Stem ★ 4.4
Hove17:00 to 23:00 Monday to Wednesday, 12:00 to 23:00 Thursday, 12:00 to 00:00 Friday and Saturday, 12:00 to 21:00 SundayUntil midnight Friday and Saturday
Church Road room where the list runs to a vinyl DJ soundtrack, open to midnight on Friday and Saturday and from five o'clock the rest of the week.
The list: Organic, natural and low intervention bottles chosen by co-owner Maddy Riches, with chilled reds, skin contact orange wines and sparkling alongside classics.
Permit Room Brighton ★ 4.1
Brighton Lanes09:00 to 22:00 daily
An all day bar and cafe on East Street with resident DJs playing vinyl on Thursday evenings and a wine list built almost entirely on organic and low intervention growers.
The list: Wines grown with biodiversity in mind, most of them organic and many natural or made with minimal intervention, poured in 175ml glasses or by the bottle.
Bistro du Vin Brighton ★ 4.3
Brighton LanesDinner 19:00 to 22:00 Sunday to Thursday, 18:00 to 22:30 Friday and Saturday
The bistro of the Gothic hotel a street back from the seafront, where all 49 guest rooms are named after wine producers and the list runs past 600 bottles.
The list: More than 600 bottles including English sparkling, plus a wine locker service for buying and storing bottles near cost.
Fourth and Church ★ 4.5
Brighton hinterlandTue-Sat 11:00-22:00. Closed Sun/Mon.
Wine bar, restaurant and off licence on Church Road, and the one Sussex room that keeps a standing sherry list alongside its small independent European growers.
The list: An ever changing list of wines, sherries and cocktails, many by the glass, picked off the shelf at individually marked bottle prices.
Ten Green Bottles ★ 4.4
Brighton hinterlandMon 16:00-22:00, Tue-Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-21:00.
A Jubilee Street wine shop that pours what it sells and runs evening tasting masterclasses, which is the easiest structured tasting to get into in Brighton.
The list: Shop and bar list poured by the glass, with evening masterclasses run around a theme or a region.
Plates ★ 4.4
Brighton hinterlandThu 17:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-00:00, Sun 12:00-23:00. Closed Mon-Wed.
The Brighton room that puts Sussex sparkling and still wine at the top of the list rather than in a corner of it, on Norfolk Square off Western Road.
The list: English wine led list with Sussex producers at the front of it, poured by the glass in a small Norfolk Square room.