The Best Wine Bars in Vienna
Vienna's wine bars are the focus of this list of 8 venues, including Capsule, Champagne Characters and Eulennest Vinothek. They are listed by Star Wine List or pour from deep wine lists in the En Primeur Club guide. Several are in Innere Stadt or Neubau. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.
Browse the entries in alphabetical order to find a bar 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.
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
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
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
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
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