The Best Wine Bars in Australia

For wine bars in Australia, explore 60 venues, such as Bar Copains, Bar Liberty and Bar Rochford, listed by Star Wine List or pouring from a deep wine list in the En Primeur Club guide. Many have recognition from Star Wine List. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.

The page presents entries in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.

How this list is chosen: Every bar here is listed by Star Wine List or pours from a deep wine list. En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

Apoteca
Adelaide, Australia
On Hindley Street's western fringe, Apoteca is Adelaide's most committed absinthe bar, drawing on the ritual and romance of a pre-Prohibition drinking culture that most Australian cities have forgotten. The cocktail list leans into botanical spirits, anise-forward builds, and an atmosphere that rewards slow evenings over fast rounds. It is the kind of bar that changes how you think about a neighbourhood.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bar Copains
Sydney, Australia
Bar Copains on Albion Street in Surry Hills is a collaboration between Morgan McGlone, Nathan Sasi, and Sali Sasi — three industry veterans whose shared history gives the bar its name and its character. The French word for friends shapes everything from the welcoming floor pace to a drinks program that rewards return visits. It sits in Sydney's most bar-dense inner-south corridor, competing on craft rather than concept.
Also recognized by Australian Bar Awards, Star Wine List
Bar Liberty
Melbourne, Australia
Bar Liberty on Johnston Street is one of Fitzroy's defining wine-and-food addresses, the kind of place that earns genuine loyalty from those who've moved away from Melbourne and still think about it. The list leans natural and producer-driven, the food matches that register, and the room carries the particular ease of a bar that doesn't need to announce itself.
Also recognized by Australian Bar Awards, Star Wine List
Bar Lune
Adelaide, Australia
Bar Lune brings a considered wine bar format to Beulah Park's quieter stretch of The Parade, sitting at a remove from Adelaide's CBD drinking circuit without sacrificing the curation that defines the city's better lists. The bar trades in contemporary wine with a program shaped around discovery rather than familiarity, making it a useful reference point for the suburban shift in Adelaide's bar culture.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bar Merenda
Daylesford, Australia
Bar Merenda occupies a quiet address on Vincent Street in Daylesford, Victoria's spa-country hub, where its 2026 Star Wine List recognition places it in a small peer group of regional Australian bars taken seriously for their beverage programs. The format skews intimate rather than high-volume, positioning it as the kind of stop that rewards visitors who come specifically for what's in the glass.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bar Olo
Melbourne, Australia
Bar Olo occupies a warm, dimly lit corner of Carlton's Nicholson Street as the younger counterpart to the neighbourhood institution Scopri. Modelled on the old-school Italian enoteca tradition but filtered through a contemporary Melbourne sensibility, it draws a crowd that wants good wine, considered pours, and a room that feels lived-in rather than designed. Think low lighting, bottles within reach, and a pace that doesn't rush you.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bar Rochford
Canberra, Australia
Bar Rochford occupies the first floor of a heritage-listed building on London Circuit, where Art Deco arches frame a drinks program that takes both wine and cocktails seriously. Named to Tatler Asia-Pacific's Best Bars list for 2025 and recognised by Star Wine List, it represents the more considered end of Canberra's drinking scene, sitting closer in ambition to Australia's leading cocktail bars than anything the capital has historically produced.
