Suff in Berlin Neukoelln on Mittenwalder Strasse runs a natural-wine bar with focaccia and charcuterie plates; the Gut Oggau and Pittnauer pours anchor the by-the-glass list.
Food program: Plates of focaccia and charcuterie
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The bar from 18:00 takes walk-ups; tables for the kitchen book a week ahead.
Address: Mittenwalder Strasse 51, 10961 Berlin
Fred Wine Bar on Berlin's Friedelstrasse in Neukoelln pours natural French wines from a 150-bottle list; the bistro-plate carte and the bar-counter walk-ups anchor the room.
Signature pour: Domaine de la Pierre Saint-Maurice by the glass
Wine focus: Natural French wines
Food: Plates of bistro classics
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Counter walk-ups from 18:00; tables book a week ahead online.
Vendemmia on Berlin's Akazienstrasse in Schoeneberg runs an Italian-only wine shop and bar with 600 bottles; the regional Italian-only by-the-glass list anchors the room.
Signature pour: Foradori Teroldego by the glass
Wine focus: Italian regional wines
Food: Antipasti and pasta
Tip: Closed Sunday. The shop side stays open later than the bar; takeaway bottles run a 20 percent corkage.
Willi Schloegl's Cordobar in Berlin Mitte pours 700 mostly Austrian wines from a long bar; the orange-wine pours and the natural-Austrian by-the-glass list anchor the room.
Signature pour: Christian Tschida orange wine by the glass
Wine focus: Austrian and natural-orange wines
Food: Tartare, pork shoulder, small plates
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Counter takes walk-ups from 18:30; tables book online a week ahead.
Jaja on Berlin's Weichselstrasse in Neukoelln pours natural French wines from a 200-bottle list; the bar-counter walk-ins from 18:00 anchor the borough's wine-bar grid.
Signature pour: Jura Trousseau by the glass
Wine focus: Natural French and German wines
Food: Small plates and charcuterie
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Bar walk-ins from 18:00; the small plates run until midnight.
Otto in Berlin Neukoelln runs a natural-German-wine bar with a tight small-plates kitchen; the Riesling-led by-the-glass list and the bread course anchor the room.
Signature pour: Schaefer-Froehlich Riesling by the glass
Wine focus: Natural German and Austrian wines
Food: Small plates from a tight open kitchen
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The early 18:00 seating walks in; tables from 20:00 book online a week ahead.
Wein und Vinos on Berlin's Akazienstrasse runs the city's Spanish-wine specialist with 400 bottles and a tapas-bar counter; the Rioja list and jamon iberico anchor the room.
Signature pour: Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva by the glass
Wine focus: Spanish wines (focus on Rioja, Ribera, Priorat)
Food: Tapas and Spanish charcuterie
Tip: Closed Sunday. Walk-ups for the counter from 17:00; tables book a week ahead.
