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32 Best Wine Bars in Melbourne

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Discover Melbourne's top wine bars, where each glass reflects cellar richness and warm hospitality. Explore hidden basements in the CBD's laneways, elegant settings on Spring Street, and charming spots in Fitzroy, Seddon, and St Kilda. Delight in cool-climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Yarra and Mornington, alongside Victoria's natural wines and genuine Champagne. This selection of 32 venues offers Melbourne's finest by-the-glass experiences.

32 venues Melbourne, Australia
Curated by The Coravin Guide Focused on wine by the glass Independent selection

Exceptional

Exceptional
Over 60 wines by-the-glass · 8 venues
CIRCL — Restaurant in Melbourne
Exceptional Rating

CIRCL

Restaurant · 22 Punch Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000

CIRCL has quietly reshaped what a by-the-glass list can be in Melbourne, pouring more than 200 wines by the glass — a range most cities cannot match by the bottle. Set in a striking double-storey laneway space off Punch Lane, with Scandinavian-influenced design and European-inspired cooking, it is built for exploration: Adelaide Hills, Alsace, Barbaresco, Barolo and Chardonnay all have genuine representation rather than a token entry. The scale never feels scattergun, because the selection is precise and the team can steer you through it. If you want to taste your way across regions in one sitting without opening a single full bottle, this is Melbourne's most immersive address.

Adelaide HillsAlsaceBarbarescoBaroloBordeaux
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Grill Americano — Restaurant in Melbourne
Exceptional Rating

Grill Americano

Restaurant · 112 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000

Chris Lucas's homage to the grand steakhouses of northern Italy sits at the base of 101 Collins on Flinders Lane, all marble, brass and deep blue leather, with bistecca alla Fiorentina seared over charcoal at the heart of the menu. The cellar is the real event: more than two thousand bottles running deep through Burgundy and the length of Italy, from grower Barolo to aged Tuscan reds, with whites built to handle wood-fired seafood. By the glass the list moves confidently between Piedmont, Tuscany and blue-chip French names, and a serious line-up of Italian digestifs keeps the evening going long after the T-bone is cleared. Glamorous it certainly is, but the wine programme has genuine substance beneath the sheen; let the floor team steer and drink far better than the room's theatre suggests.

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Maison Bâtard — Restaurant in Melbourne
Exceptional Rating

Maison Bâtard

Restaurant · 23 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Maison Bâtard spreads modern French dining and serious wine culture across four levels, and holds one of the most significant cellars in the country — around 10,000 bottles, including Australia's most extensive Bordeaux and Burgundy collection. More than 60 wines are poured by the glass, which is what makes the collection matter: icons such as Petrus and Domaine Leroy become something you can actually taste rather than merely admire on a list. Chardonnay, Burgundy and Cabernet Sauvignon are the natural strengths, and the by-the-glass programme reaches well beyond the usual openers. Elegant but contemporary, and unusually generous about letting guests drink at the very top of the list.

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Marmelo — Restaurant in Melbourne
Exceptional Rating

Marmelo

Restaurant · 130 Russel Street, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS

Marmelo brings Iberian ambition to Melbourne's CBD, with more than 60 wines by the glass and a list that rewards curiosity as much as it rewards budget. The focus falls on biodynamic producers, Burgundy, Champagne, Chardonnay and Madeira, celebrating Portuguese and Spanish excellence alongside the global classics. The headline act is the pouring programme itself: rare bottles such as the 1907 D'Oliveiras Frasqueira Reserva Malvasia are served a glass at a time using Coravin, which puts century-old wine within reach of an ordinary evening. Style, sustainability and a genuine sense of discovery run through the whole operation — this is one of the most quietly adventurous wine rooms in the city.

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Reine and La Rue — Restaurant in Melbourne
Exceptional Rating

Reine and La Rue

Restaurant · 380 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Reine & La Rue occupies one of Melbourne's grandest interiors — the city's historic stock exchange on Collins Street — and uses the setting exactly as you would hope: for unhurried French dining and genuinely serious wine service. More than 40 wines are poured by the glass from a global list weighted towards Australia, France and the USA, with real depth in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and California. The room is grand without being stiff, and the sommelier team is happy to walk a table from a crisp white Burgundy through to something structured and red across a single meal. A heritage-listed dining room that treats by-the-glass drinking as a proper pursuit rather than an afterthought.

