Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in São Paulo
Seven restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award. Tuju in Pinheiros holds the Best of Award of Excellence, with a list of 910 selections and 3,500 bottles in inventory. Other Award of Excellence restaurants include steakhouse rooms and Kuro, an omakase counter in Jardim Paulista that also pours sake.
Sommelier-led programs include Altruísta Osteria e Enoteca in Jardim Paulista, Fasano in Jardim Paulista, Amadeus in Jardim Paulista and Tangará Jean-Georges in Santo Amaro. Cantaloup in Itaim Bibi draws its list from 13 countries. Vinheria Percussi in Pinheiros is an Italian room built around food and wine pairings and also holds an Award of Excellence. Aruzz in Barra Funda won a World's Best Wine Lists Awards category in 2024. Le Jardin in Vila Bela Vista pairs a sommelier-led list with international cuisine at Rosewood São Paulo.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
A Figueira Rubaiyat
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
A Figueira Rubaiyat on Rua Haddock Lobo sits at the serious end of São Paulo's meat-and-grill tradition, where fire technique and cut selection carry as much weight as the room. With a 3,000-bottle cellar, and Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025, it occupies a defined tier in Jardins dining that rewards visitors who understand what a Brazilian churrasco kitchen can do at full stretch.
Altruísta Osteria e Enoteca
Deep wine list
Altruísta Osteria e Enoteca pairs an Italian osteria menu with a sommelier-led wine program in Jardins, with a conversational pace for lunch or dinner.
Amadeus
Deep wine list
Amadeus holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025), placing it among Cerqueira César's most consistent seafood addresses. At the $$$ price tier, it sits between casual fish counters and the city's starred fine-dining rooms, offering serious product-driven cooking without the formality of a tasting menu. For São Paulo diners who want seafood handled with care, it earns repeated attention.
Aruzz
Deep wine list
Aruzz pairs an enogastronomic format with a sommelier-led, extensive wine list and a 2024 World's Best Wine Lists Awards category win, suiting dinner built around wine.
Barbacoa
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Barbacoa serves Brazilian rodizio steakhouse dining with picanha, rack of lamb and ancho steak, backed by an extensive wine list and Wine Spectator recognition.
Cantaloup
Deep wine list
A consecutive Michelin Plate recipient in 2024 and 2025, Cantaloup sits in Itaim Bibi's international dining tier at a mid-to-upper price point that places it alongside Michelin-recognised peers rather than the neighbourhood's more casual offer. It occupies a position where critical recognition and sustained public approval rarely diverge.
Emiliano
Deep wine list
The kitchen works an international register at a mid-to-upper price point, placing it alongside São Paulo's most competitive all-day dining addresses. Booking ahead is advisable.
Fasano
Deep wine list
Fasano anchors São Paulo's fine-dining establishment in Cerqueira César, where contemporary Italian cooking has drawn the same loyalists for decades. Ranked #33 in South America by Opinionated About Dining (2025) and recognised by Michelin and La Liste, this is a room where the regulars know the rhythm as well as the menu. Dinner service runs nightly from 7 pm, with Sunday lunch the week's most considered sitting.
Fogo de Chão
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
With five elegant locations and Michelin recognition, this premium churrascaria transforms ancient gaucho heritage into contemporary luxury dining.
Kuro
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Kuro transforms São Paulo fine dining through Chef Gerard Barberan's mastery of binchotan charcoal grilling, where just ten guests per sitting witness an exclusive omakase experience featuring pristine seasonal fish and well-known grilled sushi in an intimate counter setting near the Museu de Arte de São Paulo.
La Tambouille
Deep wine list
La Tambouille has held its place on Av. Nove de Julho in São Paulo's Itaim Bibi district long enough to become a reference point in a neighbourhood that rarely stands still. It draws a crowd that returns on rhythm rather than occasion, the kind of clientele that signals institutional reliability rather than trend-chasing. For anyone reading São Paulo's restaurant scene, it belongs in the conversation about what lasting restaurant culture actually looks like.
Le Jardin
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Le Jardin is Rosewood São Paulo’s grand café and lounge in Bela Vista, with indoor and outdoor tables, a patio beneath the trees, and daily 24-hour service.
Nomo
Deep wine list
Nomo has held consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it among the more closely watched contemporary addresses in Sumarezinho. Chef Stefan Borchardt runs a mid-price program that earned, a score that suggests consistency rather than occasion-dining variance. The address on Rua Harmonia puts it inside one of São Paulo's more active neighbourhood dining corridors.
