25 editor picks across Greece.
25 wine bars worth the trip across Greece, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Greece guides.
Heteroclito on Fokionos in Athens has poured Greek wines since 2012, a 200-label list focused on native varieties with around 20 by-the-glass picks.
TipThe hard-to-find natural-wine flights are the bartender's pick; ask for the seasonal selection.
Merastri keeps a serious Cretan wine list behind its wood oven in Heraklion, and the reds it pours are built to stand up to three-hour roast lamb.
OrderA Liatiko red alongside the wood-oven lamb
TipThe Cretan list is the reason to linger. Ask what is open by the glass before committing to a bottle.
Warehouse on Valtetsiou in Exarchia, Athens is the corner all-day wine room of the quarter, with morning coffee, an all-day menu and a deep cellar of Greek.
TipOpen daily from morning coffee through late-night wine; the Valtetsiou pavement tables fill first.
Parasties runs a Cretan-leaning wine list beside its open fire in Heraklion, with floor staff who match bottles to whatever the oven is cooking.
OrderA Cretan red poured to match the smoked steak
TipThe floor staff will steer the list if you tell them what is coming off the fire.
Super Ioulios on Mitropolitou Gennadiou has one of the most considered natural wine lists in northern Greece, with 200 labels spanning Xinomavro, Assyrtiko.
Clochard's wine programme anchors its bistronomic identity: monthly menus are written around the cellar's strength rather than the reverse. At Mitropoleos 11.
Oinoscent on Voulis in central Athens is the long-running wine bar near Syntagma, a deep Greek and international cellar with a cheese-and-small-plate carte.
TipThe kitchen runs until 23:00; book a fortnight ahead for Friday and Saturday evenings.
Think Tank is the wine bar Heraklion drinkers name first, a neoclassical room on Idaiou Androu pouring Cretan and Greek bottles by the glass.
OrderA Vidiano by the glass, with whatever snack is out
TipA sommelier picks the list and the room hosts tastings, so ask what has just been opened.
Souel on Pavlou Mela carries over 200 labels with a focus on Greek varietals from Naoussa Xinomavro to Santorini Assyrtiko alongside a compiled European.
Open September to May, Maitr and Margarita builds its menu and wine list simultaneously from the same seasonal logic. At Fragkon 3. Booking recommended.
Mavri Thalassa's wine cellar with over 300 labels is one of the most serious in northern Greece. The list is built for seafood: Assyrtiko, Malagousia.
SinTrofi's biodynamic wine cellar in Ladadika is Thessaloniki's most principled wine list: only certified organic or biodynamic producers, with a strong.
Xalavro pours Greek wine spritzers in a roofless old house on Milatou in Heraklion, with an open kitchen working beside the bar until very late.
OrderA Greek wine spritzer, drunk in the ruined courtyard
TipThe bar sits in the shell of a 1900s house on Milatou, and the open kitchen runs alongside the drinks list.
Sortie near the Rotunda runs dual-format: morning specialty coffee, afternoon natural wine bar. At Gounari 20. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Materia Prima in Koukaki is the original Athens wine bistro from the team, a cava and wine cellar focused on growers whose wines reflect place of origin.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday; the wine eshop sells across the bar on the way out.
Granary turns from espresso bar into wine room as the evening arrives, pouring Greek bottles with Mediterranean plates in central Heraklion.
OrderA glass of Cretan white with a mezze plate
TipWine service runs from late afternoon, once the coffee crowd thins out and the kitchen switches to the evening menu.
Glykanisos's wine and spirit programme anchors the restaurant's identity as the finest seafood table in Pylaia. The house tsipouro label Euforikon.
Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani on Sokratous in Athens pours Greek growers and tsipouro alongside the Asia Minor cured-meat boards from the deli counter.
TipPair the Karamanli pastourma with a glass of assyrtiko; ask the deli for cheese to go.
Pagopoieion keeps one of the widest Greek wine lists in Heraklion, poured under the beams of a converted ice factory beside Agios Titos church.
OrderA Cretan red, with the mushroom risotto to match
TipThe ice-factory room is large enough to find a quiet corner even when Agios Titos square is full.
Kouzeineri backs its charcoal steaks with a Greek wine list, which makes it the Heraklion address for red wine and grilled meat in one sitting.
OrderA Greek red chosen against the charcoal steak
TipThe cellar leans on international labels as much as Greek ones, so ask the floor to match a bottle to the cut you order.
La Doze in Valaoritou splits its identity between a serious cocktail menu and a wine programme focused on Greek labels from Naoussa, Nemea. At Vilara 1.
Vogatsikou 3 is a bar and wine room in Valaoritou that sits at the edge between creative cocktail culture and serious Greek wine. The list covers Xinomavro.
Manjar Wise Food, Coffee & Wine Bar pours a long list on Dimokratias in Heraklion, with staff who explain every glass and send out bites with it.
OrderA glass off the Cretan list with the small bites
TipStaff talk you through each pour and send out nibbles, which makes it a good first stop for Cretan grapes.
By the Glass in Athens is the Ralli Gallery wine bar a short walk from Syntagma, with a Greek wine focus, a wide by-the-glass list and a small Mediterranean.
TipDine inside the arcade in winter; the courtyard tables open from April through October.
Mia Feta on Pavlou Mela is the city's most focused cheese-and-wine destination, billed as the world's first feta bar. At Pavlou Mela 14. Booking recommended.
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