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Society — Restaurant in Melbourne
Exceptional Rating

Society

Restaurant · 80 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Society is Melbourne's grand statement of contemporary luxury, and its cellar backs up the swagger: roughly 10,000 bottles, including the largest Château d'Yquem collection in Australia, with more than 60 wines available by the glass. The strengths run to Barolo, Chardonnay and the Italian greats, with remarkable vertical depth for a restaurant list — rare pours such as Barolo Cannubi 2016 appear by the glass rather than only by the bottle. Selected flights make the collection navigable, and the floor team reads a table well, whether you are here for a landmark occasion or a considered glass at the bar. For wine lovers, few Melbourne rooms offer this much at this level.

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Steer Dining Room — Restaurant in Melbourne
Exceptional Rating

Steer Dining Room

Restaurant · 15 Claremont St, South Yarra VIC 3141, Australië

Steer Dining Room in South Yarra is built around precision and indulgence in equal measure, pairing Australia's finest Wagyu — including rare A5 Kobe — with an award-winning wine programme. More than 60 wines are poured by the glass from a 500-bottle list with real weight in Barossa, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, so the classic steakhouse pairings are covered while leaving room for a white Burgundy before the beef arrives. Selected flights make the list easy to explore across a meal, and the service is polished without tipping into ceremony. A benchmark for modern luxury dining in Melbourne, and a genuinely rewarding room for a glass of something serious.

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Ten Minutes by Tractor — Restaurant in Melbourne
Exceptional Rating

Ten Minutes by Tractor

Restaurant · 1333 Mornington-Flinders Rd, Main Ridge VIC 3928

Ten Minutes by Tractor at Main Ridge is the Mornington Peninsula at its most complete: a Two-Hatted dining room set among its own vineyards, pouring more than 100 wines by the glass. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are the heartland here, drawn from the estate's own single-vineyard sites and set alongside Burgundy and Champagne so you can taste Victoria's cool-climate expression directly against its French benchmarks. Seasonal produce reflects the region as closely as the wine does, and the whole experience is quietly grounded in terroir and sustainability rather than spectacle. Worth the drive from Melbourne, and one of the best places in the country to understand Australian Chardonnay by the glass.

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Outstanding

Outstanding
41–60 wines by-the-glass · 4 venues
Cumulus Inc. — Restaurant in Melbourne
Outstanding Rating

Cumulus Inc.

Restaurant · 45 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australië

Cumulus Inc. has been an effortless Melbourne favourite for years, and the formula still holds: a beautifully restored rag-trade building on Flinders Lane, all-day dining and more than 50 wines by the glass in a relaxed, social setting. The list balances emerging Victorian talent against revered European names, with Chardonnay, Grenache, Pinot Noir and Riesling leading the way. It is the kind of place that works equally for a single glass and a plate at the bar or a long table with friends, which is exactly what a great by-the-glass programme should enable. Seasonal, spirited and always built around wine worth drinking.

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Kisumé — Restaurant in Melbourne
Outstanding Rating

Kisumé

Restaurant · 175 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000

Spread across three levels of Flinders Lane, Kisumé matches Japanese precision with one of the southern hemisphere's most remarkable Chablis collections. Start at the ground-floor sushi and raw bar, where pristine seafood meets grower Champagne and finely chosen sake; then head upstairs, where the Chablis Bar pours from a wall of around eighty steely Chardonnays, a run of premier and grand cru bottlings that reads like a map of the region itself. The broader list dives deep into Burgundy and beyond, and the sake programme is treated with the same seriousness as the wine. Few pairings in Melbourne are as persuasive as raw fish with taut, mineral Chablis, and nowhere in the city commits to that idea so completely. Dramatic, dimly lit and quietly obsessive, it rewards the drinker who asks questions.

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Omnia Bar & Bistro — Restaurant in Melbourne
Outstanding Rating

Omnia Bar & Bistro

Restaurant · 625 Chapel St, South Yarra VIC 3141

Omnia brings refined European-inspired dining to Chapel Street with more than 50 wines by the glass, blending sophistication with genuine warmth. The list is thoughtfully split between classic prestige and modern intrigue: Chardonnay, Barbaresco, Barolo and Barossa on one hand, biodynamic and low-intervention producers on the other. Rare aged Bordeaux appears alongside vibrant Sicilian orange wine, and limited pours mean the by-the-glass selection changes often enough to reward returning. It is an easy room to settle into, and the team is comfortable steering guests towards something unfamiliar rather than defaulting to the safe option. South Yarra dining with real wine ambition behind it.

