30 editor picks across France.
30 wine bars worth the trip across France, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All France guides.
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.
TipPours from €3 to €9, the cheapest tasting flight in Bordeaux; bring an empty stomach for the cheese plate.
Pepie in Marseille's 6e celebrates natural wines from organic, biodynamic and low-intervention growers, a small room with a tight small-plates menu.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday; arrives full by 20:00 most nights.
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.
TipClosed Monday and Tuesday. Arrive at 18:00 or after 21:30 to find a counter stool.
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.
TipTake the tasting card, then sip the Saint-Emilion grand crus and the Pessac-Leognans for the price-to-quality balance.
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.
TipArrive at 17:00 for a counter seat or after 21:00 once the dinner crowd thins out at Septime.
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.
TipClosed Sunday. The lunch menu pairs the day's plate with two glasses of wine for €25.
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.
TipWeekend evenings fill up, so book ahead; the bar opens Tuesday to Saturday evenings only.
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.
TipBookings essential for weekend evenings; the by-the-glass tour of France from the dedicated sommelier is the canonical first visit.
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.
TipBook the back room for groups of four; the daily blackboard is the only menu and runs until they sell out.
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.
TipPair the bar pours with the small-plate menu; full Mercerie tasting is the other room.
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.
TipChardonnay and pinot gris sit beside the Muscadet, which is the point the founders are making; tasting evenings run through the month.
Clown Bar in Paris's 11e is the 1900s circus-tiled room turned natural-wine bistro by Sven Chartier. The carte is short and ambitious; the cellar is electric.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The tiled walls are listed; sit at the bar for the best view.
The Belvedere at Cite du Vin in Bordeaux's Bacalan is the 8th-floor tasting room of the wine museum, with around twenty international wines available.
TipThe tasting is included with museum admission; arrive before 17:00 so you have time to compare the international.
Limmat in Marseille's 6e at the foot of the Cours Julien stairs runs natural Mediterranean and Swiss pours alongside chef Lilian Gadola's daily market.
TipSmall room, book the bar for a fish-and-glass evening Glass-pour list rotates monthly.
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.
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.
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.
Frenchie Bar à Vins in Paris is Gregory Marchand's wine-bar annex across from the main bistro on Rue du Nil. Open mon-fri 18:30-23:00, sat 12:30-23:00.
TipArrive at 18:30 or after 21:30; the room is small, the small plates are bigger than they sound.
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.
TipSit at the bar for the by-the-glass list; the room opens Tuesday to Saturday from 17:30.
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.
TipCall to secure a table; Sunday opens earlier, at 12:30, and closes at 18:00.
Le Carré du Palais runs a 100% Rhône wine bar on Place du Palais in Avignon, with a 10,000-bottle cellar in the former Banque de France vault.
TipThe terrace faces the Palais des Papes, and the wine school runs tastings; the bar is open every day from 12:00 to 22:00.
Buvette near Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is Marianne Lay's natural-wine cellar on Cours d'Alsace et Lorraine, with around seventy producers, a four-metre bottle.
TipSit outside on the pavement when the sun is shining; piadinas and the cheese plate pair best with the orange wine pour.
Dr Wine pours over 700 Burgundy references inside a seventeenth-century mansion on Rue Musette in Dijon, pairing tasting plates with sommelier-picked glasses.
TipThe courtyard patio is the summer seat to ask for; winter service moves inside across two floors.
Café Bellot on Rue Jeanne d'Arc in Lille doubles as a natural-wine cave, pouring growers' bottles beside chalkboard cooking in the Saint-Michel quarter.
TipLunch is reservation only. The wine shelf is priced the same whether you drink it in or carry it out.
Les Frères Pinard on Rue des Vieux Murs in Lille is a wine bar and grocery in one, where you compose your own board from the shelves before you sit.
TipThe vaulted cellar downstairs is the quieter room. Ask for it when you arrive.
Le Présentoir on Rue Pierre Mauroy in Lille is a cave à manger a minute from the Grand-Place, natural wine with a monthly seasonal card beside it.
TipPlates change every month and run 8 to 19 euros. The wine shop next door sets the list.
Becbec in Lyon's 3e on Rue Paul Bert is the 12-seat natural-wine bistro with a daily small-plates menu and a tightly-edited cellar pour by the glass.
TipWalk-in only; arrive at 19:00 for a counter stool.
La Bouteillerie on Rue de la Martiniere in the 1er is the part-shop part-bar, focused on boutique vineyards you won't find at larger Lyon caves.
TipClosed Sunday-Monday; the back wine cellar is the seating area.
La Cave d'a Cote on Rue Pleney in the 1er runs a narrow-alley wine bar with 100+ natural labels, a tight cheese-and-charcuterie kitchen and a regular.
TipWalk-in only; the front bar holds 12 stools and the back room seats 16.
Antic Wine on Rue du Boeuf in Vieux Lyon is the rare-wine shop and bar with a deep cellar of old-vintage French and a small bar-counter for by-the-glass.
TipThe Burgundy by-the-glass flight is the move; book the cellar tasting room ahead.
Odessa Comptoir on Rue Rene Leynaud in the Pentes de la Croix-Rousse is the natural-wine bar Antoine and Mathieu Kochen opened in 2017. Located in 1Er.
TipWalk-in only; closed Sunday-Monday. Glass pours run €5 to 7.
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