From Eastside natural wine hideaways to Westside cellars stacked floor to ceiling, these are the shops where the staff can actually help you find something worth opening tonight.
Silver Lake · 3926 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Tucked just off Sunset Junction, this wine bar feels like stumbling into an eccentric Montmartre apothecary. Rare bottles line the walls available for both drinking and buying, while the courtyard under bougainvillea tu…
Venice · 727 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
A Venice wine shop where every rack feels like a curated secret—walls stacked deep with everything from style="overflow-x:hidden;width:100%;max-width:100%"0 reds to trophy champagnes, and a “Natty Corner” tucked in for natural-wine obsessives. The staff here aren’t ju…
Silver Lake · 2395 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039
A longtime staple for people who claim to know the difference between a good natural wine and a funky accident. Their Thursday tastings are a Silver Lake ritual—show up early, or resign yourself to standing shoulder-to-…
Atwater Village · 3129 1/2 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039
Cute Atwater provisions shop with a great selection of wines, produce, and pantry goods like oils, hot sauces, rubs and spices.
Los Feliz · 1911 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tucked into a quiet Los Feliz strip mall like it’s hiding from influencers, Lou is a natural wine bar with the soul of a zin-soaked zine. The list leans funky, the pours are generous, and the snacks (anchovy toast, anyo…
Silver Lake · 2825 Bellevue Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA
Shelves packed with labels you’ve never seen—tiny producers from Mendocino to Liguria, all leaning natural and low-intervention. The staff knows their stuff without making a performance out of it, which feels increasing…
Studio City · 12080 Ventura Pl Unit 3, Studio City, CA 91604, USA
A mother-daughter–owned natural wine shop and bar with a tightly curated selection of 100–200 bottles, all low-intervention and organically produced with zero filler on the shelves. A weekly tasting flight rotates throu…
Studio City · 12194 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604
A quietly excellent neighborhood wine shop that feels like it’s been hiding in plain sight for years, which it kind of has. The shelves are tight, the picks are smart, and the energy is more “helpful friend with good ta…
Culver City · 4235 Sepulveda Blvd Culver City, CA 90230
A wine nerd’s Disneyland disguised as a warehouse shop, where the aisles are stacked floor to ceiling with bottles from everywhere you’ve heard of and plenty you haven’t, all priced like they want you to actually drink …
Silver Lake · 3333 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Equal parts wine shop and boutique, Kamp’s curated collection of snacks, natural wines, and blooms is as chic as the space itself. Grab a bottle and delight in the sweet ambiance or make it your perfect pre-picnic one s…
Culver City · 6142 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
A veritable playground for natural wine and small‑batch spirits. Locals treat it like a pantry stop, popping in for obscure orange wines, organic amari, or the weekly tastings that feel more like art openings than erran…
DTLA · 1646 N Spring St Unit c, Los Angeles, CA 90012
A small working winery in a brick building across from LA State Historic Park, where the tasting room feels more like a backyard hang than a show. The wines are all LA-County sourced, vegan, minimal-intervention, and bu…
Larchmont · 223 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004, USA
Part wine shop, part sandwich institution, this longtime Larchmont staple draws as many people for lunch as it does for bottles. The menu is short and focused, highlighted by the #5—prosciutto, mozzarella, arugula, and …
Manhattan Beach · 1145-1147 Loma Ave, Long Beach, CA 90804
A Long Beach wine bar that skips the snob routine—good bottles, tight space, and a crowd that’s here to drink, not perform. It’s half shop, half hang, with people drifting between browsing shelves and settling in for “j…
North Hollywood · 5124 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601, USA
Every bottle here comes from a small, family-run winery where the grapes were farmed ethically and without any chemicals. Glasses, bottles, snacks, and weekly events keep the regulars coming back, and the staff will ste…
Mar Vista - West LA · 12954 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA
A self-described “mullet” of a specialty grocer—business in front, party on the back patio—and somehow the description fits perfectly. Inside: curated cheese, cured meats, and natural wine lining the shelves; out back, …
Manhattan Beach · 3500 N Sepulveda Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Part bottle shop, part hangout, this spot next to Tin Roof Bistro feels like drinking in a very stocked friend’s cellar. Shelves brim with global picks, but the real move is a flight on the patio—front or back, both bui…
Manhattan Beach · 1000 Manhattan Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
A laid-back neighborhood wine shop and tasting spot known for its curated selection of small-production and hard-to-find bottles from around the world. It’s the go-to in Manhattan Beach for casual tastings, wine club pe…
Culver City · 5357 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016
Blink and you’ll miss it, but that’s kind of the point. This West Adams bottle shop keeps things tight and thoughtful—shelves of small-producer gems, chill staff who’ll actually ask what you like, and zero snob energy a…