Where to drink well in Greenville by the glass and the bottle: natural, classical, and worth the cab fare.
Wine bars in Greenville. natural, classical, and the grower-focused rooms worth the cab fare.
Northampton runs a 1,500-bottle retail shop and wine cafe on East Broad: pull any bottle off the shelf, pay a corkage of ten dollars to drink it on premise.
Signature pour: Old-world Cabernet by the glass
Wine focus: 1,500-bottle list, retail and on-premise
Food: Small plates and a full dinner menu
The Anchorage runs a deep natural-wine programme on Perry Avenue: small-grower Loire Chenin, Burgundy, Mosel Riesling. Glasses pour from open bottles.
Signature pour: Loire Valley Chenin Blanc
Wine focus: Small-grower natural wines, by the glass and bottle
Food: Eclectic small plates
Vault and Vator is best known for pre-Prohibition cocktails, but the wine and Champagne list is short and well-edited: grower-Champagne flights.
Signature pour: Grower-Champagne flights
Wine focus: Curated wine and Champagne selections
Food: Bar snacks
Topsoil's wine programme matches the farm-to-table menu: biodynamic European wines, the occasional Carolina-orchard local. By the glass or by the bottle.
Signature pour: Local Carolina wines from Pickens orchards
Wine focus: Small-producer wines, biodynamic focus
Food: Farm-to-table tasting menu