanish tapas, charcuterie, gambas al ajillo

Arroyo Vino ★ 4.6

Arroyo Vino on Camino La Tierra west of the Plaza is the wine-shop-plus-restaurant where you pick a bottle in the shop and pay retail plus $20 at table.

Why locals goA 10-minute drive west of the Plaza on Camino La Tierra puts most visitors off; the 600-bottle list at $20 over retail makes the trip pay back fast.

TipPick a bottle in the shop, walk it next door to the table, pay retail plus $20; the kitchen plates around it.

Tyge och Sessil ★ 4.6

Tyge och Sessil on Brahegatan in Stockholm's Östermalm is Niklas Ekstedt's natural wine bar; an ever-changing list of small-producer pours and a counter.

PourA rotating glass off the natural-wine board

WineSmall-grower natural wines from across the world

FoodSnacks and small plates

TipWalk-in counter; the back room books a week ahead. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Tito and Pep Wine Program ★ 4.6

Tito and Pep's wine program on East Speedway in Tucson is a selected natural-wine list with strong Arizona representation and mesquite plates.

PourArizona Callaghan Vineyards by the glass

WineNatural wine, Southwestern terroir, low-intervention

FoodWood-fired vegetables, small plates

Casa Montana Wine Cellar ★ 4.6

Casa Montana on Carrer de Josep Benlliure in Valencia's Cabanyal has poured wine from oak barrels since 1836, with a 1,500-bottle wine cellar and a strong.

PourUtiel-Requena bobal from the barrel

WineValencian and Spanish classic wines

FoodValencian tapas

TipReserve in advance. The wine list runs deep into Valencian small producers; ask the sommelier.

Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar ★ 4.6

Battery Park Book Exchange in the Grove Arcade pairs a champagne bar with a used-book store. Literary cocktails and grower champagne on rare-book shelves.

PourGrower champagne by the glass

WineChampagne and sparkling, broad by-the-glass list

FoodCheese and charcuterie boards

TipWalk-in only. The cellar-room champagne flights take the literary cocktail crowd on weekends.

Apero ★ 4.6

Apero at 280 Karangahape Road in Auckland is the city's tightest natural wine list, paired with rustic European sharing plates. Cuisine Good Food hat.

PourNatural Loire chenin by the glass

WineNatural and biodynamic wines, European-leaning

FoodRustic French bistro plates

Titulus ★ 4.6

Titulus in Brussels' Ixelles is the natural-wine shop-bar Baptiste Lardeux, Philippe Mesnier and Vivien Blot opened in 2011. 400 references from 60 growers.

PourLoire chenin from the importer's own vineyard

WineNatural wines from 60 growers across France, Spain, Italy

FoodSmall plates, charcuterie, cheese

Abel's Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Abel's Wine Bar on Tonitza behind the Old Court runs Bucharest's most considered Romanian wine list, with weekly tasting flights and small plates.

PourCotnari Frâncușă, by the glass

WinePremium Romanian and central European

FoodSmall plates and tasting boards

TipReservation-only Saturdays; the tasting flight rotates monthly.

Sotto Enoteca ★ 4.6

Intimate wine bar from the Trattoria Delia team next door at 152 Saint Paul. Italian wines by the glass and bottle, sustainable, organic and biodynamic.

PourA glass off the regional Italian list

WineItalian wines, sustainable, organic and biodynamic

FoodAntipasti and pasta extension of the Trattoria Delia kitchen

Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar ★ 4.6

Maria's Packaged Goods in Chicago is the Bridgeport corner store-and-bar on 31st Street: hybrid bottle shop, neighbourhood pub and Kimski Korean-Polish.

PourMarz beer with a kimchi-pork dumpling

WineCult Midwest beer, natural wine

FoodKimski Korean-Polish street food

TipKimski's kimchi pierogi and the Marz brewery beers on the back wall are the room's defining pairing.

La Cave Du Vin ★ 4.6

La Cave Du Vin on Jefferson Avenue in Tremont, the reopened wine bar from former Coventry manager Erich Lasher and Will Hollingsworth since December 2023.

PourA French natural by the glass, plus a champagne split

WineConstantly rotating glass and bottle list, French and natural-leaning

FoodCrudites, charcuterie boards, mini sandwiches, chicken liver mousse

Blandy's Wine Lodge ★ 4.6

Blandy's Wine Lodge ages Madeira by the canteiro method on Avenida Arriaga, where over 650 barrels and vats rest above the street in the family lodge.

PourA tasting flight through the lodge cellars

WineCanteiro-aged Madeira across Sercial, Verdelho, Boal and Malvasia

FoodThe lodge's own 1811 Bistro & Wine Bar on Avenida Arriaga

TipGuided tours run seven days a week in five languages. English has the most departures, so check the timetable before fixing a time for the others.

