Wine bar€€ThaborShop Tue-Sat 10:00-19:30; tasting cellar Thu-Sat 17:30-21:30
La Cave du Sommelier has advised Rennes drinkers on Rue Hoche since 1994, with an underground tasting cellar of boards, tapas and biodynamic glasses.
Signature pour: A cellar-tasting glass chosen by the sommelier-owner
Wine focus: French classics plus natural and biodynamic growers
Food: 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.
Wine bar€€CentreMon-Fri 17:00-00:00; Thu-Fri also 12:00-14:00
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.
Wine bar€€Saint-GermainMon-Sat 12:00-14:30, 19:00-22:30
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.
Wine bar€€Saint-GeorgesWed-Fri 17:00-23:30; Sat 12:00-23:30; Sun 12:00-21:30
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.
Wine bar€€CentreMon-Wed 12:00-14:00, 19:00-22:00; Thu-Sat 12:00-14:00, 19:00-23:00
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.
Wine bar€€CentreTue-Sat 11:00-01:00
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.