La Cave du Sommelier is a wine bar in Thabor, Rennes.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Cheese, charcuterie and vegetarian tapas in the cellar
Tip: The cellar bar only runs Thursday to Saturday evenings; the street-level shop keeps full caviste hours.
Address: 24 Rue Hoche, 35000 Rennes
Rezin stocks about 250 living wines near the Thabor park in Rennes, a caviste and tasting bar that also shelves Breton craft beer and artisan cider.
Signature pour: A living wine picked from the shelves and opened at the bar
Wine focus: Living wines from small growers, about 250 references
Food: Fine grocery boards, Breton beers and ciders
Tip: Friday evening is the tasting window when bottles open at the bar; closed Wednesdays and Sundays.
Bombance stacks restaurant, wine bar and caviste into one room on Rue de la Chalotais in Rennes, sharing plates built around biodynamic and natural wines.
Signature pour: A biodynamic bottle from the caviste wall
Wine focus: Biodynamic and natural wines, drink in or take away
Food: Sharing plates, €25 midday and €39 evening sequences
Tip: The cave opens at 15:00 and the bar at 17:00; come early to pick a bottle off the wall before the room fills.
Pépin is the Saint-Germain wine bistro of Rennes, Pierre Clolus and Lucas Parigot pouring natural and biodynamic bottles beside terroir plates.
Signature pour: A grower bottle to go with the pâté
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic growers
Food: Terroir bistro plates, pâté en croûte the calling card
Tip: Pâté and raisin is the house motto; order both and hand the rest of the night to the sommelier side of the room.
Jozy is a bistro and natural wine bar on Rue Vasselot in Rennes, chef Noé Viviès grilling Coucou de Rennes chicken behind a hundred-bottle cellar.
Signature pour: Lucy Rosedale's natural pick of the week
Wine focus: Around 100 natural references
Food: Noé Viviès' full bistro kitchen behind the bar
Tip: Sunday runs non-stop from noon, rare for Rennes; it is the natural-wine Sunday option in the city.
Le Tire-Bouchon has poured natural wine in old Rennes since 1993, a pioneering bistro at the corner of Rue du Chapitre with homemade market cooking.
Signature pour: A natural glass chosen at the counter from the week's open bottles
Wine focus: Natural wines, pioneering in Rennes since 1993
Food: Homemade market bistro cooking
Tip: The kitchen is a proper bistro, not a snack counter; book for dinner and let the counter pick your glass.
Bouchon is the Tire-Bouchon team's neighbourhood bar round the corner in Rennes, sharing plates, cocktails and well-filled glasses from 11:00 to 01:00.
Signature pour: Whatever the Tire-Bouchon crew is excited about that week
Wine focus: Natural-leaning list from the Tire-Bouchon team
Food: Sharing plates from the Tire-Bouchon kitchen in miniature
Tip: When the mothership bistro is full, this is the same DNA without a reservation; it runs all afternoon too.
Rezin stocks about 250 living wines near the Thabor park in Rennes, a caviste and tasting bar that also shelves Breton craft beer and artisan cider.
Signature pour: A living wine picked from the shelves and opened at the bar
Wine focus: Living wines from small growers, about 250 references
Food: Fine grocery boards, Breton beers and ciders
Tip: Friday evening is the tasting window when bottles open at the bar; closed Wednesdays and Sundays.