Kiosque ★ 4.6

Kiosque between Schanze and St Pauli is the Italian wine bar Fabio Haebel reopened in the former Baegeri bakery. Around 150 labels, sourdough pizza and pasta.

PourItalian by-the-glass selection rotating weekly

WineAround 150 labels mixing big names, small producers and natural wines

FoodItalian bar food, sourdough pizza, pasta

Vine Restaurant & Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Vine Restaurant & Wine Bar in Hanoi is a Tay Ho lakeside wine bar with a 100-plus bottle list and small plates pairing European wines with Vietnamese.

OrderAsk the sommelier for a Loire Sauvignon Blanc with the sea-bass tartare; natural wines on a separate list.

PourLoire Sauvignon Blanc with Vietnamese sea-bass tartare

WineEuropean and natural wines with Vietnamese pairing notes

FoodModern European with Vietnamese accents

TipClosed Mondays. Lake-facing terrace is the sunset seat; reservations recommended on weekends.

Lilou Brasserie Wine Bar ★ 4.6

Lilou Brasserie on South Gay Street, Aaron Thompson and Jessica King's French brasserie, runs a built French and natural wine program at the bar.

PourBy-the-glass French rotation

WineFrench and natural-leaning

FoodFrench brasserie plates and bar snacks

TipDaily 16:00-18:00 happy hour is the easiest entry to the by-the-glass list; brunch sits Saturdays and Sundays.

Mayta ★ 4.6

Mayta at Av Mariscal La Mar 1285 in Miraflores Lima runs a Star Wine List-recognised wine program alongside Jaime Pesaque's modern Peruvian kitchen daily.

PourTacama and Intipalka Peruvian wines by the glass

WinePeruvian and South American natural wines, Chilean producers

FoodTasting menu of modern Peruvian small plates

TipThe bar pours by the glass without dinner; reservation only for table service.

The Square Wine Co. ★ 4.6

The Square Wine Co. on North Carroll off Capitol Square is Madison's small-producer-focused bottle shop and wine bar with retail bottles pourable on site.

PourBurgundy or Loire by the glass from the retail wall

WineSmall-producer Old World retail and pour bar

FoodCheese, charcuterie, retail bottles to go

The Bombay Canteen Wine Program ★ 4.6

The Bombay Canteen runs one of the city's leading wine programs alongside the kitchen, focused on natural Indian wines from Sula, Fratelli and Charosa.

OrderA sommelier flight of three Indian natural wines and the seabass sev puri.

PourSula natural vintage and Fratelli orange

WineNatural Indian wines and global natural

FoodModern Indian small plates

TipCounter-bar seats at the back are walk-in; main dining room books out.

NOAM Wine Bar ★ 4.6

A Higashi-Shinsaibashi wine bar with over 300 labels, built on Champagne and Burgundy and extending to South African and Australian bottles.

OrderGeorgian orange wine, Beaujolais natural, Charcuterie board

WineEuropean natural wine

LDV Winery Tasting Room ★ 4.6

LDV Winery's tasting room on Stetson Drive pours Rhone-style Arizona wines grown in the high desert, an Old Town Scottsdale stop on the wine trail.

PourLDV Viognier or Grenache from the high desert vines

WineArizona Rhone-style wines

FoodCheese and charcuterie boards

TipThe Viognier and Grenache come from LDV's own southern Arizona vines; flights pair with cheese boards.

Lemaire Bar ★ 4.6

Lemaire's bar inside the Jefferson Hotel pours an Old World leaning list under a vaulted lobby ceiling, with Virginia sparkling and Bordeaux.

PourVirginia sparkling and Bordeaux by the glass

WineOld World, Virginia and California bottles

FoodBar snacks from the Lemaire kitchen

LOWINE ★ 4.6

LOWINE on Dzirnavu is Riga's anchor natural wine bar, a family-run room under chef Aleksei Zalygin pouring low-intervention bottles with eggs and sourdough.

PourNatural wine by the glass, rotating producer

WineLow-intervention and natural wines

FoodFarm eggs, sourdough, small plates

TipClosed Mondays for lunch but open evenings; the Saturday brunch is the city's strongest wine-led morning.

Bar Crenn ★ 4.6

Bar Crenn in San Francisco is Dominique Crenn's Cow Hollow wine bar next door to her three-star Atelier, with a Burgundy-heavy list and a Crenn-style snack.

PourDomaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet

WineBurgundy, Champagne, Loire

FoodCrenn-style petits plats, caviar

TipBook three weeks out; the Crenn group lets one bar reservation hold the table for 90 minutes.

