The Grand Hotel bar's champagne and sparkling wine programme is Bordeaux's most comprehensive, covering prestige champagne houses and local Cremant de Bordeaux producers in a formal Art Deco setting.
The list: 50-label champagne and cremant list at the Grand Hotel bar; Krug, Dom Perignon, Salon, and Bollinger Grande Annee by the glass; Cremant de Bordeaux from local producers also featured
Address: InterContinental Bordeaux - Le Grand Hotel, 2-5 place de la Comedie, 33000 Bordeaux, France
Badie caviste stocks the broadest Cremant de Bordeaux selection in the city, with a tasting counter offering current releases by the glass. Cremant de Bordeaux is rarely found outside France and represents excellent local sparkling wine value.
The list: Badie's dedicated Cremant de Bordeaux selection counter: all major cooperative and independent producers of Bordeaux sparkling wine (methode traditionnelle); by the glass during opening hours
Bordeaux's grandest historic restaurant keeps its bar and wine service open late into the evening with the full 600-label list accessible. Popular with chateau owners after tasting dinners.
The list: 600-label Bordeaux-centric cellar open late; classified growth by-the-glass available until midnight; full kitchen service until 23:00
The quayside Chartrons wine bar stays open late with a full by-the-glass service of Bordeaux appellations and serves light charcuterie and cheese plates until closing.
The list: 250-label Bordeaux list; late-night by-the-glass service with charcuterie boards; second wines of classified growths always available
Chartrons wine bar keeping late hours Thursday to Saturday, popular with Bordeaux's wine trade community; rotating by-the-glass list changes weekly.
The list: 200-reference Bordeaux list; late-night service Thursday-Saturday with wine trade social crowd; sommelier on duty until midnight
Late-evening neighbourhood wine bar near the Capucins market, run by a sommelier couple, serving satellite appellation Bordeaux and natural wines until midnight-plus.
The list: 80-bottle rotating natural and classic Bordeaux list; late-night small plates; sommelier-owners present most evenings
Bordeaux's premier vinyl-and-natural-wine bar: a record shop by day, listening bar at night. Small but focused Bordeaux natural list alongside French and European selections; DJ sets Friday-Saturday.
The list: Bordeaux and French natural wine list; 60+ references; vinyl soundtrack; Bandcamp-sourced small-run natural producers from Fronsac and Languedoc