High Street Wine Co. is a wine bar in Pearl, San Antonio.
High Street Wine Co. at the Pearl is both shop and bar, pouring Old World and natural growers by the glass; buy a bottle to drink in with the cheese board.
Food program: Cheese, charcuterie, and small plates
Tip: It is a shop and a bar, so buy a bottle to drink in for a small corkage. The cheese board is the food order.
Address: 302 Pearl Pkwy Unit 104, San Antonio, TX 78215
Little Death brought a bawdy, fun-first wine bar to the St Mary's strip, pouring affordable natural and lesser-known wines by the glass alongside oysters.
Signature pour: By-the-glass natural pours at a fair price
Wine focus: Approachable natural and lesser-known wines
Food: Oysters and snacks
Tip: Wine is kept affordable by the glass and bottle. The oysters are the snack to pair; it gets lively late.
Zinc Bistro & Wine Bar sits in a historic downtown building steps from the River Walk, with a cellar of more than 4,000 bottles and a candle-lit courtyard.
Signature pour: Something off the deep international list
Wine focus: Global cellar of over 4,000 bottles
Food: Bistro plates and shared boards
Tip: The courtyard is the seat to want at night. Ask the staff to steer you through the very deep list.
King William Wine Co. in Southtown is a shop and bar in one; browse the retail wall and open whatever catches your eye, a relaxed alternative to a restaurant.
Signature pour: A by-the-glass discovery from the shop wall
Wine focus: Curated bottles with a retail shop
Food: Cheese and small plates
Tip: Browse the retail wall and open whatever catches your eye in the bar. A relaxed Southtown alternative to a full restaurant.
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.
Signature pour: A flight from the tasting machines
Wine focus: Easy-drinking wines plus rare vintages
Food: 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.
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.
