The Best Wine Bars in Sydney

For a look at wine bars in Sydney, explore these 12 venues, including Bar Copains, Bibo and Dear Sainte Éloise. They are listed by Star Wine List or pour from deep wine lists 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.

Use the alphabetical order to browse entries 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.

Aalia Wine Room
Sydney, Australia
Aalia Wine Room brings Middle Eastern and North African-inspired drinking culture to Sydney, operating as the kind of neighbourhood fixture where the wine list and the atmosphere do equal work. The format sits closer to a serious wine bar than a restaurant adjunct, with a culinary identity that places it outside the city's more conventional wine room formats.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Wine Library
Sydney, Australia
The format prioritises depth of selection over volume, drawing a clientele that arrives with a specific bottle in mind or leaves having discovered one they hadn't considered before.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Where’s Nick
Sydney, Australia
A Marrickville wine bar that has earned Star Wine List recognition in both 2021 and 2026, Where's Nick operates on the quieter, more deliberate end of Sydney's inner-west drinking scene. The address on Marrickville Road places it inside one of Sydney's most food-serious neighbourhoods, where the ritual of a well-chosen glass matters as much as the food on the plate.
Also recognized by Star Wine List

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