Barguide 2024: The best wine bars in Germany

Industrial chic meets timeless elegance in the bar at Rutz Zollhaus. Warm wood tones and subtle lighting invite you to linger at the bar. The drinks menu offers a creative selection of cocktails, classic favourites and carefully curated spirits.

Legendary cult place with beach romance and flair: prawns in garlic butter, Ibérico pork, North Sea turbot from the oven and a legendary wine list await you here. Culinary experience in the dunes.

A gastronomic home for more and more regulars who appreciate sophisticated food made to order and excellent wines. Sometimes the remarkable cheese and ham selection is enough.

The bar run by newcomers Deniz Sever and Claudia Jais has made a name for itself. Not only because it has taken the place of a brothel bar in the red light district, but also because of its delicious open wines and truffled cheese cream. Live music events!

A good option if you want to stop off near the main station. Tried and tested classics such as San Daniele with mozzarella or home-marinated salmon with grated dachi, great pasta or meat dishes.

The mix of daytime café, patisserie, bar and market-fresh bistro cuisine is so irresistible that you can spend whole days here, with a thick wine list on your knees to study.

Your host Michelangelo Saitta knows how to win over wine aficionados. His gourmet restaurant is a guarantee for vinophile happiness, which is even more potent with beef carpaccio or porcini mushroom risotto.

Patrick Nitsche took over the legendary wine bar in Dresden a good year and a half ago and has been able to maintain its high standards. Around 700 bottles are on the shelves, with a permanent selection of fine wines from Europe and overseas alongside German classics.

Great atmosphere in the lovingly restored brick vault. The atmospheric wine bar offers around 250 wines to suit every taste and budget, most of which are served by the glass. If you like, you can also take your favourite home with you.

A visit to the sixth floor of the KaDeWe is not only worthwhile for the international delicacies, but also for the gastronomic offerings. In the wine bar, selected wines from small and large international winegrowers are served at the long bar.

Austrian wine aficionados Willi Schlögl and Johannes Schellhorn have not only fulfilled a dream for themselves with their wine bar, but also for many guests. Over 600 wines are on the menu, accompanied by excellent bar food (spinach dumplings). Amore!

Many guests know the Vineria as a location for events, weddings, conferences and balls - but the restaurant and vinotheque is also worth a visit outside of these. The beautiful rooms are the perfect backdrop for wines from all over the world and Franconian specialities.

Trendy restaurant with a great wine list. True to the motto "shared plates are double the pleasure", you can customize your program. There are a handful of hot and cold dishes to choose from.

A bar? Oh no! A total work of art in which wine connoisseur Bernd Kreis brings his expertise to bear. The wines served change regularly and range from Württemberg to Champagne. A fine wine tasting is organised once a month. Peruvian sandwiches go well with it.

Kirill Kinfelt spoils you with refined delicacies in an elegant ambience: from scallops with cognac to mussel soup with coriander and saddle of venison. Large wine list curated by sommelier Maximilian Wilm.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!