Copa Wine Bar & Tasting Room is the best wine option in the Stone Oak suburbs, where self-serve tasting machines let you build a flight across rare vintages.
Food program: Tapas and shared plates
Tip: The self-serve tasting machines let you build your own flight. The best wine bar option in the Stone Oak suburbs.
Address: 19141 Stone Oak Pkwy Ste 704, San Antonio, TX 78258
Postino brought its Arizona-born wine-cafe model to Broadway, with an accessible by-the-glass list and bruschetta boards in a converted industrial space.
Signature pour: A glass with the famous bruschetta board
Wine focus: Accessible wines by the glass
Food: Bruschetta boards and shared plates
Tip: The bruschetta board and a glass of wine is the deal, especially on the early-evening happy hour.
Anne's Wine Bar is an intimate downtown room east of the core, pouring a boutique-leaning list with cheese and charcuterie, part of the city's recent wine wave.
Signature pour: A boutique glass off the staff's recommendation
Wine focus: Boutique wines in a downtown room
Food: Cheese and charcuterie
Tip: Small and personal; lean on the staff to pour you something new. Cheese and charcuterie are the food to order.
Vino Grotta opened in the far Northwest near Cross Mountain to give that part of the city a proper wine bar, with a broad list and small plates; book on Resy.
Signature pour: A glass from the rotating list
Wine focus: Northwest-side wine bar with a broad list
Food: Small plates and cheese
Tip: A genuine wine bar in a part of town that lacked one. Book a table on Resy for a weekend evening.
Bar Loretta in King William is a restaurant and bar in one where wine pairs with modern Texas plates; the happy hour is the value entry, with bottles to go.
Signature pour: A glass to pair with the Texas-inspired plates
Wine focus: Choice wines with proper cocktails
Food: Modern Texas cuisine
Tip: It is a restaurant and bar in one; the happy hour is the value entry. The adjoining market sells bottles to go.
Stella Public House in the Blue Star complex pairs a curated international wine list and 20 rotating taps with Neapolitan pizza, a relaxed Southtown room.
Signature pour: A glass to drink with the wood-fired pizza
Wine focus: Internationally curated by-the-glass list
Food: Neapolitan pizza and Italian plates
Tip: The wood-fired pizza and a glass off the international list is the move. The patio overlooks the Blue Star complex.
Sternewirth, the bar inside Hotel Emma at the Pearl, pours wine and cocktails beneath the old brewery's restored cast-iron tanks in a striking room.
Signature pour: A glass under the brewhouse tanks
Wine focus: Wine and cocktails in a historic brewhouse
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Go for the room as much as the wine; the converted brewhouse is spectacular. Snacks come from the Emma kitchen.
