Private Napa & Sonoma Wine Tour with Local Wine Expert
Discover Napa and Sonoma through a completely customized private wine country experience. Every itinerary is designed around your group's wine preferences, budget, and...
The Punchdown is a wine bar in Uptown, Oakland.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Small plates, cheese, charcuterie
Discover Napa and Sonoma through a completely customized private wine country experience. Every itinerary is designed around your group's wine preferences, budget, and...
Stop at the Golden Gate Bridge. Taste local wines and food on this guided group tour to Sonoma and Napa Valleys from San Francisco. Visit 3 unique wineries. Have lunch...
We'll visit some of the most popular eateries and landmarks in the Oakland Chinatown neighborhood - one of the oldest Chinatowns in the United States!
Address: 1737 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
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
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
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