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Yugen Dining — Restaurant in Melbourne
Outstanding Rating

Yugen Dining

Restaurant · Shop 10/605 Chapel St, South Yarra VIC 3141

Yūgen pairs Japanese and Asian-inspired cooking with a wine programme that has clearly been built by someone thinking hard about pairing rather than prestige. More than 20 wines are poured by the glass, and the selections are genuinely expressive: Chardonnay and cool-climate whites alongside Listán Blanco from Tenerife, Trebbiano from Italy and aged Cabernet Franc from the Loire. Champagne opens proceedings properly. Each pour is chosen to carry the bold, precise flavours coming out of the kitchen, which makes the pairings feel considered rather than decorative. A South Yarra dining room where the wine list is as thoughtfully composed as the food it accompanies.

ChampagneChardonnayCool climateGrosses GewächsLow intervention
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Excellent

Excellent
20–40 wines by-the-glass · 19 venues
81 Bay Wine Bar & Baix Restaurant — Wine Bar in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

81 Bay Wine Bar & Baix Restaurant

Wine Bar · 81 Bay St, Brighton VIC 3186

81 Bay brings contemporary sophistication to Melbourne's bayside, with more than 30 wines by the glass drawn from a 300-bottle list that celebrates Bordeaux, Chardonnay, Grenache and fine German wines. Modern European-inspired cooking is matched with both renowned estates and smaller artisanal growers, so the list has genuine personality rather than simply covering the classics. The venue also pours its own Baix Sparkling Rosé, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, made in collaboration with Ghost Rock Wines in Tasmania — a nice touch that gives Brighton diners something genuinely exclusive by the glass. Polished and welcoming without being formal, and well worth the trip down Bay Street for anyone exploring the bayside by the glass.

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Botanical Hotel — Wine Bar in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Botanical Hotel

Wine Bar · 169 Domain Rd, South Yarra VIC 3141

Facing the Royal Botanic Gardens from Domain Road, this South Yarra stalwart has been trading since the mid-1800s and now operates as a polished brasserie, bar and wine store under restaurateur Rabih Yani. Beef aged in-house for at least forty days anchors the grill, and the cellar rises to meet it: the list leans classical, with real depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux and Barolo alongside thoughtful picks from Victorian winemakers. By the glass there is always something structured enough for the steak and something brighter for the garden-facing terrace, while the attached wine store means a bottle spotted at dinner can follow you home. It is that rare thing, a grand suburban hotel where the wine thinking is as serious as the dry-ageing, worth crossing the river for on its own merits.

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Builders Arms Hotel — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Builders Arms Hotel

Restaurant · 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy VIC 3065

A Gertrude Street fixture since 1853, the Builders Arms is Fitzroy's great shape-shifter: public bar out front, dining rooms behind, courtyard beyond, and a wine list that takes the pub format far more seriously than it needs to. Expect new-wave Yarra Valley producers alongside Tasmanian Pinot and Chardonnay, a proper Italian contingent and plenty from South Australia, much of it poured by the glass at prices that encourage a second round. The kitchen's wood-fired rotisserie sets the tone, and roast chicken with juicy Gamay or cool-climate Syrah is the order of the house. It remains a true local, footy on in the front bar and oysters out back, but the drinking here rewards attention; this is one of Melbourne's best places to take pub wine seriously without a hint of pretension.

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Cardwell Cellars — Wine Bar in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Cardwell Cellars

Wine Bar · 461 Victoria St, Abbotsford VIC 3067

Run by a sommelier and a wine-map cartographer, this narrow Abbotsford wine bar and shop arranges its five-hundred-odd bottles as a geography lesson: move along the shelves and you travel from Geelong to Germany to Japan, with detours through Alsace, the Adelaide Hills, California and Argentina. The pair favour small growers working sustainably and biodynamically, and anything on the shelf can be opened at the bench for a modest corkage. Snacks, cheese and charcuterie are matched to the wines, or bring your own dinner; plates and cutlery appear without fuss. It is the sort of place where a casual glass turns into an hour's conversation about soil and latitude, and where the by-the-glass pours change with whatever the owners are currently excited about. Victoria Street is luckier than it knows.

