The Best Wine Bars in Berlin
The 23 wine bars on this Berlin list, including der Weinlobbyist, Dr Maury Wine Bar and Freundschaft, are listed by Star Wine List or pour from deep wine lists in the En Primeur Club guide. Several are in Mitte or Kreuzberg, and many receive recognition from Falstaff. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.
The page uses alphabetical order to make entries easy to find by name. 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.
8000 Vintages
Berlin, Germany
A Berlin outpost dedicated entirely to Georgian wine, 8000 Vintages on Großbeerenstraße treats the Caucasus tradition with the seriousness it rarely receives this far west. The format runs from amber qvevri-fermented styles to lighter, modern expressions, positioned as an education in a wine culture that predates most European appellations by millennia.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bar Elisabeth
Berlin, Germany
Bar Elisabeth opened in December 2023 on Sprengelstraße in Wedding, bringing a California-inflected sensibility to Berlin's wine bar circuit. The room pulls guests in for a single glass and tends to hold them considerably longer. For those tracking where Berlin's quieter, more considered drinking culture is taking shape, Wedding is worth the journey north.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bottega Seppel
Berlin, Germany
Bottega Seppel occupies a candlelit address on Wielandstraße in Charlottenburg, positioning itself firmly within Berlin's serious wine-bar tier rather than the cocktail-forward venues that dominate the city's nightlife conversation. Where much of Berlin's bar scene chases technical drink programs and shifting trends, this Charlottenburg address keeps its focus on the glass and the guest — a deliberate, quieter proposition in a neighbourhood that rewards exactly that.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Cantine Sant'Ambroeus
Berlin, Germany
On Hufelandstraße, one of Prenzlauer Berg's most characterful streets, Cantine Sant'Ambroeus brings a Milanese frame of reference to Berlin's neighbourhood dining culture. Named after Sant'Ambrogio, the patron saint of Milan, it operates as a genuine local gathering place rather than a destination restaurant — the kind of spot where the room fills with regulars before tourists find the address.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Cielo
Berlin, Germany
Opened in early 2025 by Ivano Pirolo, former head chef at Kink, Cielo brings a kitchen-serious approach to Friedrichshain's wine bar scene. The room reads as both relaxed and considered, with a drinks programme built to meet food rather than run parallel to it. It sits in a small category of Berlin bars where what you eat shapes what you order next.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Der Kleine August
Berlin, Germany
A small French wine bar beside Clärchens Ballhaus on Auguststraße, Der Kleine August brings a focused, quality-led approach to Mitte's drinking scene. The format is intimate and deliberate: precise pours, warm service, and a room with enough character to make the wine taste better. In a district full of concept-heavy openings, this one earns attention through restraint.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
der Weinlobbyist
Berlin, Germany
Der Weinlobbyist on Kolonnenstraße sits inside Berlin's persistent shortage of serious wine bars — a gap a prominent critic called worse than expected for a city of this gastronomic ambition. The format is specialist and low-key, placing it closer to the intimate European wine-bar tradition than to any cocktail-forward Berlin drinking scene. Booking details and hours are best confirmed directly via the address.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Dr Maury Wine Bar
Berlin, Germany
Opened in summer 2018 on Schönhauser Allee in Prenzlauer Berg, Dr Maury is a casual wine bar where the ritual of drinking well takes precedence over spectacle. Staff who treat wine as a genuine discipline rather than a selling point make the room feel like a neighbourhood regular's discovery. It sits in the quieter, more considered end of Berlin's bar scene.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Edel & Faul
Berlin, Germany
Sitting at the border of Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg, near Weinberg Park, Edel & Faul runs an international drinks program with a distinct character that trades on its neighbourhood position rather than central-Berlin visibility. The name itself — loosely translating to 'noble and lazy' — sets the tone: considered, unhurried, and a little contrary. It belongs to a cluster of Berlin bars that reward the walk rather than the shortcut.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Ernst Cave
Berlin, Germany
Opened in late 2024 on Gerichtstraße in Wedding, Ernst Cave occupies a stripped-back format that Berlin's bar scene rarely attempts: wine, low light, and deliberate quiet. Where most venues compete on programming and spectacle, this one competes on restraint. It arrived as a counter-argument to Berlin's louder drinking culture, and the city's early reception suggests the argument is landing.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Freundschaft
Berlin, Germany
Freundschaft occupies a quiet stretch of Mitte's Mittelstraße, carrying five consecutive Star Wine List recognitions from 2021 through 2026 — a run that places it among Berlin's most consistently recognised wine bar operations. The format rewards those who show up with time to spare and a willingness to follow the list wherever it leads.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List
