Pici is a wine bar in Karangahape Road, Auckland.
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.
Food program: Hand-rolled Tuscan pasta
Address: Shop 22, St Kevins Arcade, 183 Karangahape Road, Auckland CBD 1010
Bar Magda runs a tight low-intervention wine list alongside Carlo Buenaventura's Filipino kitchen at 25B Cross Street, Auckland. Cuisine-hat listed.
Signature pour: Natural wines by the glass
Wine focus: Lo-fi and natural wines with a Filipino kitchen
Food: Modern Filipino small plates
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
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
Bar Magda runs a tight low-intervention wine list alongside Carlo Buenaventura's Filipino kitchen at 25B Cross Street, Auckland. Cuisine-hat listed.
Signature pour: Natural wines by the glass
Wine focus: Lo-fi and natural wines with a Filipino kitchen
Food: Modern Filipino small plates
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
