The best wine bars in NYC in 2026 are The Four Horsemen in Williamsburg for natural wine and serious food, Ten Bells on the Lower East Side for a candlelit classic, Bar Pisellino for an Italian aperitivo in the West Village, and Ruffian for adventurous bottles in the East Village. Le Dive, Parcelle and June round out the list.
A natural-wine bar and Michelin-recognized restaurant co-owned by James Murphy.
Co-owned by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, The Four Horsemen pairs a deep natural-wine list with excellent seasonal plates in a warm, wood-lined room.
Good to know: Book ahead, or try for a seat at the bar early in the evening.
295 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
A candlelit, chalkboard-menu wine bar that helped define the natural-wine scene.
Ten Bells is a dark, candlelit bar on Broome Street with a chalkboard list of natural wines and a good happy hour on oysters and wine.
Good to know: Come for the early-evening happy hour.
247 Broome St, New York, NY 10002
A tiny Italian aperitivo bar from the Via Carota team.
Bar Pisellino is a pretty, marble-countered bar modeled on an Italian cafe, serving spritzes, amari and Italian wines by the glass with small snacks and sandwiches.
Good to know: Grab a sidewalk table for a spritz before dinner nearby.
52 Grove St, New York, NY 10014
A narrow East Village bar with adventurous Central European wines.
Ruffian is a small, buzzing wine bar known for its offbeat bottle list — strong on Central and Eastern Europe — and inventive small plates.
Good to know: Sit at the bar and ask the staff for something unusual.
125 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009
A Parisian-style corner bar tabac, packed on warm evenings.
Le Dive is a lively corner bar styled after a Parisian bar tabac, serving natural wines, French snacks and spritzes to a crowd that spills onto the sidewalk.
Good to know: Go early on summer evenings, when the outdoor tables fill quickly.
37 Canal St, New York, NY 10002
A wine bar from a respected wine shop, with a superb bottle list.
Parcelle, the wine bar sibling of a well-regarded New York wine shop, pours an excellent, wide-ranging list by the glass and bottle alongside small plates.
Good to know: Ask about bottles from the shop's cellar.
135 Division St, New York, NY 10002
A natural-wine bar with a lovely garden in Cobble Hill.
June is a bistro-style natural-wine bar on Court Street with a seasonal menu and a back garden that's one of the nicest in Brooklyn.
Good to know: Ask for the garden on a warm night.
231 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Natural wine is made with minimal intervention — typically organic or biodynamic grapes, native yeasts and little or no added sulfites. Many of New York's best wine bars specialize in it.
Some do, including The Four Horsemen and June; many smaller bars are walk-in only. Early evening is the easiest time to get a seat.