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City Wine Shop — Wine Bar in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

City Wine Shop

Wine Bar · 159 Spring St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australië

On the ground floor of a Victorian-era terrace beside Parliament, City Wine Shop has spent two decades quietly defining how Melbourne drinks. It is bottle shop, bar and bistro at once: choose from the ever-changing wine wall and drink it at the marble counter, or work through a by-the-glass list that swings from Yarra Valley Pinot to Rhône Syrah and serious Italian reds. The food is European grazing done properly, and the pavement tables on Spring Street are among the city's best seats. Its standing is no secret, with a profile on Star Wine List among the city's leading destinations, but the appeal is unchanged: honest prices, deep knowledge and the sense that every bottle on the wall has been chosen by someone who wants to drink it. An institution, deservedly.

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Donovans — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Donovans

Restaurant · St.Kilda Marina & Surrounding Foreshore, 40 Jacka Blvd, St Kilda VIC 3182, Australië

Housed in a 1920s bathing pavilion right on St Kilda beach, Donovans has been Melbourne's house by the sea since Kevin and Gail Donovan took the keys in the mid-1990s. Fireplaces, sofas and a terrace looking over the bay set the mood, and the Mediterranean-leaning kitchen is matched by a list that runs deep in Italian wine, well-aged Australian Shiraz and Champagne, exactly what a long lunch by the water demands. By the glass the choices favour generosity over fashion, and the cellar holds enough imported treasure to reward a browse before committing. Sandy feet and serious bottles rarely coexist this happily; a glass of Champagne as the light drops over Port Phillip Bay remains one of the city's most reliable pleasures, and the room's warmth makes leaving genuinely difficult.

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Freyja Restaurant — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Freyja Restaurant

Restaurant · 477 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Inside the heritage-listed Olderfleet building on Collins Street, Freyja brings New Nordic thinking to Melbourne with a chef's menu that bends around the wine rather than the other way round. Chef Jae Bang, who cooked at Re-naa in Norway and Daniel in New York, builds dishes to complement the bottle on the table, while sommelier Clotilde Candusso assembles a list rich in organic and biodynamic Australian producers, the Yarra Valley prominent among them, alongside mature European names from Burgundy, the Rhône and Tuscany. The Scandinavian streak runs through the glasses too: akvavit, mead and sparkling tea sit beside the wine for the curious. Two levels of restored heritage detail and pale timber make a calm, handsome setting for what is, at heart, a restaurant that treats drinking and eating as one decision.

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Il Solito Posto — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Il Solito Posto

Restaurant · 113 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australië

Down on Collins Street, Il Solito Posto is the sort of Italian dining room Melburnians keep to themselves: somewhere to eat alone at the bar, settle in for a long lunch or celebrate with a table of friends, each corner of the room set up for a different mood. The wine list runs past twenty pours by the glass, and it reads like a conversation between Italy and the Yarra Valley, with Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Syrah carrying much of the argument. On a given night that might mean a Levantine Hill Syrah, lighter on its feet than most Australian Shiraz yet still emphatic, or a glass of Philipponnat Royal Reserve Champagne full of spiced apple and creme caramel. The floor team have decades in hospitality between them, and it shows in the easy, unhurried service.

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Laura — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Laura

Restaurant · 3649 Frankston - Flinders Rd, Merricks VIC 3916

Laura at Pt. Leo Estate in Merricks is a serene, artful dining room where fine wine and contemporary cooking meet on equal terms, set among vineyards and a sculpture park on the Mornington Peninsula. Thirty-nine wines are poured by the glass, with Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and Chardonnay the anchors, uniting renowned houses with emerging producers worth discovering. The pairings are designed to invite curiosity rather than settle arguments, and the elegant, produce-led plates reflect the abundance of the peninsula itself. Estate-grown Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sit naturally alongside the imported benchmarks, which makes this an ideal place to taste what the Mornington Peninsula does best. One of Victoria's most complete wine destinations, and a benchmark for cool-climate Chardonnay drinking a glass at a time.

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Melbourne Supper Club — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Melbourne Supper Club

Restaurant · First Floor/161 Spring St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Climb the stairs at 161 Spring Street and Melbourne slows down. The Supper Club has been the city's great late-night wine room since 1998, a distinctly European salon opposite Parliament House where sommeliers finish their own shifts and the list rewards proper browsing. Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone anchor proceedings, with a genuinely serious sweet-wine selection and, thanks to the Kafeneion residency downstairs' influence, a run of Greek bottles worth exploring. More than twenty wines pour by the glass, and they are chosen with intent: a naturally fermented Eastern Peake Chardonnay from Western Victoria, Standish's Lamella Shiraz off century-old Eden Valley vines, Kumeu River's Village Pinot Noir from New Zealand. Wine buyer Ryan Byrne and certified sommelier Connor Martin steer the room with the confidence of people who have seen every kind of night.

