Sobre Mesa is a wine bar in Uptown, Oakland.
Sobre Mesa on Franklin in Uptown Oakland is Top Chef Nelson German's Afro-Latin cocktail and wine lounge. Rum, Spanish wine, ceviche, plantain.
Food program: Afro-Latin small plates, ceviche, plantains
Address: 1618 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA 94612
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
Ordinaire is Oakland's natural wine bar on Grand Avenue near Lake Merritt. Bradford Taylor opened it in 2013 with organic minimal-intervention pours.
Signature pour: By-the-glass natural pours from California growers
Wine focus: Natural wine, organic grapes, minimal intervention
Food: Bistro plates, cheese, charcuterie
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.
Signature pour: By-the-glass French and Italian natural pours
Wine focus: Natural wine, low-intervention growers
Food: Seasonal small plates, oysters, raw fish
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