Carpe Diem Wine Shop & Bar ★ 4.6

Carpe Diem on Strada Columna in Chișinău is the country's first wine bar (2011), pouring 10 to 15 Moldovan wines by the glass from a 160-label shelf.

PourFetească Neagră by the glass

WineMoldovan wines, 160 labels from every Moldovan region

FoodLocal cheese, charcuterie, quince jam

The Anchorage (Wine Programme) ★ 4.6

The Anchorage runs a deep natural-wine programme on Perry Avenue: small-grower Loire Chenin, Burgundy, Mosel Riesling. Glasses pour from open bottles.

PourLoire Valley Chenin Blanc

WineSmall-grower natural wines, by the glass and bottle

FoodEclectic small plates

Smalhans ★ 4.6

Smalhans on Ullevålsveien at St Hanshaugen is the 2012 wine-bar bistro built around resourceful Nordic cooking, awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2015.

PourNorwegian still-cider with the day's dish

WineNatural Norwegian and growers' bottles, with husmannskost food

FoodBistro mains and dagens husmannskost

Winnowiercy Natural Wine Bistronomie ★ 4.6

Winnowiercy in Jeżyce, Poznań is a natural-wine bistro with around 200 European labels weighted to French growers, chef Krzysztof Łapawa on small plates.

PourLoire chenin from a small natural grower, by the glass

WineNatural European growers, predominantly French

FoodSmall plates by chef Krzysztof Łapawa, French-leaning

TipBook a counter seat over a table; the wine staff walk you through the night's open bottles one pour at a time.

SPOT. Wine ★ 4.6

SPOT. on Dolna Wilda 87 in Poznań runs a serious wine programme alongside its Michelin Bib Gourmand kitchen, with over 75 Polish wines on a list weighted.

PourA Polish grower from Lubuskie or Małopolska, by the glass

WinePolish biodynamic and natural, plus European naturals

FoodModern Polish menu by Jakub Hamankiewicz

TipAsk the sommelier for a Polish pour first; the list is the city's deepest survey of native winemaking.

4 Sobe Gospodje Safije Wine Bar ★ 4.6

4 Sobe Gospodje Safije's wine bar on Cekalusa is the Sarajevo modern Bosnian sit for Herzegovinian Zilavka, Tvrdos Vranac and European natural bottles.

PourTvrdos monastery Vranac from Trebinje

WineBosnian, Herzegovinian and European bottles

FoodTartare, charcuterie, modern Bosnian small plates

TipThe flower garden is the spot in summer; the wine bar runs into the small hours.

MoNIKa's Wine Bar ★ 4.6

MoNIKa's Wine Bar on Ban Mladenova in Split Old Town pours the family's Zrnovnica estate wines next to a Croatian regional list in a small, locally run.

OrderMonika's wine flight with the paski sir and prsut board.

PourMonika's wine flight by the glass

WineFamily's Zrnovnica estate wines plus a curated Croatian regional list

FoodPaski sir, prsut and home-baked bread boards

TipThe room is small; book ahead for the dinner sitting and order the cheese and prsut board to walk the wine list.

Yoramu Sake Bar ★ 4.6

Israeli-born Yoram Ofer's koshu sake bar in a Nakagyo machiya in Kyoto. The most-cited aged-sake list in the country, served at a six-seat counter.

PourFive-glass koshu flight

WineAged sake (koshu) and growers' sake

FoodSnack-only sake pairings

Barometre ★ 4.6

Barometre on Marrakech's Rue Moulay Ali is Morocco's first mixology bar; Gueliz basement speakeasy with cocktails, wines and Mediterranean plates.

PourSpeakeasy of the month, rotating mixologist creation

WineMoroccan natural wines and homemade macerations

FoodMediterranean small plates including duck confit and risotto

TipClosed Sundays; book a table on the bar's website. It also runs mixology classes.

El Fenn Rooftop Bar ★ 4.6

El Fenn's 1300m2 rooftop in Marrakech's medina is the city's standard-bearer: Koutoubia views, wines, cocktails, light meals; non-residents welcome daily.

PourMoroccan rose with the Koutoubia sunset

WineEuropean and Moroccan wines by the glass

FoodSmall plates, light bites, cocktails

TipSunset is the squeeze and the rooftop takes no bookings, so arrive early; last admittance is 22:30.

Boia De ★ 4.6

Boia De in Miami is the Michelin-starred Italian counter at 5205 NE 2nd Avenue with one of the city's strongest natural-wine lists alongside the chalkboard.

PourFrank Cornelissen MunJebel by the glass

WineItalian natural wine with French growers

FoodCrudos, bone marrow, pasta

TipSit at the bar to order by the glass and ask for the off-list bottles; the natural wine selection runs deeper than the printed list.