Also recognized by Australian Bar Awards, Star Wine List, Tatler
Bar Rogue
Perth, Australia
Bar Rogue sits on Beaufort Street in Highgate, one of Perth's most concentrated strips for serious drinking, and holds a Star Wine List award for 2026. The bar occupies a compact upstairs address that rewards visitors who treat wine as inseparable from the food beside it. It belongs to a small cohort of Perth bars where the drinks programme and the kitchen operate as a single, considered proposition.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bar Torino
Adelaide, Australia
On Hutt Street, just south of Adelaide's city grid, Bar Torino occupies a stretch of colonial-era stone buildings that gives the block a distinctly European register. The bar runs a laidback but considered atmosphere that places it closer to a Roman aperitivo bar than an Australian pub. It sits in good company on a street lined with independent eateries and neighbourhood wine rooms.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bar Vino
Perth, Australia
Bar Vino in Mount Lawley operates as a café through the day before shifting into a wine bar after dark, with Italian food and wine at the centre of both modes. The list leans toward Italy with a selection broad enough to reward exploration. It sits among Perth's more characterful neighbourhood drinking spots, a few kilometres north of the CBD on Central Avenue.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bellota Wine Bar
Melbourne, Australia
A sibling to Prince Wine Store, one of Melbourne's most established wine retail operations, Bellota Wine Bar on Bank Street in South Melbourne has built its reputation around a distinctive corkage arrangement that lets drinkers pull from the shop's deep inventory. The result is a wine-bar format that sits closer to a serious retail-driven drinking room than a conventional on-premise list.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bert’s Bar & Brasserie
Newport, Australia
Bert's Bar & Brasserie occupies a corner position on Kalinya Street in Newport, one of Sydney's Northern Beaches suburbs with a well-established reputation for waterside dining. A 2026 Star Wine List recognition signals a drinks programme that punches above the typical brasserie tier, making it a reference point for food-and-wine pairing on the Northern Beaches circuit.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bibo
Sydney, Australia
Bibo occupies a dark, atmospheric room on Bay Street in Double Bay, pairing Portuguese-inspired cooking with a wine list that moves deliberately across varieties and regions. It operates as both restaurant and wine bar, making it one of the more considered hybrid formats in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The room's mood and the breadth of the cellar give it a character distinct from the neighbourhood's more casual offerings.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Cardwell Cellars
Melbourne, Australia
Cardwell Cellars on Victoria Street in Abbotsford holds a 2026 Star Wine List award, positioning it among Melbourne's more serious wine-focused drinking destinations. The address sits in a neighbourhood that has steadily accumulated independent hospitality over the past decade, making it a natural stop for those tracking the city's bar and cellar-door scene beyond the CBD.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Cathedral Coffee
Melbourne, Australia
Cathedral Coffee sits inside a heritage arcade on Swanston Street, where the combination of filter coffee and serious wine makes it one of Melbourne's more quietly subversive daytime destinations. The format — coffee bar with a considered bottle list — challenges the assumption that drinking well before dinner requires a dedicated wine bar. It is understated almost to a fault, and that is precisely the point.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Cherubino City Cellar
Perth, Australia
Cherubino City Cellar, on Rokeby Road in Subiaco, holds a 2026 Star Wine List award and sits within Perth's growing constellation of serious wine-focused venues. The address places it at the western edge of the city's inner suburbs, where an increasingly engaged drinking culture has taken root over the past decade. For visitors tracking quality wine programming across Australia, it belongs on the itinerary.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
City Wine Shop
Melbourne, Australia
It draws a crowd of regulars who return for the bottle list rather than the occasion, and holds a particular position in the city's wine culture as a place where serious selections sit alongside genuinely relaxed service.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Clever Little Tailor
Adelaide, Australia
On Peel Street, one of Adelaide's most active bar corridors, Clever Little Tailor holds its own by doing less with more: warm timber fittings, natural stone walls, and a considered drinks program that rewards those who slow down. It sits closer in spirit to the craft-focused bars of Melbourne and Sydney than to the high-volume venues surrounding it on the same block.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Clover
Melbourne, Australia
A Richmond wine bar with a reputation built on an exceptionally curated list of artisan and lesser-known producers, Clover at 193 Swan Street draws a crowd that takes its wine seriously without taking itself too seriously. The atmosphere is easy, the hospitality genuine, and the selection covers ground most wine bars in Melbourne don't bother with.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Cru Bar & Cellar
Brisbane, Australia
Cru Bar & Cellar on James Street in Fortitude Valley holds a Star Wine List award for 2026, placing it among a small tier of Australian bars recognised specifically for wine program depth. The address puts it at the centre of Brisbane's most concentrated hospitality precinct, making it a natural reference point for serious wine drinking in the city.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Dear Sainte Éloise
Sydney, Australia
A Potts Point wine bar with consecutive Star Wine List recognition in 2021 and 2026, Dear Sainte Éloise sits in the neighbourhood's quieter, more considered drinking tier. The Orwell Street address places it away from the Kings Cross corridor, drawing a crowd that comes specifically for the list rather than the foot traffic. It operates as a reference point for serious wine drinking on the inner-city eastern fringe.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
East End Cellars
Adelaide, Australia
