Vin Cru is a wine bar in Merchant City, Glasgow.
Vin Cru is a natural wine bar in Merchant Square, Glasgow, pairing low-intervention bottles with fresh tacos in a cobbled Merchant City courtyard.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Fresh tacos
Tip: The taco-and-wine pairing is the format here; go for a few glasses and a round of tacos rather than a big meal.
Address: 60 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NE
Cuvée is a champagne and fine-wine bar upstairs on Lynedoch Street in Glasgow's West End, a small drawing-room lounge for fizz, cocktails and tapas.
Signature pour: A flute of grower Champagne
Wine focus: Champagne and fine wine
Food: Tapas
Tip: It is a walk-in-only, 30-cover lounge; go early evening midweek for a seat at the bar.
Corke and Caske is a wine bar, shop and tasting room on Hyndland Road in Glasgow's West End, pouring bottles from around the world with charcuterie.
Signature pour: A wine flight with a charcuterie board
Wine focus: World wines by the glass and bottle
Food: Charcuterie and cheese
Tip: Buy a bottle off the shelf to drink in for a small corkage; the flights are the way to explore the range.
The Left Bank pours natural wine and Scottish craft beer on vinyl-soundtracked Gibson Street in Glasgow's West End, turning wine bar by night.
Signature pour: A natural wine off the changing list
Wine focus: Natural wine and Scottish craft beer
Food: All-day plates and small plates
Tip: It runs from morning coffee to late-night wine, so it works whether you want a glass at lunch or after dinner.
Gloriosa pairs Rosie Healey's wood-fired Mediterranean cooking with one of Glasgow's best low-intervention wine lists on Argyle Street in Finnieston.
Signature pour: A biodynamic bottle from the growers' list
Wine focus: Low-intervention and biodynamic wine
Food: Wood-fired Mediterranean plates
Tip: Sit at the counter and ask the team to match glasses to whatever is coming off the wood fire.
Dennistoun Bar-B-Que is an East End smokehouse on Duke Street, Glasgow, pairing barbecue and burgers with a surprising, well-chosen natural wine list.
Signature pour: A natural wine with a plate of smoked brisket
Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention wine
Food: Smoked barbecue and burgers
Tip: It is as much a natural-wine bar as a barbecue joint; ask what growers are open by the glass that night.
Vroni's is Glasgow's grande-dame wine bar, tucked upstairs on West Nile Street since 1995, pouring an old-world list alongside its famous cheeseboards.
Signature pour: A glass of grower Champagne
Wine focus: Old-world classics by the glass
Food: Cheeseboards and nibbles
Tip: It stopped serving hot food, so come for wine and a cheeseboard rather than a full meal.