Bord 27 ★ 4.5

Just 27 seats in a quietly elegant room on Haga Kyrkogata. The kitchen draws on Asian, French and Spanish flavours, and the natural wine selection.

Book1-2 weeks ahead

The Vandal ★ 4.5

The Vandal on Butler Street in Lawrenceville serves a tight seasonal menu and a five-seat wine bar in Pittsburgh. Peak Pennsylvania ingredients.

OrderThe bread service and whatever the kitchen runs off the market board.

Book1 to 2 weeks ahead

TipThe dining room and wine bar book separately. Reserve on Resy for weekends.

Klein Constantia Tasting Room ★ 4.5

Klein Constantia's tasting room pours the revived Vin de Constance dessert wine on its historic Constantia estate, a drive from central Cape Town.

PourVin de Constance, tasted vertically across three vintages.

WineHome of the revived Vin de Constance dessert wine, poured with the estate's own Klein Constantia range.

FoodTastings only for now; the estate Bistro is closed for renovations until the end of October.

TipBook ahead, since capacity is small; the Vin de Constance Experience, a vertical of three vintages, costs R1000 a head.

Law Bird ★ 4.5

Law Bird on South High Street in the Brewery District is Luke and Annie Williams Pierce's natural-wine and cocktail bar with snacks and a tight rotating list.

PourRotating natural by-the-glass

WineNatural wines and seasonal cocktails

FoodSmall plates and snacks

Veritas Wine Room ★ 4.5

The Veritas wine room on West Gay Street downtown Columbus is the by-the-glass program alongside Chef Josh Dalton's tasting menu, with cellar Burgundy pours.

PourSommelier-paired Burgundy off the cellar list

WineOld World fine wines and biodynamic producers

FoodTasting menu plates

Cask ★ 4.5

Cork's multi-award-winning cocktail bar with over 20 wines by the glass and a seasonal cocktail menu built on foraged wild Cork ingredients. No citrus used.

WineNatural wine, Organic wines, Wine and cocktail pairing

Bar Cult ★ 4.5

A natural wine bar on the Oostkousdijk in Rotterdam West specialising in Dutch orange wines and Belgian biodynamic producers. Located in Delfshaven.

PourDutch orange wine on tap

WineNatural wines including Dutch orange wine and Serbian wine

FoodSnacks

VinVin ★ 4.5

Natural wine bar on the Predikherenstraat. Low-intervention French, Italian and Spanish producers; small plates, charcuterie and cheeses from 16:00.

PourRotating orange wine by the glass from French or Italian natural producers

WineNatural wine, low-intervention European producers

FoodSmall plates and charcuterie

TipThe terrace fills fast on warm evenings; arrive before 18:00 to claim an outdoor table.

Bar Bet ★ 4.5

Natural wine bar on the Wed canal with no exterior branding. Changing chalkboard list of European natural wines and seasonal small plates; opened 2024.

Why locals goA canal-side natural wine bar on the Wed with no exterior signage and a low online profile

TipThe owner writes the short natural wine list on the chalkboard daily; the list changes completely each week.

Wine Not? ★ 4.5

Wine Not? in Verona: Tight 80-label natural-wine list on a side-alley off the main pedestrian; 18 seats and a daily-rotating cicchetti list.

Why locals goTight 80-label natural-wine list on a side-alley off the main pedestrian; 18 seats and a daily-rotating cicchetti list.

TipAsk for the off-list flight of three pours (€18); 19:30 books fill from 19:00.

SETRA Urban and Cocktail Bar ★ 4.5

SETRA occupies the first-floor terrace of the building shared with APE Coffee Roasters near the cathedral, and offers Braga's only serious rooftop cocktail.

WinePortuguese wine and craft cocktails; rooftop terrace

TipArrive at opening (21:00) on a Friday or Saturday to secure a terrace table. The rooftop is standing-room only by 23:00.

Salute Wine Bar ★ 4.5

Salute Wine Bar in Fort Worth's Foundry District offers 42 self-serve wine taps covering Italian, Spanish, French, and Texas labels by the ounce.

OrderSelf-pour flights from 42 taps of Italian, Spanish, French, plus Texas wine selections.

TipThe printed tasting card for each wine on tap gives region, variety, and flavour notes; use it to build your own flight before committing to a full pour.

Sweet Root Wine Pairing ★ 4.5

Sweet Root's wine pairing is the smallest, most personal list in the Užupis dining axis, with natural and biodynamic Baltic and central-European bottles.

PourSlovenian Goriška Brda orange wine

WineNatural and biodynamic

FoodTasting menu pairings only

TipThe pairing is the entire wine option; no a la carte glasses. Book the tasting to access the list.

