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.
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.
Wine bar€€€berga-bazarsMon-Sat 12:00-23:00; Sun 12:00-22:00
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.
Signature pour: Rotating wine flights, Italian and French focus
Wine focus: Small-producer European wines
Food: 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.