Where to drink well in Santa Fe by the glass and the bottle: natural, classical, and worth the cab fare.
Wine bars in Santa Fe. natural, classical, and the grower-focused rooms worth the cab fare.
The Arroyo Vino wine shop houses 600 bottles next to the restaurant; the on-list corkage is bottle price plus $20, the kitchen plates while you sip retail.
Signature pour: By-the-glass natural Burgundy
Wine focus: Old World and natural, 600 bottles available retail
Food: Snacks and full-menu access from the attached restaurant
James Campbell Caruso opened La Boca in 2006; modern Spanish tapas, an all-Spanish wine list and deep sherries served Wed through Sun on Marcy.
Signature pour: Manzanilla sherry by the glass
Wine focus: All-Spanish list with deep sherry selection
Food: Spanish tapas, charcuterie, gambas al ajillo
VARA Vinoteca is the Santa Fe branch of the Albuquerque winery; wines from California, Spain and New Mexico, plus vermouth and chicken croquetas.
Signature pour: Laurent Gruet sparkling wine
Wine focus: Spanish, New Mexican, and California, plus vermouth and aperitifs
Food: Spanish-style tapas, croquetas
Radish & Rye sits closer to bourbon-bar than wine-bar (175 American browns) but pours bottle wine alongside Calabrian-chile steak tartare and bone-marrow.
Signature pour: Bourbon flight: Pappy, Weller, Willett
Wine focus: American brown spirits with rotating bottle wine
Food: Farm-inspired Southern plates
Susan's has sold Santa Fe over 1,000 wines, 400 craft beers and top-shelf spirits since 2005; the back bar serves cocktails next to the cellar shelves.
Signature pour: Weekly featured pour from the cellar
Wine focus: 1,000-bottle retail with a small craft-cocktail bar
Food: Bar bites