Souel ★ 4.5

Souel on Pavlou Mela carries over 200 labels with a focus on Greek varietals from Naoussa Xinomavro to Santorini Assyrtiko alongside a compiled European.

WineGreek and European, 200+ labels, natural and classic

Sabores Bottega e Cucina ★ 4.5

Sabores is a Marina bottega in Cagliari on Via Baylle, Sardinian cheese and cured meat sold by weight and cut into boards for the aperitivo.

OrderThe large tagliere of Sardinian cheese and salumi.

DrinkVermentino by the glass

FoodTaglieri

TipTwo board sizes, small and large, and both come with wine by the glass; the shop shelves are the souvenir run.

Angelita Madrid ★ 4.5

Angelita Madrid on Calle del Reina is the natural-wine room by the Casa Cervantes group since 2014, with 100 by-the-glass pours and a focus on Spanish small.

PourComando G La Bruja Aveleyra, by the glass

WineNatural and small-producer Spanish wines

FoodTapas and small plates

TipClosed Sun-Mon. The downstairs cocktail bar is the second-stop; the wine bar is on the ground floor.

La Fisna ★ 4.5

La Fisna on Calle Amparo in Madrid's Lavapies is the natural-and-biodynamic wine bar since 2014, with 120 by-the-glass references and a focused.

PourComando G by the glass

WineNatural and biodynamic Spanish wines

FoodTapas, small plates

TipClosed Sun-Mon. The by-the-glass list rotates daily; the pizarra changes by season. Owner Antonio pours personally.

Les Bouteilles ★ 4.5

Les Bouteilles keeps 1,500 references in its cellar on Rue de Bel Air in Nantes, poured beside plats du jour a short walk from Talensac market.

PourAn inexpensive Muscadet from the Loire end of the list

WineAround 1,500 references, Muscadet through to Châteauneuf-du-Pape

FoodPlats du jour, crispy tête de veau, grilled monkfish

TipGlasses run €3.50 to €15, so the Loire end of the list is the cheap way in; the room stays shut Sunday through Tuesday.

Wineshop Flow ★ 4.5

Wineshop Flow in Tokyo's Hatagaya is a cellar-bar behind the station, blond timber with a porthole-shaped cellar door. Natural wines and natural sake.

PourBy-the-glass natural pours from rotating producers

WineNatural wines and natural sake

FoodSmall plates, seasonal Japanese

TipDrop in for a glass and a bottle to take home; the small plates are Japanese-seasonal, perfect for two.

Barley Swine ★ 4.5

Barley Swine in Austin is Bryce Gilmore's farm-driven Burnet Road tasting room since 2010, a Texas-only sourcing kitchen with a Southwestern palette.

OrderThe chef's tasting flow; the menu changes daily around the morning's farm delivery.

Book2 weeks ahead

TipOdd Duck on Lamar is Gilmore's sibling and the more casual option from the same playbook.

Monvinic ★ 4.5

Monvinic in Barcelona's Eixample is the modernist wine bar with a 3,500-bottle cellar and an in-house sommelier school, pouring glasses from every major wine.

PourPriorat by the glass

WineInternational cellar

FoodCatalan tapas

TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Book the wine table in the back over the bar for serious tastings.

Bokovka ★ 4.5

Bokovka hides in a courtyard off Dlouha. The Ambiente group runs eight changing bottles by the glass nightly, sourced from small independents across Bohemia.

PourEight changing bottles by the glass nightly

WineSmall independent European producers, Bohemia and Moravia

FoodCheese boards, sardines, snacks

TipMatch each pour with a cheese; the cured sardines are the kitchen.

208 Wine Bar ★ 4.5

208 Wine Bar sits in a historic cotton warehouse on Factor's Walk behind River Street, 50-plus wines by the glass and Savannah River view from the terrace.

PourFlight of three by-the-glass pours

WineOver 50 wines by the glass, flight or bottle

FoodCheese and charcuterie boards

Solides ★ 4.5

Solides on Rue des Polinaires opposite the Carmes market is the chef-led natural-wine bistro with a daily-changing set and a tight Loire cellar list.

Why locals goBistro opposite the Carmes market with a chef-led natural wine list, hidden from the centre but adored by locals.

TipThe set menu changes by the day; ask for the natural Loire pinot by the glass.

Drop Shop Wine Bar ★ 4.5

Drop Shop on Balassi Balint near Parliament is a stylish bar-boutique pouring around 50 wines by the glass, from Hungarian regions and abroad.

OrderA glass of Egri Bikavér red blend from the Eger by-the-glass list.

