Snail Bar is a wine bar in Temescal, Oakland.
Snail Bar on Shattuck pairs natural wine with seasonal Bib Gourmand small plates. Walk-in only, six-top maximum and no reservations of any size.
Food program: Seasonal small plates, oysters, raw fish
Address: 4935 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
The Wine Mine on Telegraph in Temescal is a corner wine shop with a sit-down bar. Small-grower bottles, a rotating glass list and a sunny back patio.
Signature pour: Rotating glass list from small producers
Wine focus: Small-grower wines, by-the-glass
Food: Snacks, cheese boards
The Punchdown on Broadway in Uptown Oakland is a natural wine bar plus bottle shop. Twenty-five glasses rotating weekly, attached retail program.
Signature pour: Twenty-five rotating natural by-the-glass pours
Wine focus: Natural wine, biodynamic and organic
Food: Small plates, cheese, charcuterie
Bardo on Lakeshore Avenue near Lake Merritt is a mid-century-inspired lounge. Wine, supper club plates, and a Michelin Guide listing for atmosphere.
Signature pour: Vermouth-led aperitifs and California pours
Wine focus: Mid-century supper club wine list
Food: Supper club plates, classic cocktails
The Wine Mine on Telegraph in Temescal is a corner wine shop with a sit-down bar. Small-grower bottles, a rotating glass list and a sunny back patio.
Signature pour: Rotating glass list from small producers
Wine focus: Small-grower wines, by-the-glass
Food: Snacks, cheese boards
A16 Rockridge takes wine as seriously as Neapolitan pizza. Aperitivo hour pours Campanian and Pugliese bottles by the glass at a College Avenue counter.
Signature pour: Aglianico from Campania by the glass
Wine focus: Southern Italian, Campania and Puglia
Food: Wood-fired pizza, antipasti, pasta
Viridian on Broadway in Uptown Oakland runs a cocktail bar with a strong wine and sake list to match Asian American small plates. The room replaced Plum Bar.
Signature pour: Sake by the glass, sparkling by the bottle
Wine focus: Pan-Asian-friendly cocktails and wine
Food: Asian American small plates
Sobre Mesa on Franklin in Uptown Oakland is Top Chef Nelson German's Afro-Latin cocktail and wine lounge. Rum, Spanish wine, ceviche, plantain.
Signature pour: Spanish and Latin American sparkling and red by the glass
Wine focus: Latin and Caribbean-leaning wine list
Food: Afro-Latin small plates, ceviche, plantains
