downtownDaily, afternoons to evening
Grand Cru in Belvedere Square is a wine bar and bottle shop in one, pouring a deep by-the-glass list with cheese and charcuterie inside the market building.
Signature pour: A rotating glass off the market bar
Wine focus: Broad by-the-glass and bottle list
Food: Cheese, charcuterie, small plates
Tip: It is bar and bottle shop together, so you can drink a glass then take the bottle home.
fells-pointDaily, afternoons to evening
V-No Wine Bar in Fells Point is a wine bar and shop on South Ann Street, pouring Italian and Old World bottles with cheese, charcuterie and panini.
Signature pour: An Italian red off the shop shelves
Wine focus: Italian and Old World bottles
Food: Cheese, charcuterie, panini
Tip: Pick a bottle off the retail shelf and drink it in for a small corkage; the patio runs in season.
station-northWed-Sun, afternoons to evening
Fadensonnen in Old Goucher is Lane Harlan's natural-wine, sake and beer garden in a converted carriage house, pouring skin-contact wines under string lights.
Signature pour: A skin-contact natural wine or a pour of sake
Wine focus: Natural wine and sake
Food: Snacks, beer-garden plates
Tip: It is part wine bar, part sake bar, part beer garden; the back patio is the place to be in summer.
locust-pointDaily, daytime to evening
Bodega & Vino in Locust Point is a small grocer, cafe and wine bar in one, pouring small-producer bottles by the glass alongside snacks and pantry goods.
Signature pour: A by-the-glass pour off the rotating list
Wine focus: Small-producer bottles and by-the-glass
Food: Cafe plates, snacks, grocery
Tip: It works as a daytime cafe and grocer too, so you can shop the shelves and drink a glass at the counter.