PourEgri Bikavér red blend by the glass

WineAround 50 Hungarian and international wines by the glass

FoodSmall plates, cheese, charcuterie

TipClosed Sundays; weekday afternoons the room is open for daytime tastings.

HENNE.Weinbar ★ 4.5

HENNE.Weinbar on Pfeilstrasse near Cologne's Neumarkt is Michelin Guide-listed for its carefully selected natural and classic wine list by glass or bottle.

WineNatural and classic European, mixed programme

Bodega Guzmán ★ 4.5

Bodega Guzmán pours Montilla-Moriles straight from the barrel on Calle Judíos in Córdoba, under a wall of bullfighting posters and mounted heads.

OrderA copa of the amontillado, chalked up on the barrel head.

PourFino, amontillado, oloroso and Pedro Ximénez, all D.O. Montilla-Moriles

WineMontilla-Moriles generosos poured from the barrel

FoodCounter tapas

TipIt closes on Thursdays, which is the one day of the week visitors reliably turn up and find it shut.

Taberna San Miguel Casa El Pisto ★ 4.5

Casa El Pisto has poured on Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a taberna and tobacconist whose walls are papered with bullfighting history.

OrderA fino at the counter, then the pisto with a fried egg.

PourA copa of the house fino at the marble counter

WineHouse Montilla-Moriles alongside the bullfighting-era fittings

FoodPisto, rabo de toro, callos

TipThe operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.

Marrow Butcher Bar ★ 4.5

Marrow Butcher Bar inside Marrow in the Market on Riopelle Street pours wine by the glass next to the butcher counter in Detroit. Open since November 2025.

PourOff-list Michigan Riesling

WineOld World and natural wines

FoodCharcuterie, butcher counter and dry-aged steak

TipWalk-ins for the bar before 18:00; the open kitchen runs the steaks behind the counter.

Cork of the North ★ 4.5

South Manchester wine bar in Heaton Moor with 450 bottles on the wall. Hundred-plus by the glass, Mediterranean snacks, sister site in Sale on the same model.

PourPinot grigio by the carafe

Wine450 bottles across Old and New World

FoodMediterranean small plates

Antigua Casa de Guardia ★ 4.5

Antigua Casa de Guardia has poured Málaga sweet wine from the barrel since 1840, the city's oldest tavern chalking your tab straight on the counter.

PourPajarete or Seco Añejo poured from the cask

WineMálaga sweet wines drawn straight from the barrel

N7 ★ 4.5

N7 in New Orleans is the Bywater French wine bar behind the unmarked fence on Montegut Street from Aaron Walker and Yuki Yamaguchi. At 1117 Montegut St.

PourMauzac by the glass

WineNatural French wines

FoodTinned fish, charcuterie, French bistro

TipReservations are tight; the garden seating opens at 17:00 and walk-ins land best on weeknights.

Cave de la Tour ★ 4.5

Cave de la Tour on Rue de la Tour has poured local wines in Vieux Nice since 1947, four generations of the Gazan family and the home of the world petits.

PourBellet white from the Gazan family list

WineLocal Bellet AOC and small Provence growers

FoodPetits farcis, stockfish, charcuterie boards

El Destilado ★ 4.5

El Destilado on Cinco de Mayo is the natural-Mexican-wine and mezcal-pairing programme alongside the tasting menu, with a deep Valle de Guadalupe bottle list.

PourBichi Listan Negro by the glass

WineNatural Mexican wines and mezcal

FoodTasting menu

Selva Oaxaca ★ 4.5

Selva on Macedonio Alcala is the 50 Best Discovery cocktail bar with creative Oaxacan-ingredient drinks and mezcals from small distilleries on a tight bar.

PourSelva house cocktail

WineMezcal and natural wines

FoodSnacks

La Vertu ★ 4.5

La Vertu is a wine bar and bar à manger on Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Reims, run by ex-sommelier Aude Hénon and listed by Star Wine List for Champagne.

PourThe by-the-glass list (carte au verre)

WineFrench wines from emblematic terroirs, champagnes and finds from across Europe

FoodA food menu served in the evening

TipSit at the bar for the by-the-glass list; the room opens Tuesday to Saturday from 17:30.

Le 3 by Champagne Thiénot ★ 4.5

Le 3 by Champagne Thiénot is a champagne bar on a 500 m2 rooftop terrace on Rue du Marc in Reims, open to all visitors from Wednesday to Sunday.

PourChampagne Thiénot cuvées by the glass on the rooftop

WineThe Champagne Thiénot range plus some wines from partner growers

FoodCanapés and light bites

TipCall to secure a table; Sunday opens earlier, at 12:30, and closes at 18:00.

Liz Cocktail & Wine ★ 4.5

Liz Cocktail & Wine added a wine cave to its Leblon bar in Rio de Janeiro in late 2025, with organic, natural and Brazilian labels beside the cocktails.