East End Cellars on Vardon Avenue operates as Adelaide's most practical bridge between retail wine and restaurant dining. The long-standing East End institution lets you pay retail price plus a modest corkage to drink on-site, making it a natural gathering point before dinner in the surrounding precinct. Think neighbourhood wine bar with a merchant's depth of selection rather than a conventional drinks list.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Enoteca Boccaccio
Melbourne, Australia
Enoteca Boccaccio is a first-floor wine-focused dining room on Burke Road in Balwyn, recognised by Star Wine List in 2024, 2025, and 2026 — three consecutive years of acknowledgment that places it among Melbourne's most consistently noted wine destinations outside the inner city. The room rewards those who treat the list as seriously as the kitchen.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Famelia
Sydney, Australia
Famelia has become a reference point on Newtown's Enmore Road strip, operating in the neighbourhood wine bar mode that Sydney's inner-west does particularly well: atmospheric, genuinely welcoming, and serious about what goes in the glass. The drinks program draws consistent praise, and the food matches it in ambition. For the area's locals and those making the trip across town, it earns its reputation without needing to shout about it.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Firepop
Sydney, Australia
A Star Wine List-recognised bar on Enmore Road, Firepop sits in one of Sydney's most concentrated stretches of independent hospitality. The wine program has earned formal recognition for 2026, placing it in a small cohort of Inner West venues that compete on list depth rather than volume. Worth knowing before your first visit.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Good Gilbert
Adelaide, Australia
A chic neighbourhood bar on Goodwood Road, Good Gilbert sits beside the heritage Capri Theatre and has built a reputation on breadth and accessibility — a drinks list designed to have something for every visitor, in a room that balances polish with ease. It occupies a distinct position in Adelaide's inner-south bar scene, where neighbourhood character matters as much as what's in the glass.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Hellbound Wine Bar
Adelaide, Australia
Hellbound Wine Bar occupies a converted space on Hawker Street in Bowden, born from a partnership between a senior sommelier-winemaker and a wine and spirits distributor. The list skews towards smaller producers and natural-leaning labels, with a bar food programme built to work with glass pours rather than compete with them. Adelaide's inner-north drinking scene has a new anchor.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Henry G's
Sydney, Australia
A Star Wine List-recognised venue on Manly's main pedestrian strip, Henry G's sits at the intersection of Sydney's northern beaches drinking culture and a serious approach to wine. The Corso address puts it within easy reach of the ferry wharf, making it a natural stop for those arriving from Circular Quay. Recognition from Star Wine List in 2026 signals a program that goes well beyond the beachside casual.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Jennie Wine Bar
Adelaide, Australia
On Peel Street, one of Adelaide's most concentrated blocks for independent drinking, Jennie Wine Bar holds a Star Wine List award for 2026 and positions itself within the city's growing cohort of serious, small-format wine spaces. The focus is on the glass rather than the spectacle, placing it alongside Adelaide's emerging bar culture without competing on the same terms.
Also recognized by Australian Bar Awards, Star Wine List
Kipling's Garage Bar
Sydney, Australia
A former mechanic's garage in Turramurra has become the upper North Shore's most credible drinking address, delivering CBD-calibre bar craft against a backdrop of leafy suburban calm. Kipling's Garage Bar represents a genuine shift in where serious cocktail culture operates in Sydney, pulling the conversation well north of the harbour.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Kirk's Wine Bar
Melbourne, Australia
Kirk's Wine Bar on Hardware Lane sits inside Melbourne's European pavement café tradition with the ease of somewhere that's never tried too hard. The wine pours freely, the food lands exactly when you need it, and the corner position on one of the CBD's most animated pedestrian laneways makes it easy to lose an afternoon without noticing.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
La Buvette Drinkery
Adelaide, Australia
A French wine and aperitif bar tucked into a Gresham Street laneway in Adelaide's CBD, La Buvette Drinkery channels Alsatian drinking culture through a curated list of French wines, aperitifs, and specialty food. Co-owner Dominique Lentz brings genuine regional authority to a format that sits apart from Adelaide's broader cocktail bar scene — closer to a Strasbourg cave à vins than anything else in the city.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
La Lune Wine Co
Brisbane, Australia
La Lune Wine Co on Melbourne Street has earned Star Wine List recognition for 2026, placing it among Brisbane's more seriously curated drinking addresses. Located in South Brisbane, the wine bar occupies a tier where list depth and atmosphere do more of the work than spectacle or scale. It's a reference point for the city's growing natural and small-producer wine scene.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Lady Lola
Dunsborough, Australia
Lady Lola has drawn a steady crowd to Dunsborough's main strip since opening three years ago, earning a loyal following among both locals and the summer influx from Perth. The bar's cocktail programme sits at the centre of its appeal, offering something more considered than the region's typical beach-town pour. At roughly three hours south of Perth, it occupies a useful gap in the Margaret River region's drinks scene.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Le Splendide
Melbourne, Australia
Le Splendide occupies the quieter, more considered end of South Yarra's French dining scene — a deliberate counterpoint to the full-throttle Parisian bistro energy of its sibling France-Soir. The mood is intimate rather than theatrical, and the wine list is the thing to come for. Located at 9 Toorak Road, it rewards those who arrive with curiosity rather than a checklist.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Leigh Street Wine Room
Adelaide, Australia
On one of Adelaide's most concentrated dining streets, Leigh Street Wine Room earns its Star Wine List recognition (2026) as a serious address for wine-led hospitality. The format centres the bottle rather than the kitchen, drawing a crowd that comes to drink deliberately and eat accordingly. It sits comfortably within the cluster of bars and wine rooms that have made the West End's laneways a destination in their own right.
