Bar Guide 2025: The Best Wine Locations in Austria
Coburg's wine book is rightly an urban legend: Thousands and thousands of bottles are stored in six historic wine cellars. From classic Veltliner to the best champagnes and rare Bordeaux, everything that makes the vinophile's heart beat faster is in stock.
For years, it has been at the top when it comes to wine, and the food is in the same league. Head chef Michael Gubik stands for a creative, product-focused line of cuisine. Multi-course menus. Or simply perfect chili liver cheese.
Tradition, innovation with soft tones and skillful lightness come together at Gerhard Fuchs. Sample dishes include chicken soup with chanterelles or leg of lamb curry.
A staggering 400,000 bottles are stored in the warehouse, waiting to be taken away or tasted directly. The accompaniments are alimentari for at home or two kinds of snacks on site. It's hard to decide between Italian and traditional.
Head chef Mike Feierabend has settled in well. The finest products, from sole to sturgeon and pheasant, creatively presented, accompanied by exquisite wines from patron Hermann Botolen's magnificent collection.
When a hotel becomes a "wine hotel", that's saying something. And it does! There are 30,000 bottles from all over the world in the cellar of the chic bar. The sommeliers are on hand with help and advice and also pass on their knowledge at tastings and seminars.
Although you enter the bar at ground level and there is already a wide range of wines on offer, it is worth making a detour downstairs: Not only are the shop and "treasure chamber" a paradise for vinophiles, they also function as a walk-in wine list for "upstairs".
The Mast has long been a "must" not only for aficionados of fine wine juices. The food is also something special. For example: cauliflower, hour egg, lentils, Cajun. Tip: the tasting menus with wine accompaniment.
There is no true vinophile in Vienna who has never been to a vintage tasting at the Fifth. The collection built up over the years makes such evenings possible. A spontaneous glass (which is never enough anyway) is also possible, and reliable pasta of the day is always waiting.
Versatile gourmet hotspot in the historic Mönchsbergkaverne. The international cuisine draws on global influences from Italy to Asia. Also an impressive vinotheque, bar and delicatessen.
Konstantin Filippou is increasingly living out his Greek side here. Fish and seafood dominate the menu - see salmon trout taramas or trout Müllerin. Huge selection of natural wines!
A stage has been built for wine in the cellar of the elegant gourmet hotel - and what a stage it is! Because in the tastefully designed treasure trove, local wines shine alongside international wines, and as part of the weekly "wine tour", you can learn about them live.
An ideal place for a stroll: a changing selection of open wines in a quiet yet central location, accompanied by suitable snacks. A bottle or two can be stocked up to take home, after which you can head back to the "Mahü" shops.
As energetic as ever, Friso Schopper devotes his energy to the search for new champagnes. The large selection, deliberately away from the mainstream, makes the address on the Fleischmarkt indispensable. And style is also the order of the day when it comes to the "base" - or Friso style!
The ambience: urban with power and brickwork, the cuisine is regional, Austrian, always well and creatively prepared. The products come from the restaurant's own organic farm or from the region.