Los Angeles Wine Bars

Travel, Wine Tourism, and Restaurants Forum
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My wife and I are gonna be going to the LA/Hollywood area for a couple of days in May. We’re not bringing any wine and generally avoid spending 3x the amount on a bottle at a restaurant, but I figured there has to be some pretty awesome wine bars around that would be worth checking out.
I couldn’t find that much here on the site but it sounds like Bar Covell is a good spot? Oh and Hatchet Hall sounds like a perfect place to not go to.

It’d be nice to have a good knowledgable staff or a decent sized selection or someone to vouch that the wine buyer is legit. We’ll have a car* so can travel a little bit if worth it.

Appreciate any help!

*and by car I mean mini-van! #vroomvroom! #cheapestpriceonexpedia [wow.gif]

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AOC, République, and Rustic Canyon would also be good choices.

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If you do need to buy wine @ retail, Domaine LA is top-notch. They have an emphasis on natural stuff but stock some great classic producers, new world wine, etc. as well. Great, knowledgeable staff. I make a point to drop in every time I go to LA.

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PNW Invasion of LA Offline!!!

And K&L Wines in Hollywood is a MUST stop if you are thinking of picking up a bottle to bring to a restaurant. As far as wine bars go, I recommend the Augustine Wine Bar in Sherman Oaks.

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That’s great, thanks for the tips. Good to know the top-notch retail spots.

Ron, hah, maybe I’ll throw a date out there. Seems like there’s a decent one being set-up now though for April.

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2nd for Augustine. Check their Instagram for what they serve BTG and bottle, it ranges from cool to absurdly cool night to night. The food there is really good too, staff knows their game and is worth the trek over the hill to the valley…

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Esters in Santa Monica is really cool. I’ve also been told that Wally’s in Beverly Hills is pretty good.

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First of all LA is huge. What area will you be in?

Second I highly recommend Uber as it is very cheap in LA.

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We’ll be in the Hollywood neighborhood. Will definitely be using Uber, but just figured I would mention we had a car incase there was a notable place a bit further away.

Thanks again for all the tips, Santa Monica and Augustine’s instagram looking good.

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Wally’s is a wine and spirits institution in LA and their Beverly Hills location is stunning and not to be missed. Hands down best wine bar in the city IMO. Go for lunch, dinner or just wine.

Also, if you’re a fan of French wines, must check out Heritage which is literally next door to Wally’s. Great wines, great service, great energy.

Enjoy!