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.
Wine bar€€ThaborMon 15:30-19:00; Tue, Thu 10:00-13:30, 15:30-19:00; Fri 10:00-13:30, 15:30-20:00; Sat 10:00-19:00
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.
Wine bar€Les LicesTue-Fri 17:00-01:00; Sat 08:00-14:00, 17:00-01:00
La Grappe pours glasses from €3 on Place des Lices in Rennes, a small wine bar with charcuterie boards that opens Saturday morning for the market crowd.
Signature pour: A cheap, honest glass on the market square
Wine focus: Approachable list with glasses from €3
Food: Charcuterie and cheese boards
Tip: Saturday morning it opens at 08:00 with the Marché des Lices; a white here is the market-lap tradition.
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.