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Mount Erica Hotel — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Mount Erica Hotel

Restaurant · 420 High St, Prahran VIC 3181, Australië

The Mount Erica is proof that a proper Prahran pub can hide one of the country's most interesting wine programmes. On High Street, it does everything a local should, from pub classics to hearty roasts, but the glass list is where it gets ambitious: around thirty-four wines by the glass, spanning honest weekday drinking through to genuinely rare bottles. Wine buyer James Cooper, nearly two decades into his trade, leans on Italy, France and his home state of Victoria, so Barolo, Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir all get their moment. Recent pours have included Bartolo Mascarello's traditionalist Barolo, Syrahmi's whole-bunch Heathcote Shiraz and an obscure Rioja Blanco built on the near-forgotten Calagrano grape. Order a parma, then drink something you have only ever read about. That is the trick this pub pulls off nightly.

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NOMAD Melbourne — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

NOMAD Melbourne

Restaurant · 187 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australië

NOMAD occupies an iconic subterranean space off Flinders Lane, where a roaring wood-fired oven anchors an open kitchen and the menu gives local produce a Middle Eastern accent of fire and smoke. The wine list matches that confidence with a firmly Australian outlook, backing established names and emerging growers alike, with sustainability threaded through the buying. Rotating glass pours keep the by-the-glass offer moving, and three distinct pairings run alongside the tasting menus for those happy to hand over the decisions. Expect the likes of Patrick Sullivan's Gippsland Chardonnay, a 2016 Hickinbotham Shiraz from McLaren Vale, even a Radio-Coteau Zinfandel from the Sonoma Coast for contrast, with Adelaide Hills, Margaret River and Tasmania well represented. Sommelier Serena Lee, trained to Advanced level, keeps the whole thing precise without ever letting it feel starched.

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Neighbourhood Wine — Wine Bar in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Neighbourhood Wine

Wine Bar · 1 Reid St, Fitzroy North VIC 3068

Neighbourhood Wine in Fitzroy North is casual sophistication done properly — a relaxed room with an 800-bottle list and more than 20 wines by the glass, where the depth reveals itself slowly rather than announcing itself. The strengths run through Barbaresco, Barolo, Burgundy, Chardonnay and biodynamic producers, and the selection shifts with the seasons alongside an ever-evolving menu. That turnover is the point: regulars come back because there is reliably something new by the glass, chosen with an eye for balance rather than novelty. Unpretentious, genuinely local and distinctly Melbourne — the sort of wine bar that rewards becoming a regular.

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Old Palm Liquor — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Old Palm Liquor

Restaurant · 133B Lygon St, Brunswick East VIC 3057

Old Palm Liquor in Brunswick East pairs fire-licked, South African-inspired cooking with one of the more adventurous cellars in the inner north: 20 wines by the glass and more than 1,300 by the bottle. The list reaches for rare and cult growers — Montevertine, Overnoy, Joly — alongside standout Chardonnay, light chilled reds and darker-hued rosés that suit the smoke and char coming off the grill. The atmosphere is relaxed and genuinely vibrant rather than studied, and the by-the-glass selection is chosen to be drunk with food rather than contemplated in isolation. Effortless dining, adventurous drinking, and very little pretence about either.

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Pipis Kiosk — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Pipis Kiosk

Restaurant · 129a Beaconsfield Parade, Albert Park VIC 3206

Pipis is a seaside bistro on Beaconsfield Parade in Albert Park, and it gets the register exactly right: understated elegance, coastal ease and more than 30 wines by the glass. The list leans into Barolo, Champagne, Chardonnay and cool-climate wines, setting small local producers against celebrated global names without making a performance of it. That range matters alongside a refined, seafood-focused menu — a crisp Chardonnay or a glass of Champagne with something just out of the water is the whole point of eating by the bay. Relaxed enough for a spontaneous glass, considered enough to plan an evening around.

