Melon is a wine bar in Graslin, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Bistro plates, lunch set menus, umami-leaning cooking
Tip: Julia Custodio cooks the short card while Pierre Brunelli pours; the house shuts Sunday and Monday and skips Saturday dinner.
Address: 6 Rue Copernic, 44000 Nantes
La Bourriche works one Nantes idea hard on Rue Scribe, oysters from selected producers matched glass for glass with Muscadet and Loire whites.
Signature pour: Muscadet by the glass with half a dozen oysters
Wine focus: Muscadet and regional Loire whites poured against shellfish
Food: Oysters from selected producers and local seafood
Tip: Weekdays are an evening service only; the weekend switches to an 11:30 to 14:30 lunch, which is when the counter is busiest.
Bras de Fer fills a former gallery on Boulevard de la Prairie au Duc in Nantes with natural wine, exhibitions, concerts and a courtyard garden.
Signature pour: Les Enfants Sauvages, the house melon and chardonnay blend
Wine focus: Natural growers plus the house cuvées from an urban winery nearby
Food: Vendée charcuterie and farmhouse cheese boards
Tip: Glasses open near €4 and bottles from €26; the Ferchaud brothers press their own wine less than a kilometre away.
Le Mirza is the neo-retro natural wine counter on Rue Châteaubriand in Nantes, casson tiling, Formica and shared plates until two in the morning.
Signature pour: Ker Ma melon wine at €4.50 the glass
Wine focus: Natural French and imported bottles, glasses from €4.50
Food: Shared plates off the counter, flatbreads and tarte tatin
Tip: Three former Brocéliande colleagues run it, so the pouring is chatty and cheap; the bar stays shut Tuesday and Wednesday.
Vin te faire boire turned a former PMU on Route de Sainte-Luce in Nantes into a cave of close to 300 natural, organic and biodynamic bottles.
Signature pour: A Loire bottle from Benoît Courault or François Saint-Lô
Wine focus: Close to 300 natural, organic and biodynamic references
Food: Artisanal charcuterie, farmhouse cheese, sardine fillets
Tip: Drinking a shop bottle on the spot adds a €6 corkage; the back room runs concerts and karaoke on quiet weeknights.
Le Brocéliande has been Véronique's tiled bistro on Rue Préfet Bonnefoy in Nantes for two decades, natural wine poured across three small terraces.
Signature pour: Panique Générale gamay at €5.50 the glass
Wine focus: Natural wines, glasses from €4.50
Food: Midday bistro formulas, evening plates to share
Tip: Midday formulas run €19 to €24 and evening plates €7 to €18; Saturday opens at 18:00, so it is a night rather than a lunch.
La Bourriche works one Nantes idea hard on Rue Scribe, oysters from selected producers matched glass for glass with Muscadet and Loire whites.
Signature pour: Muscadet by the glass with half a dozen oysters
Wine focus: Muscadet and regional Loire whites poured against shellfish
Food: Oysters from selected producers and local seafood
Tip: Weekdays are an evening service only; the weekend switches to an 11:30 to 14:30 lunch, which is when the counter is busiest.
Le Cellier opened on Rue Maréchal Joffre in Nantes in 2024, a traiteur counter and grocery holding over 200 natural, organic and biodynamic wines.
Signature pour: A natural white with the house poultry terrine
Wine focus: More than 200 natural, organic and biodynamic references
Food: Traiteur counter, terrines, charcuterie and croquetas
Tip: Olivier Hochedez and chef Adélie Delajot make a poultry terrine with Muscadet and savory; open bottles are drunk out on the terrace.
