The Wrecking Bar in Little Five Points, Atlanta runs a brewpub with a tight wine programme alongside the beer in a Victorian mansion basement. Beer-led but the wine list is serious.
Food program: Brewpub menu, snacks
Tip: Outdoor patio in summer. The brew pub focus is beer; wine is the secondary draw, with rotating Georgia natural pours.
Address: 292 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
Best End Brewing in West End, Atlanta runs a brewery and natural wine bar pouring orange and low-intervention reds since 2019. Pizza menu rotates monthly.
Signature pour: Glou-glou red by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and orange wines
Food: Pizza and snacks
Tip: Beltline-adjacent patio. The orange wine selection runs deeper than most Atlanta lists. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Humble Pie in Virginia-Highland, Atlanta runs a wine and wood-fired pizza counter with a Mediterranean and natural-wine list. Patio fronts North Highland Avenue.
Signature pour: Italian rotating glass list
Wine focus: Mediterranean, natural
Food: Wood-fired pizza, small plates
Tip: Reservations on Resy. The pizza programme is strong; the wine pairings come from a tightly edited list.
Le Bon Nosh in Buckhead, Atlanta opened 2020 as an all-day French cafe with a serious wine programme that converts to a dinner room. Biodynamic and natural French focus.
Signature pour: Loire reds by the glass
Wine focus: French, biodynamic
Food: All-day European cafe and dinner
Tip: Walk-ins welcome at the bar all day; dinner reservations on Resy. The Loire programme is the most polished in town.
The Painted Pin in Buckhead, Atlanta runs an upscale bowling alley with a wine bar pouring Old World and growers' Champagne since 2014. The Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.
Signature pour: Daily by-the-glass selection
Wine focus: Old World, growers' Champagne
Food: Snacks and pizza
Tip: The wine bar is the under-the-radar part; bowlers fill the lanes after 19:00. Reservations on Resy; book bar seats specifically.