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Seddon Wine Store — Wine Bar in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Seddon Wine Store

Wine Bar · 2/101 Victoria St, Seddon VIC 3011

Half bottle shop, half neighbourhood bar, Seddon Wine Store is the kind of place every suburb deserves and almost none has. Tucked into a quiet corner of Melbourne's inner west, it pours twenty-one wines by the glass, an extraordinary number for a room this size, with the list rotating constantly towards the interesting and the hard to find. Cool-climate wines, low-intervention producers and honest value are the throughlines: one week a Kumeu Village Chardonnay from New Zealand, the next a structured Gaglioppo from southern Italy. Better still, anything on the retail shelves can be opened and drunk in, with bar snacks to keep you company. Sommelier Logan Howes, nearly twenty years into Melbourne hospitality, runs it all with the relaxed authority of someone pouring exactly what he wants to drink himself.

Cool climateLow interventionGood value wines
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Supernormal — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Supernormal

Restaurant · 180 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000

Supernormal brings a refined sense of energy to Flinders Lane, blending modern sophistication with Asian-inspired flair drawn from the dining cultures of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo. More than 20 wines are poured by the glass from a 350-bottle cellar, with Chardonnay, Riesling and sake the standouts — a combination that suits the kitchen's balance of texture and spice unusually well. The room is busy and buzzy without being difficult, and the by-the-glass list is built for the way people actually eat here: a glass at the bar, or several across a shared table. A reliable, well-run Melbourne CBD address where the wine keeps pace with the food.

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The European — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

The European

Restaurant · 161 Spring St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australië

Facing Parliament House across Spring Street, The European has spent more than twenty-five years perfecting its impression of old-world Europe, honouring the rural cooking traditions of France, Italy and Spain in a room of dark wood and unhurried ritual. The cellar is the quiet star: a deep bench of older vintages from names like Romanee-Conti, Raveneau and Giacomo Conterno, built patiently since 1998. Twenty-one wines pour by the glass, leaning firmly Old World, with Burgundy, Champagne, the Rhone and Italy to the fore and the occasional New World bottle admitted for its European sense of structure. Recent pours have run from a white Bordeaux blend to Amirault's 2016 Loire Cabernet Franc and an aged La Castellada from Friuli. Wine buyer Ryan Byrne leads a floor team whose qualifications run to Diploma level, and it shows.

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Winston's Melbourne — Restaurant in Melbourne
Excellent Rating

Winston's Melbourne

Restaurant · Unit 1/300-302 Beach Rd, Black Rock VIC 3193

Winston's brings serious wine thinking to the bayside calm of Black Rock. The room is a French-inspired bistro, relaxed but exacting, where seasonal Victorian produce meets classical technique. The list is built on an ethos of respect for the land, the grower and what ends up in the glass, which translates to small producers, sustainable farming and plenty of low-intervention and regenerative-viticulture finds from well off the beaten track. Between twenty and twenty-five wines pour by the glass at any time, rotating weekly against a cellar of more than 170 bottles. Recent pours have included Lugg Wines' 2021 Blanc de Blancs, a mineral Ephemera Chardonnay and Eperosa's Krondorf Shiraz from the Barossa. Wine lead Ryan Kearney, who cut his teeth in some of Melbourne's sharpest dining rooms, pours it all with genuine enthusiasm.

Low interventionOff-the-beaten-trackRegenerative viticulture
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Greg's Hidden Gems
Small, but inspirational by-the-glass finds · 1 venue
Arnolds Kensington — Wine Bar in Melbourne
Hidden Gem Rating

Arnolds Kensington

Wine Bar · 192 Bellair St, Kensington VIC 3031

Arnold's is what happens when two Kensington locals, Scott Eddington and Lauren Chibert, build the wine bar they wanted on their own high street. The Bellair Street room is vibrant and unpretentious, the kitchen runs contemporary plates with a Latin accent, and the wine list looks deliberately to the margins of the wider wine world. Expect fifty to sixty bottles championing biodynamic and low-intervention producers, regenerative farming and growers too often overlooked, with real attention paid to who is actually making the wine. Pours might leap from an Australian sparkling like Bellebonne's Bis to a southern-Rhone-styled white or a heritage-vine Chilean red from A Los Vinateros Bravos. Beverage manager James Dickson-Hoyle, schooled in some of Melbourne's most admired venues, brings deep knowledge of new-wave Australian drinking to a bar that treats curiosity as house style.

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Wine by the glass turns a single evening into a tasting flight, and the wine bars in Melbourne above show how far a thoughtful by-the-glass programme can travel — from grower Champagne to bio-dynamic reds. Use the map to plan a crawl by neighbourhood, and open each venue for opening hours, the current pour list, and booking details.

The Coravin Guide reviews each venue independently, focusing on the ambition and depth of what they pour by the glass. No venue pays to be included.