KaDeWe Champagne Bar
Berlin, Germany
The sixth floor of KaDeWe, Berlin's storied luxury department store on Tauentzienstraße, houses one of the city's most singular spots for champagne. Set among one of Europe's largest gourmet food halls, the Champagne Bar draws a mix of shopping-fatigued West Berlin regulars and visitors with a taste for fizz without formality. Arrive mid-afternoon to avoid the weekend rush.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
L’Apéro Bar
Berlin, Germany
Few bars in Berlin commit as completely to the French apéro ritual as L'Apéro Bar on Wiener Strasse in Kreuzberg. While the city's cocktail scene tends toward technical ambition, this small room takes the opposite position: drinks and small plates calibrated for conversation, not spectacle. It sits in a different register from Berlin's high-concept bar circuit, and that clarity of purpose is precisely what keeps regulars returning.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
La Cantine d'Augusta
Berlin, Germany
A French épicerie and cave à vin tucked into Schöneberg's quieter residential grid, La Cantine d'Augusta operates at the intersection of serious cheese culture and natural wine. Owner Sebastien Gorius has assembled a carefully curated selection of French cheeses alongside a wine offer that positions this as one of Berlin's more focused Franco-centric food shops.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Liesl Weinwirtschaft
Berlin, Germany
A Bavarian-Austrian wine merchant operation transplanted to Neukölln, Liesl Weinwirtschaft doubles as both retail shop and intimate bar at Nogatstraße 30. Behind the counter are Wolfgang Baumeister and Egon J. Berger, two merchants whose regional origins shape the selection. The result is one of Berlin's more deliberate wine-drinking rooms: unpretentious in format, considered in its pours.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Mauerwinzer
Berlin, Germany
A Star Wine List 2026 recipient in Prenzlauer Berg, Mauerwinzer has established itself as one of Berlin's more considered wine addresses. The wine program draws on European tradition while anchoring itself firmly in the city's increasingly serious wine-bar scene. Located on Wolliner Strasse, it rewards visitors who want depth and intention in the glass rather than spectacle.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Monu
Berlin, Germany
A hand-built neighbourhood bar on Monumentenstraße in Schöneberg, Monu earns its reputation through a tightly curated natural wine list assembled by founders Ine Haesaert and Vivian Kuper. The atmosphere is warm and lived-in, the bottles are chosen with quiet exacting care, and the bar sits firmly within Berlin's growing cohort of wine-led drinking rooms that prioritise provenance over performance.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Muret La Barba
Berlin, Germany
A longstanding address on Rosenthaler Strasse in Berlin-Mitte, Muret La Barba draws on the Italian enoteca tradition to anchor celebrations, slow evenings, and milestone meals. Its reputation rests on wine depth and a room that rewards unhurried company. For Berlin residents and visitors who know where to look, it occupies a specific and dependable place in the city's Italian dining scene.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Noble Rot Weinbar
Berlin, Germany
Noble Rot Weinbar occupies a Friedrichshain address near Boxhagener Platz, positioning itself as a serious wine-led counter in a Berlin bar scene more often associated with cocktail programs and late-night volume. Open seven days a week — a rarity at this calibre — it draws a neighbourhood crowd that overlaps with the Saturday market regulars and a city-wide wine audience looking for something more deliberate than the average Weinbar.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Nomi Weinbar
Berlin, Germany
Nomi Weinbar on Audre-Lorde-Straße in Kreuzberg has earned Star Wine List recognition twice — in 2023 and 2026 — placing it among a small cohort of Berlin wine bars where the list is the main event. The format is intimate and wine-forward, pitched at drinkers who treat the glass as seriously as the kitchen.
Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List
Planet Wein
Berlin, Germany
Planet Wein occupies a discreet entrance on Charlottenstraße, tucked into the side of the Hilton Hotel in central Berlin. Co-founded by Anja Schröder, it has built a reputation as one of the city's most serious independent wine retail and tasting destinations, operating on a scale and depth of selection that places it well outside the standard hotel-adjacent wine shop category.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Strandbad Mitte
Berlin, Germany
Strandbad Mitte sits on Kleine Hamburger Strasse in Scheunenviertel, operating as a compact hub where several of Berlin's better bars and restaurants share a courtyard-anchored address. The name translates loosely as 'Middle Beach,' a playful misdirect in one of the city's most architecturally layered neighbourhoods. For an evening that moves between drinks and food without crossing postcodes, this address delivers.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Viniculture
Berlin, Germany
Viniculture on Grolmanstraße has spent years building one of Berlin's most serious low-intervention wine programs, establishing itself as a reference point for natural and minimal-sulphite bottles in the city. Founded on a vision of making grower wines accessible across Germany, it occupies a position in Charlottenburg that places it apart from the bar-led drinking culture found elsewhere in Berlin.
Also recognized by Star Wine List