Also recognized by Australian Bar Awards, Star Wine List
Lilac Wine
Melbourne, Australia
A Cremorne wine bar built around small producers who farm their own land, Lilac Wine at 31 Stephenson Street occupies a corner of Melbourne's drinking scene where viticulture philosophy drives the list rather than label recognition. The focus is on growers who treat the vineyard as the primary tool, which places it in a different conversation from the city's broader natural-wine bar circuit.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Love Tilly Devine
Sydney, Australia
Love Tilly Devine is a wine bar on Crown Lane in Darlinghurst that has built a reputation as one of Sydney's most reliable neighbourhood wine destinations, recognised by Star Wine List in 2026. The format is low-key and deliberately so: a tight list, a laneway address, and a crowd that returns out of habit rather than occasion.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Madalena's Bar
Perth, Australia
In South Fremantle's sun-bleached streetscape, Madalena's Bar sits at the intersection of neighbourhood wine bar and seafood kitchen, with a program built around local fishmongers rather than imported prestige. The format suits the coastal rhythm of the suburb: unhurried, produce-led, and grounded in the Western Australian coastline that supplies it. A useful address for those who want the region on a plate.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Melbourne Supper Club
Melbourne, Australia
A late-night institution on Spring Street, Melbourne Supper Club occupies a first-floor room where the wine list runs deep, the hours run long, and the crowd runs from theatre-goers to bar industry professionals.
Also recognized by World's 50 Best
Mother Vine
Adelaide, Australia
Recognised by Star Wine List in both 2024 and 2026, Mother Vine occupies a corner of Adelaide's East End bar precinct on Vardon Avenue that has become one of the city's more serious wine-focused drinking addresses. The dual award signals a wine program with enough depth and consistency to attract sustained critical attention, placing it in a distinct tier among Adelaide's bar options.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Napier Quarter
Melbourne, Australia
Napier Quarter occupies a worn-edged corner of Fitzroy that has long rewarded unhurried afternoons. The wine list skews natural and low-intervention, the food arrives without ceremony, and the room feels like it has been there long enough to stop trying. For Melbourne's inner-north crowd, it functions less as a destination than as a reliable gravitational pull.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Nearly a bar
Adelaide, Australia
On Hindley Street in Adelaide's West End, Nearly a bar occupies a specific niche in the city's wine bar scene: professional enough to take seriously, relaxed enough that you actually want to stay. It draws a crowd that knows its wine but isn't interested in ceremony, positioning it alongside peers like Bar Lune and Apoteca as part of a generation of venues redefining how Adelaide drinks.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Neighbourhood Wine
Melbourne, Australia
A wine bar on a quiet Fitzroy North corner, Neighbourhood Wine has operated since 2013 with a cellar of around 1,200 bottles and roughly 20 wines available by the glass at any given time. The format rewards browsers: the selection leans toward smaller producers, and the room above Reid Street has the feel of a neighbourhood institution that earns its name.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Nieuw Ruin
Perth, Australia
A neighbourhood bar and eatery operating from a building that has stood for nearly 150 years in the heart of Fremantle, Nieuw Ruin has built a quiet but committed local following since opening. Its verandah-wrapped heritage facade places it firmly within the older, character-rich end of Fremantle's drinking scene, offering a counterpoint to the port city's newer bar openings.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Pastel Wine Bar
Adelaide, Australia
Opened in 2022 on North Adelaide's O'Connell Street, Pastel Wine Bar has settled into the neighbourhood as a space where considered wine choices sit alongside a room that earns its warm, retro-modern aesthetic rather than performing it. The nutmeg-toned timber interior sets a sensory register that few comparable Adelaide bars match — unhurried, stylish, and genuinely soulful.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Pep's
Perth, Australia
A neighbourhood wine bar on Stirling Highway in Peppermint Grove, Pep's keeps its list succinct and its atmosphere unhurried. The focus is on a carefully chosen premium wine selection served without ceremony in one of Perth's quietest affluent pockets. It fits the model of the local bottle-shop-meets-bar that Perth's inner suburbs have quietly developed over the past decade.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Petition Wine Merchant
Perth, Australia
Petition Wine Merchant occupies a corner of the State Buildings on St Georges Terrace, where heritage sandstone and a deep cellar list create one of Perth's more considered wine-bar settings. The collection spans both the seasoned drinker and the genuinely curious, with Margaret River and broader Western Australian producers sitting alongside international references. It operates as a credible anchor point in Perth's growing wine-bar circuit.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Public
Melbourne, Australia
