Where to drink well in Los Angeles by the glass and the bottle: natural, classical, and worth the cab fare.
Wine bars in Los Angeles. natural, classical, and the grower-focused rooms worth the cab fare.
Bar Bandini in Echo Park, Los Angeles is a 30-seat natural wine room with a tight list of California and European growers, snacks and a small patio.
Signature pour: Frank Cornelissen Etna Rosso, by the glass
Wine focus: Natural wines from California and Europe
Food: Snacks, anchovy toast, tinned fish
Tabula Rasa Bar in East Hollywood, Los Angeles is one of the city's earliest natural wine bars, pouring French and German growers from a back-room counter.
Signature pour: Marcel Lapierre Morgon, by the glass
Wine focus: Natural French and German wines
Food: Tinned fish, charcuterie boards
Coly Den Haan's Vinovore in Silver Lake, Los Angeles is a retail wine shop and bar focused on wines from women winemakers, with rotating tastings on weekends.
Signature pour: Champagne Marie-Courtin, by the glass
Wine focus: Wines from women winemakers
Food: Charcuterie, cheese boards
Domaine LA on Melrose, Los Angeles is a retail bottle shop with a tasting counter, pouring Thursday flights of Beaujolais and Loire. Closed Sundays.
Signature pour: Beaujolais by the glass on Thursdays
Wine focus: Boutique French and California growers
Food: Bottles to go, no kitchen
Lou Amdur's Lou Wine Shop in East Hollywood, Los Angeles has anchored the local natural wine community since the 2000s, with panini and a tight glass list.
Signature pour: Rotating glass list of eight, all $12-18
Wine focus: California, Italy, Loire
Food: Charcuterie, panini, no kitchen
Bar Covell in Los Feliz, Los Angeles pours an old-world list and a deep sherry programme until 02:00. The neighbourhood's reliable late wine seat.
Signature pour: Sherry flight by the half-glass
Wine focus: Old world, Champagne, sherry
Food: Small plates, cheese, charcuterie
Psychic Wines in Silver Lake, Los Angeles pours California and Australian natural wines from a small bar on Bellevue Avenue near the Echo Park line. Walk-in, no kitchen.
Signature pour: California pet-nat
Wine focus: California and Australian natural
Food: Snacks, tinned fish, no kitchen
Augustine Wine Bar in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles holds one of the deepest Burgundy lists in California and offers verticals by the glass. Open since 2014.
Signature pour: Burgundy vertical glass flight
Wine focus: Rare verticals, Burgundy
Food: Small plates, charcuterie
Peak food season in Los Angeles is year-round.
Local dining hours: lunch around 12:30, dinner from 19:30.
service is typically included; small extra is welcome but not expected.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Los Angeles rewards trust.