Bar Magda is a wine bar in Karangahape Road, Auckland.
Bar Magda runs a tight low-intervention wine list alongside Carlo Buenaventura's Filipino kitchen at 25B Cross Street, Auckland. Cuisine-hat listed.
Food program: Modern Filipino small plates
Address: 25B Cross Street, Newton, Auckland 1010
Apero at 280 Karangahape Road in Auckland is the city's tightest natural wine list, paired with rustic European sharing plates. Cuisine Good Food hat.
Signature pour: Natural Loire chenin by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic wines, European-leaning
Food: Rustic French bistro plates
Pici pairs Italian natural wines with hand-rolled pasta from Shop 22 of St Kevins Arcade, Auckland. Tight list, intimate counter room, queue-only entry.
Signature pour: Italian pet-nat by the glass
Wine focus: Italian natural wines
Food: Hand-rolled Tuscan pasta
Apero at 280 Karangahape Road in Auckland is the city's tightest natural wine list, paired with rustic European sharing plates. Cuisine Good Food hat.
Signature pour: Natural Loire chenin by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic wines, European-leaning
Food: Rustic French bistro plates
Pici pairs Italian natural wines with hand-rolled pasta from Shop 22 of St Kevins Arcade, Auckland. Tight list, intimate counter room, queue-only entry.
Signature pour: Italian pet-nat by the glass
Wine focus: Italian natural wines
Food: Hand-rolled Tuscan pasta
Alma on the corner of Gore and Tyler in Britomart, Auckland pairs Spanish wines, sherry and vermouth with fire-cooked small plates from Andalusia.
Signature pour: Manzanilla sherry
Wine focus: Spanish wines, sherry and vermouth
Food: Andalusian fire-cooked small plates
Amano runs a long Italian-leaning wine list at 68 Tyler Street in Britomart, Auckland. Italian growers, New Zealand naturals, an open brick kitchen.
Signature pour: Italian by the glass
Wine focus: Italian wines, with deep New Zealand grower coverage
Food: Italian seasonal kitchen