Public in Fitzroy North sits at the intersection of the wine trade and neighbourhood hospitality, opened by a former City Wine Shop veteran turned distributor. The room operates as a place to drink well in convivial company rather than perform for a crowd. For those who want producer-level knowledge without the formality, it occupies a distinct tier in Melbourne's bar scene.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Ragazzi
Sydney, Australia
Ragazzi sits in Sydney's CBD at Angel Place, operating within a growing cohort of Australian Italian restaurants that treat the wine list as seriously as the kitchen. A 2026 Star Wine List award places it among the city's most carefully considered wine programs. For the CBD lunch crowd and after-work crowd alike, it functions as a reliable reference point for how Italian-leaning hospitality has matured in Sydney.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne occupies a commanding position within Crown Casino on Southbank, where a serious wine program — recognised by Star Wine List in 2026 — anchors a room designed for the kind of extended, occasion-led dining that Melbourne does particularly well. The setting combines the scale of a grand steakhouse with the precision of a wine-forward dining room, placing it firmly in the city's upper tier of special-occasion destinations.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth
Perth, Australia
Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth sits inside Crown Perth's Burswood complex, operating at the premium end of the city's steakhouse and bar scene. The wine program has earned Star Wine List recognition for 2026, placing it alongside a short peer group of seriously credentialed dining rooms in Western Australia. It is a reliable address for high-format dining when the occasion demands it.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Settlers Tavern
Margaret River, Australia
Settlers Tavern has held Star Wine List recognition every year from 2021 through 2026, making it particularly consistently recognised drinks venue in Margaret River. Set on Bussell Highway in the heart of town, it functions as a genuine local anchor in one of Australia's premier wine regions, where the bar list does serious work alongside the cellar door scene.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Sonny
Hobart, Australia
An 18-seat hole-in-the-wall on Elizabeth Street that has become one of Hobart's most-discussed small bar destinations. Since 2019, chef and owner Matt Breen and manager Al Robertson have built a programme that pairs considered bar food with an equally considered drinks list — all within a format that rewards early planning and punishes indecision at the door.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Sonny’s
Perth, Australia
Sonny's on Hobart Street is the kind of neighbourhood wine bar Mount Hawthorn has quietly needed. Owned by Jessica Blyth, it trades on a relaxed but professionally run atmosphere, with a wine list that shifts with the seasons and a tone that sits closer to a well-travelled friend's living room than a formal cellar door. Perth's inner-north drinking scene has a strong anchor here.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Stanley Bridge Tavern
Adelaide Hills, Australia
Stanley Bridge Tavern on Onkaparinga Valley Road in Verdun sits at the quieter, more grounded end of Adelaide Hills hospitality: a community pub where chicken schnitzels, burgers, and pints of locally brewed beer define the offer. It represents the working model of the Australian country tavern, unchanged in its essential purpose while surrounded by one of Australia's most prominent cool-climate wine regions.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Steves Bar & Cafe
Perth, Australia
Steves Bar & Cafe sits on The Avenue in Nedlands, one of Perth's quieter riverside suburbs, and carries a 2026 Star Wine List award that places it in a specific tier of wine-serious Perth venues. The recognition signals a curated list with genuine depth, positioning Steves alongside the city's more considered bar and cafe operations rather than its high-volume dining rooms.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Stone House Wine Bar & Kitchen
Darwin, Australia
Opened in 2016 by Rebecca Bullen, a veteran of Melbourne's Cohen Cellars, Stone House brought Darwin its first dedicated wine bar on Cavenagh Street. The room runs cosy and relaxed, a deliberate counterpoint to the territory's beer-heavy drinking culture. It remains the reference point for wine-led hospitality in the Top End.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Stonefruit
Tenterfield, Australia
A restaurant and wine bar on Rouse Street in Tenterfield, Stonefruit holds a White Star recognition from Star Wine List, published in March 2024. In a town better known for its New England Tableland grazing heritage than its drinks culture, that credential places it in a distinct tier for regional Australian wine programming. It is the kind of address that rewards visitors who seek serious wine alongside their food.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Wines of While
Perth, Australia
Perth's most established natural wine bar, Wines of While operates from the top end of William Street in Northbridge, drawing a crowd that takes its pours seriously. The list skews toward low-intervention producers, the room stays deliberately low-key, and the bar has held its position at the front of Perth's natural wine scene for years. Booking ahead is advisable.
Also recognized by Australian Bar Awards, Star Wine List

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