Rappahannock Wine Bar is a wine bar in Shockoe Slip, Richmond.
Rappahannock's bar program on Grace pairs Virginia sparkling and East Coast whites with Olde Salt oysters from the Croxton family farm in Topping.
Food program: Oysters, crab cake, raw bar
Address: 320 E Grace Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Adarra's bar in Oregon Hill (relocated from Jackson Ward in December 2024) pours sherry, txakoli and Iberian reds with pintxos. Randall and Lyne Doetzer build the by-the-glass and food program together.
Signature pour: Txakoli poured from height
Wine focus: Spanish and Basque wines, sherry, txakoli
Food: Pintxos, charcuterie, hearth-grilled snacks
Metzger's bar in Church Hill pours German and Austrian rieslings next to Brittanny Anderson's charcuterie. German beer rotation, Tuesday to Sunday.
Signature pour: Mosel riesling by the glass
Wine focus: German Austrian wines, riesling, gruner
Food: House charcuterie, schnitzel snacks
Lemaire's bar inside the Jefferson Hotel pours an Old World leaning list under a vaulted lobby ceiling, with Virginia sparkling and Bordeaux.
Signature pour: Virginia sparkling and Bordeaux by the glass
Wine focus: Old World, Virginia and California bottles
Food: Bar snacks from the Lemaire kitchen
Bar Solita on West Broad pours Italian and Mediterranean wines next to a wood-fired pizza program. Small plates run into late evening downtown.
Signature pour: By-the-glass Italian natural wines
Wine focus: Italian wines, natural pours, Mediterranean focus
Food: Wood-fired pizza, antipasti, small plates
