Garage Wine Bar is a wine bar in Berga Bazars, Riga.
Garage Wine Bar in the Berga Bazārs courtyard is a long-running Riga room pouring small-producer European bottles in a 1930s converted ladies' car garage.
Food program: Tapas and small plates for sharing
Tip: The name comes from the building's 1930s use as a parking garage for Berga Bazārs ladies' cars; the courtyard tables are best in summer.
Address: Elizabetes iela 83-85, Rīga, LV-1050, Riga
Riviera on Dzirnavu doubles as one of Riga's strongest wine cellars, with sommelier Ivars Kalniņš who earned the 2024 Michelin Sommelier Award for Latvia.
Signature pour: Sommelier's pairing flight
Wine focus: Mediterranean Old World wines
Food: Mediterranean dining-room menu
Tip: Order the sommelier's pairing flight even with a single plate; the cellar is the room's main argument.
SMØR Bistro's wine list leans heavily on Champagne by the glass alongside its Bib Gourmand kitchen, a wine-bar option for a single bottle and a small plate.
Signature pour: Champagne by the glass
Wine focus: Champagne and Nordic-French bottles
Food: Nordic-French bistro plates
Tip: Order at the bar for a glass-and-snack visit; the lunch tasting is the way in for the full kitchen.
LOWINE on Dzirnavu is Riga's anchor natural wine bar, a family-run room under chef Aleksei Zalygin pouring low-intervention bottles with eggs and sourdough.
Signature pour: Natural wine by the glass, rotating producer
Wine focus: Low-intervention and natural wines
Food: Farm eggs, sourdough, small plates
Tip: Closed Mondays for lunch but open evenings; the Saturday brunch is the city's strongest wine-led morning.
