The Best Wine Bars in Tokyo
Tokyo's selection includes 12 wine bars, such as Cellar Door Aoyama, élevé and Virtù, listed by Star Wine List or pouring from a deep wine list in the En Primeur Club guide. Several are in Minato or Shibuya. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.
Entries are arranged in alphabetical order so you can browse or find a particular bar. 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.
Ahiru Store
Tokyo, Japan
A compact natural wine bar in Tomigaya, Ahiru Store draws a loyal crowd of Tokyo wine drinkers who favour low-intervention bottles and small plates over ceremony. The room is deliberately unhurried, the wine list rotates frequently, and the Shibuya-adjacent address puts it within reach of the neighbourhood's broader independent dining scene.
Cellar Door Aoyama
Tokyo, Japan
Cellar Door Aoyama occupies the second floor of Passage Aoyama in Minato City, where Aoyama's appetite for considered drinking finds a focused expression. The bar earned recognition from Star Wine List in 2026, placing it among Tokyo's more credentialed wine-forward venues. For those exploring the neighbourhood's quieter, upper-floor drinking culture, it merits a place on any serious itinerary.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
élevé
Tokyo, Japan
élevé, on a quiet stretch of Mita in Minato City, holds a 2026 Star Wine List award — placing it inside a small cohort of Tokyo addresses where the wine program drives the experience as much as the food. Booking details and hours are not publicly listed, which positions it as a venue best approached through direct inquiry or local knowledge.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Goût de Jaune
Tokyo, Japan
A 13-seat underground wine bar in Akasaka dedicated entirely to the wines of France's Jura region, Goût de Jaune is one of Tokyo's most focused drinking destinations. The basement room operates as both an education and an act of conviction, offering a depth of Jura coverage that no broader wine bar can reasonably match. For those already tracking ouillé versus sous voile aging or hunting down Trousseau producers, this is a serious address.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Île de Colline
Tokyo, Japan
In Nishi-magome, one of Ota City's quieter residential pockets, Île de Colline occupies a spot directly opposite a family-oriented park, trading on neighbourhood calm rather than central-Tokyo footfall. Unlike the technically driven café formats clustered along Shimokitazawa or Nakameguro, this is a place built around stillness and return visits. Regulars come for the atmosphere as much as anything on the menu.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Izakaya Vin
Tokyo, Japan
Its exterior blends into the neighbourhood's bar strip, but the interior operates with a seriousness that separates it from the surrounding foot traffic.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
La Nuit Blanche
Tokyo, Japan
Finding it requires attention; Google Maps navigation reportedly leads visitors astray.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Legrand Filles & Fils
Tokyo, Japan
A Star Wine List-recognised address in Minamiazabu, Legrand Filles & Fils sits within Tokyo's quieter, residential wine bar tier — the kind of room where serious bottles are opened without ceremony. For milestone dinners or occasions that call for wine over cocktails, it occupies a distinct position in a city more commonly associated with whisky and sake.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
no.501
Tokyo, Japan
A street-level shop beside Michelin-starred Florilège in Gaienmae, no.501 is easy to overlook from the outside — which is precisely part of its appeal. The address sits in one of Tokyo's quieter pockets of Shibuya, placing it within reach of serious dining and bar culture without announcing itself to passing traffic.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Serpent
Tokyo, Japan
On the second floor of La La Grande GINZA, Serpent occupies a quieter register than the district's louder cocktail destinations — the kind of address where a milestone occasion sits comfortably alongside serious drinking. Ginza's bar scene rewards patience and local knowledge, and Serpent draws from both traditions.
Virtù
Tokyo, Japan
Perched on the upper floors of the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi, Virtù has accumulated a consistent run of World's 50 Best recognition — including Asia's Best Bars positions in 2023, 2024, and 2025 — alongside the 2024 Michter's Art of Hospitality Award. The bar pairs skyline views across eastern Tokyo with a drinks program that maps Japanese produce onto a French spirits framework, served by a multilingual team with evident warmth.
Also recognized by Tales Spirited Awards, Tatler, Top 500 Bars, World's 50 Best
Winestand Waltz
Tokyo, Japan
A standing wine bar on Ebisu's quieter backstreets, Winestand Waltz occupies a corner of Tokyo's wine-by-the-glass scene that larger, more theatrical venues rarely reach. The format is spare and deliberate: a small floor plate, an evolving glass list, and the kind of low-key authority that defines Ebisu's drinking culture at its most considered. Compared to the polished counter bars of Ginza, this is wine drinking stripped to its essentials.