The Best Wine Bars in Austria
Austria's list includes 17 wine bars, such as Bar Belétage, Capsule and Carinthia Weinbar, listed by Star Wine List or pouring from a deep wine list in the En Primeur Club guide. Sources recognizing many of these venues include Falstaff and Star Wine List. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.
Entries are 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.
Bar Belétage
Traunkirchen, Austria
The more relaxed of Lukas Nagl's two restaurants at Hotel Post am See, Belétage trades fine-dining precision for a grounded, ingredient-led approach that still carries the kitchen's reputation for sourcing from the Salzkammergut region. Sitting at the heart of Traunkirchen's lakeside square, it is where the hotel's culinary ambitions meet everyday appetite, without the formality of its sibling operations.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Capsule
Vienna, Austria
At Tiefer Graben 9, Capsule operates as one of Vienna's most focused Champagne bars, a compact room in the first district where the wine list begins and ends with Champagne. The format is deliberate and the address is central enough to make it a natural stop between the Rathaus quarter and the Danube Canal. For those who take grower producers seriously, this is where the conversation starts.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Carinthia Weinbar
Velden am Wörthersee, Austria
For wine-focused visitors, it is one of the more considered stops in Carinthia.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Champagne Characters
Vienna, Austria
The address sits in the middle of Neubau's densest stretch of independent bars and restaurants, making it a natural anchor for an evening that moves through several stops.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Espresso Bar
Vienna, Austria
A converted espresso bar on Burggasse, still wearing its original 1950s signage, now operates as one of Vienna's most characterful natural wine destinations. The retro facade sets the scene for a list that skews toward low-intervention producers, accompanied by music programming that keeps the room from feeling like a museum piece.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Eulennest Vinothek
Vienna, Austria
A Star Wine List-recognised vinothek on Operngasse, Eulennest sits within Vienna's compact but serious wine-bar circuit, where curation depth and list architecture matter more than kitchen ambition. The address places it a short walk from the Staatsoper, positioning it as a natural pre- or post-performance stop for visitors who want Austrian and European bottles chosen with genuine editorial intent.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Glou Glou Wein- und Champagnerbar
Graz, Austria
Tucked inside a courtyard off one of Graz's oldest medieval lanes, Glou Glou Wein- und Champagnerbar is a wine and Champagne bar that earned Star Wine List recognition for 2026. The setting on Sporgasse rewards those who find it: a bar format built around serious stemware and a list that takes Austrian and European wine with equal seriousness.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Haschka Weinbar
Linz, Austria
Haschka Weinbar sits on Klosterstraße in central Linz, earning Star Wine List recognition in 2026 among a small cohort of Austrian wine bars taken seriously at European level. For Linz, that combination is rarer than it sounds.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Hotel Schöne Aussicht
Sölden, Austria
At 2,090 metres above Sölden, Hotel Schöne Aussicht occupies a position that few alpine properties can match: ski-out access, direct glacier sightlines, and a wine programme that goes well beyond the average mountain lodge. For skiers who want altitude without sacrificing the glass in hand, it sits in a distinct tier of Tyrolean highland hospitality.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Le Cru
Vienna, Austria
Le Cru is one of the anchoring venues of Vienna's Champagne bar movement, positioned on Petersplatz in the First District with an intimate counter format and a sensibility that reads as naturally at home in London or Antwerp as it does in the Austrian capital. The bar trades in precise, low-intervention pours and a room that rewards sitting slowly rather than passing through.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Mazerat Wein.Wirt
Kufstein, Austria
Mazerat Wein. Wirt occupies a quietly serious position on Kufstein's Unterer Stadtplatz, where its 2026 Star Wine List recognition places it among Austria's most carefully curated wine bars. The format sits closer to a Viennese Weinlokal tradition than a casual Weinstube, with the wine program doing the editorial work. For visitors treating Kufstein as more than a stopover between Innsbruck and Munich, this is the address that rewards attention.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Momentum Bar à Vins
Ybbs an der Donau, Austria
Momentum Bar à Vins operates as a genuine wine bar in Ybbs an der Donau, with late-night hours that signal atmosphere over sustenance. The list runs lean and deliberate, built around intelligent selection rather than volume. For a Danube town of this size, it occupies a distinct position: a bar that takes wine seriously without dressing the exercise up as something else.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Pub Klemo
Vienna, Austria
A Margaretenstraße wine pub that has earned Star Wine List recognition twice over, in 2022 and 2026, Pub Klemo operates in the quieter, neighbourhood-rooted tier of Vienna's drinking scene. Located in the fifth district, it sits at some distance from the tourist-circuit bars of the first, drawing a local crowd to a format built around serious wine selection rather than spectacle.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
R&Bar
Vienna, Austria
R&Bar on Lindengasse 1 has earned recognition from Star Wine List 2026, placing it among Vienna's wine-serious drinking destinations in the 7th district. The format reads as a bar with genuine cellar depth rather than a wine shop with tables, sitting within a neighbourhood that has gradually become one of the city's more interesting off-centre drinking circuits. Worth knowing for those who treat the glass as the main event.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
TOVINO
Tannheim, Austria
In the Tannheim Valley, TOVINO holds a Star Wine List recognition for 2026, placing it among Austria's more serious drinking destinations outside the major cities. The wine program pulls weight in a village setting where that kind of curation is rare, and the alpine context shapes what ends up in the glass as much as any list editor does.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Wein & Co
Vienna, Austria
Wein & Co on Jasomirgottstraße occupies a central position in Vienna's wine bar conversation, recognised by Star Wine List in 2026 for the depth and curation of its programme. The address places it within easy reach of the Stephansdom quarter, where wine-focused hospitality runs alongside the city's café culture. For visitors oriented toward Austrian and European wine, this is a considered stop.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Weinbar Auenbrugger
Graz, Austria
Weinbar Auenbrugger sits at Südtiroler Platz in Graz's city centre, recognised by Star Wine List 2026 as one of Austria's noteworthy wine bar addresses. It occupies the focused, specialist end of Graz's drinking scene, where the wine list rather than the cocktail menu drives the programme. For visitors building a serious itinerary around Austrian wine culture, it belongs on the shortlist alongside the city's other recognised bars.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List