5 editor picks in Asheville.
5 wine bar places in Asheville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Asheville | Wine Bar across every city.
Asheville's wine bars match its laid-back streak, favoring natural and small-production bottles in relaxed rooms. 5 Walnut Wine Bar and WALLS Wine Bar sit downtown, the Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar pairs bubbles with used books on Page Avenue, and Leo's House of Thirst on Haywood Road brings the natural-wine ethos to West Asheville.
Drew Wallace's Leo's House of Thirst on Haywood Road in West Asheville was a 2025 James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program.
TipOpen from 09:00 for espresso and breakfast; the wine list opens midday. Closed Mondays.
Battery Park Book Exchange in the Grove Arcade pairs a champagne bar with a used-book store. Literary cocktails and grower champagne on rare-book shelves.
TipWalk-in only. The cellar-room champagne flights take the literary cocktail crowd on weekends.
5 Walnut Wine Bar on West Walnut Street in downtown Asheville has been the city's live-music wine bar since 2008. TableJourney editor pick for the year.
TipWalk-in. The live-music calendar runs nightly; brass and Afrobeat on weekend evenings.
WALLS Wine Bar at the Benjamin Walls Gallery on Broadway Street pairs Walls' large-format wildlife and landscape photography with self-pour wine cards.
TipSelf-pour wine card system; pre-load and walk the gallery between tastings. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Botanist and Barrel's Asheville tasting bar on Broadway Street pours the women-owned cidery and natural-wine producer's line-up, with monthly flights.
TipCider flights are the easiest entry; the orange wine flight rotates monthly.
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