Marco Mueller's Weinbar Rutz on the ground floor of the three-star Rutz in Berlin Mitte pours German Rieslings from the same 1,200-bottle cellar; bistro plates from the same kitchen.
Food program: Bistro plates from the Rutz kitchen
Tip: Walk-ins from 18:30; bistro plates at a third the price of the upstairs tasting. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Address: Chausseestrasse 8, 10115 Berlin
Freundschaft on Berlin's Markgrafenstrasse runs a natural-wine bar with a modern Israeli-Berlin kitchen; the small plates and the orange-wine pours anchor the room.
Signature pour: Strohmeier Schilcher by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic European wines
Food: Modern Israeli-Berlin small plates
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The bar from 18:00 is the easier seating than the tables; book ahead for the kitchen.
Wild Things in Berlin Neukoelln runs a tight 20-cover natural-wine bar; the low-intervention by-the-glass list and the cured-fish small plates anchor the room.
Signature pour: Frank Cornelissen Susucaru rosato
Wine focus: Natural wines (low-intervention)
Food: Small plates and cured fish
Tip: Closed Sunday to Tuesday. The 19:00 walk-up window is the easier slot than the late wave.
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.
Signature pour: Gut Oggau Theodora by the glass
Wine focus: Natural German and Austrian wines
Food: 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.
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.