PourBrazilian small-producer wines matched to oysters and boards

WineOrganic, natural and South American wines, with a Georgian Saperavi on the list

FoodOysters, boards and small plates

TipThe wine list was added when the bar took its new name at the end of 2025; cocktails remain the main draw.

Casot ★ 4.5

Casot on 1500 East next to Finca, the Pago Group's wine and craft cocktail bar at 15th and 15th, runs natural wine flights and chef-driven small plates.

OrderA natural wine flight off the rotating list and a small plate from the Spanish-leaning kitchen.

TipReserve via Tock; quieter than Finca, opens in evening. The two rooms share staff and walk between is encouraged.

The Rose ★ 4.5

The Rose wine bar on 30th Street in South Park, San Diego, the neighbourhood natural-wine and bottle-shop hybrid from owners Chelsea Coleman and Rae Gurne.

PourLoire Valley pet nat by the glass

WineNatural French and West Coast wines, weekly skin-contact flights

FoodSpanish-leaning small plates, oysters, scratch kitchen

Vino Carta ★ 4.5

Vino Carta on India Street in Little Italy, San Diego. At 2161 India St. Wine list: natural wines, small family producers, weekly thematic flights.

PourEtna Rosso by the glass

WineNatural wines, small family producers, weekly thematic flights

FoodCured meats, cheeses, marinated olives

Caraccioli Cellars Tasting Room ★ 4.5

Caraccioli Cellars pours its Santa Lucia Highlands sparkling wines at a marble bar on Dolores Street in Carmel, open seven days for tastings.

PourThe house sparkling that opens most visits

WineSanta Lucia Highlands sparkling, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

TipStart the village wine walk here with bubbles; the room is intimate, so parties above four should call ahead for a reservation.

Gemma ★ 4.5

Michelin Bib Gourmand Henderson Ave restaurant with a wine program built around small-production bottles and an educated floor team. At 2323 N Henderson Ave.

OrderBar snack progression with two or three glasses from the rotating by-the-glass list.

TipBar seating is first-come first-served and usually preferable to a reserved table for wine-focused visits. The Monday wine deal changes weekly.

Vinissimo Restaurant and Wine Bar ★ 4.5

Vinissimo in Sopot is the Michelin-recommended wine bar 15 minutes by SKM from Gdańsk Główny. Open mon-sat 13:00-23:00, sun 13:00-21:00. At ul. Józefa Bema 6.

PourChampagne by the glass

WineInternational wines with a Tri-City flagship list

FoodInternational small plates

TipOrder the cheese-and-charcuterie plate before committing to a bottle.

Rayuela Bodega de Vino ★ 4.5

Rayuela in Guadalajara is the Colonia Moderna wine room on Alemania 1779, a Cortazar-named bohemian counter pouring biodynamic Spanish and Italian wines.

PourSpanish small-producer red by the glass

WineSmall-producer European naturals and Spanish

FoodTapas

La Cave Liberte ★ 4.5

La Cave Liberte in Guadalajara is the Colonia Americana French cellar on Libertad 1416b, a 99-percent-French wine room with artisan cheese and Loire.

PourLoire white by the glass

WineFrench wines (99 percent) plus artisan cheese

FoodFrench charcuterie and cheese plates

Novel Wine Bar ★ 4.5

Novel's bar in the Kansas City East Crossroads runs a parallel wine programme to Brazeal and Armstrong's tasting room, with grower-focused bottles.

PourLoire whites, Burgundy reds

WineSmall importer, growers Champagne

FoodTasting plates, pastry

TipWalk-in seat at the bar without a Tock reservation; the wine list is the draw.

Buvette chez Simone ★ 4.5

Buvette chez Simone is the standing-room wine bar on Avenue du Parc in Montreal, pouring an ever-changing glass list beside charcuterie and roast chicken.

PourChenin blanc by the glass

WineFrench and natural growers by the glass

FoodCharcuterie and rotisserie chicken

TipIt fills early and takes no reservations; arrive before eight and share the roast chicken for two.

Annette bar a vin ★ 4.5

Annette is a Bib Gourmand wine bar in Montreal's Angus Shops, matching a smart low-intervention list with sharp seasonal small plates in a warm room.

PourGrowers' Champagne by the glass

WineNatural and low-intervention wine

FoodSeasonal small plates

TipThe kitchen is more ambitious than most wine bars; come hungry and let the plates keep pace with the wine.

Ravello at Four Seasons ★ 4.5

Ravello at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando runs an Italian restaurant and bar with an Italian-leaning wine program, breakfast antipasti and pasta service.