Osso
Deep wine list
A Michelin Plate-recognised address on Rua Bandeira Paulista, Osso sits within Itaim Bibi's dense cluster of serious dining rooms and holds its position as one of São Paulo's more considered meat-focused restaurants. The focus is on cuts and the supporting cast, the sides and sauces that separate a competent grill from a complete meal.
Parigi
Deep wine list
Parigi occupies a quiet stretch of Rua Amauri in Itaim Bibi, one of São Paulo's most concentrated dining corridors. Positioned where European reference points meet Brazilian dining culture, it sits in a neighbourhood that rewards those who look past the obvious names. For visitors working through the city's serious restaurant tier, Parigi is a useful data point in understanding how São Paulo handles French-inflected dining traditions.
Rubaiyat Faria Lima
Deep wine list
Rubaiyat Faria Lima occupies one of São Paulo's most watched dining corridors, where the Jardim Paulistano address signals serious intent in a city that treats steakhouse culture as a civic institution. The restaurant sits within a broader Brazilian dining tradition that has spent the last decade reckoning with provenance, ethical sourcing, and the environmental cost of premium beef, questions Rubaiyat's positioning forces any serious diner to consider.
Taberna 474
Deep wine list
Taberna 474 occupies a Jardim Paulistano address on Rua Maria Carolina that places it squarely within São Paulo's mid-to-upper dining corridor, a neighbourhood where the city's most considered restaurants have long clustered. The taberna format signals something specific: a menu built around sharing, informality, and depth of produce rather than formal progression. For visitors orienting around the city's restaurant scene, it sits in a tier that rewards curiosity over ceremony.
Tangará Jean-Georges
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Set within the Palácio Tangará hotel in Panamby, Tangará Jean-Georges holds consecutive Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) under chef Filipe Rizzato, positioning it among São Paulo's tightest tier of contemporary fine dining. The format draws on Jean-Georges Vongerichten's global contemporary framework while reading clearly Brazilian in its references and produce.
Terraço Itália
Deep wine list
Perched on the 41st floor of Edifício Itália on Avenida Ipiranga, Terraço Itália is one of São Paulo's most recognisable rooftop dining rooms, positioned high above the República district with a panoramic sweep of the city's skyline. The restaurant sits in a category of its own in São Paulo's dining geography: a formal, view-driven address that has drawn generations of paulistanos for special occasions and visiting travellers seeking the city from above.
Tuju
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Tuju holds two Michelin stars and a place at number 70 on the World's 50 Best list (2025), positioning it among a small group of São Paulo restaurants that have turned the city's multicultural density into a coherent creative program. Chef Ivan Ralston Bielawski works from seasonal Brazilian ingredients, and the wine list, 910 selections, 3,500 bottles in inventory, ranks among the strongest in South America by Star Wine List criteria.
Vinheria Percussi
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
At a mid-range price point, it occupies a distinct position between casual neighbourhood trattorias and the city's higher-ticket contemporary Italian rooms.
Zucco
Deep wine list
Zucco occupies a Cerqueira César address on Rua Haddock Lobo, placing it inside one of São Paulo's most concentrated corridors for serious dining. The address alone signals a particular competitive tier, where lunch and dinner services often operate as distinct experiences in mood, format, and what the room expects from you. For visitors mapping the city's restaurant scene, Zucco sits within the conversation.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in São Paulo
- Which restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards?
- Seven restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards. Tuju in Pinheiros holds the Best of Award of Excellence. Awards of Excellence are held by Kuro and A Figueira Rubaiyat in Jardim Paulista, Fogo de Chão in Itaim Bibi, Le Jardin in Vila Bela Vista, and Vinheria Percussi and Barbacoa in Pinheiros. Tuju's list has 910 selections. A Figueira Rubaiyat keeps a 3,000-bottle cellar.
- What kinds of wine lists are on this page?
- The lists on this page include Tuju's 910 selections and 3,500 bottles in Pinheiros, steakhouse cellars such as A Figueira Rubaiyat in Jardim Paulista, and sommelier-led Italian lists at Altruísta Osteria e Enoteca in Jardim Paulista and Fasano in Jardim Paulista. Cantaloup in Itaim Bibi draws from 13 countries. Vinheria Percussi in Pinheiros is built around food and wine pairings.
- Which neighborhoods hold the Wine Spectator awards on this list?
- Pinheiros, Jardim Paulista, Itaim Bibi and Vila Bela Vista hold the Wine Spectator awards on this list. Pinheiros has Tuju, Vinheria Percussi and Barbacoa. Jardim Paulista has Kuro and A Figueira Rubaiyat. Itaim Bibi has Fogo de Chão. Vila Bela Vista has Le Jardin, the grand café at Rosewood São Paulo, with a sommelier-led list.
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