Tue-Sat 12:00-22:00
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
Mon-Sat 12:00-20:00
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
Daily 17:00-02:00
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
Wed-Sun 16:00-23:00
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
Tue-Sun 17:00-24:00
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
Tue-Sun 17:00-23:00
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