PourBrunello di Montalcino by the glass

WineItalian wines, Champagnes, by the glass and bottle

FoodItalian breakfast and dinner; antipasti and pasta-forward menu

Casa Urola ★ 4.5

Casa Urola on Fermin Calbeton in San Sebastian's Old Town keeps one of the most complete Basque wine lists in the Old Town, with Txakoli on tap and a deep.

PourItsasmendi Txakoli by the glass

WineBasque Txakoli, Rioja Alavesa and growers

FoodPintxos counter and full dining room upstairs

TipDrink Txakoli at the counter; the dining room upstairs lets you settle in with a half-bottle of Rioja.

Antonio Bar ★ 4.5

Antonio Bar on Bergara in San Sebastian's Centro pairs the 28-egg tortilla and the double-anchovy gilda with a tight by-the-glass list of Txakoli and Spanish.

PourAmeztoi Rubentis Txakoli rosado

WineBasque Txakoli and Spanish small growers

FoodTortilla, gilda, classic pintxos

TipDrink Txakoli with the gilda; the tortilla wedge needs a heavier red.

Vineria San Telmo ★ 4.5

Vineria San Telmo on Paseo de Catalina de Ribera in Seville is the Argentine-owned modern-tapas room beside the Alcazar gardens, with a floor-to-ceiling.

PourArgentine Malbec with the squid-ink spaghetti

WineArgentine and Spanish wines, broad by-the-glass list

FoodModern tapas with strong Italian and Argentine accents

TipBook the patio room a week ahead in spring; the bar pours about 25 wines by the glass on rotation.

Le Bon Funk ★ 4.5

A neighbourhood wine bar and kitchen by chef-owner Keirin Buck on the lively stretch of Club Street, part of the Lo and Behold Group. The wine list is tight and personal, emphasising genuine natural wine producers over trend labels; the produce-led kitchen plates sit beautifully alongside the pours.

OrderGrower champagne by the glass, Skin-contact white, Chef's seasonal small plate

WineNatural and biodynamic, producer-driven

TipEvenings get animated on weekends; quieter weekday dinners allow more time with the wine list. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 5.30pm.

Praelum Wine Bistro ★ 4.5

A sommelier-led wine bistro and walk-in cellar on Duxton Hill with over a thousand bottles of carefully sourced European wines and a bottle list that changes weekly. The kitchen produces European bistro dishes designed to pair with the cellar's range. One of the most serious wine programs in Singapore.

OrderCurated wine flight, Cellar pick with sommelier guidance, European cheese plate

WineClassic European, 1000+ label cellar

TipThe walk-in cellar is worth exploring before ordering. The sommelier team is knowledgeable without being stuffy. Closed Sundays.

Affini ★ 4.5

Affini in Turin's San Salvario is a modern vermouth bar that distills its own. House vermouth on tap, aperitivo plates, low-light Liberty wood interior.

PourHouse Affini bianco vermouth

WineHouse vermouth on tap, Piedmont wines

FoodAperitivo plates, salumi, cheese

OK Wine Bar ★ 4.5

OK Wine Bar in Wrocław's Marina building shares its yard with Między Mostami and stocks over 2,000 bottles. At ul. Księcia Witolda 1. Booking recommended.

OrderA flight of three Polish Lower Silesian whites with the seafood platter for two.

PourPolish whites and Burgundy by the glass

WineOver 2,000 bottles, riverside cellar

FoodSeafood-leaning small plates and tasting boards

TipThe retail shop attached sells most by-the-glass pours by the bottle; cheaper than restaurant markup.

Vermeers Wijnkamer ★ 4.5

Vermeers Wijnkamer on Zeedijk runs as the Amsterdam Nieuwmarkt wine bar, a tight European list, small plates from the kitchen next door. At Zeedijk 11.

PourSkin-contact white of the month

WineEuropean low-intervention wines

FoodSnacks and small plates

Paskamer ★ 4.5

Paskamer on Lutmastraat in De Pijp won Wijnbar of the Year in 2023, a quiet residential-street room with 350-plus wines on the list and 50 by the glass.

PourSkin-contact white by the glass, rotating

WineEuropean producers, 350-plus bottles, 50 by the glass

FoodShareable tapas plates, French-Spanish bistro

Bar Burbure ★ 4.5

Bar Burbure in Antwerp on Vlaamsekaai pours a 600-bottle list built by Jurgen Lijcops, a sommelier with a long career across Belgian Michelin-starred.

PourSommelier's house glass of the night

Wine600-bottle list curated by a Michelin-trained sommelier

FoodSmall plates, charcuterie

TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The wine list rotates seasonally; ask for the sommelier's recommendation.

La Vina del Ensanche ★ 4.5