10 Best Wine Bars In New Orleans, Louisiana

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Located on Mississippi River in Louisiana, New Orleans bears the nickname the Big Easy, for its vibrant live music scene, spicy cuisine, and buzzing nightlife. The cuisine reflects New Orleans’ history as a mixture of African, American, and French cultures. Head to French Quarter for lively nightlife and visit Jackson Square, a park where artists draw, paint, and sell their wares. Enjoy jazz, music, and nightlife on Bourbon Street or check out the fascinating St. Louis Cathedral dating back to the 18th century. Come to New Orleans for its Mardi Gras carnival, with lively, costumed parades and raucous street parties. For a more refined experience, try out some of the best wine bars in New Orleans, Louisiana. Scroll below to read more.

1. Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits

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Located in Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Bacchanal is a wine shop and wine bar that features wine from all over the world. Weather permitting, there is live jazz music in the courtyard every day. Music includes traditional jazz and blues, avant-garde jazz, gypsy jazz, and hard bop. Enjoy dining in the courtyard on spicy and saucy cuisine, including sandwiches and munchies, salads and vegetables, seafood, and meat options. Alternatively, dine upstairs in the bar and dining area with a choice of wines and original craft cocktails.

Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits

Address: 600 Poland Ave, New Orleans, LA

Website: Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits

Opening hours: Sun - Thu: 11am - 12am; Fri - Sat: 11am - 1am

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2. Orleans Grapevine Wine Bar & Bistro

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Open every day of the week, Orleans Grapevine Wine Bar & Bistro features more than 375 wines by the bottle and 65 wines and champagnes by the glass—sourced from all over the world. The bistro serves locally inspired cuisine, including fresh seasonal gulf fish, black Angus filet with Maine lobster tail, or roasted pork chops with crawfish sausage, all paired with the perfect wine. The menu also includes a number of tasty appetizers and desserts, all served indoors or out in the open-air courtyard.

Orleans Grapevine Wine Bar & Bistro

Address: 720 Orleans St, New Orleans, LA

Website: Orleans Grapevine Wine Bar & Bistro

Opening hours: 4am - 12am (daily)

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3. The Delachaise Wine Bar

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The Delachaise Wine Bar is an award-winning wine bar and gastropub offering more than 350 wines from all over the world, along with handmade food delights. Pair your wine with delights such as steak bruschetta, Thai moules frites, salmon Johnny cakes, shrimp Clemenceau (Bangkok style), or lamb burger, or simply enjoy an excellent housemade pate or cheese plate. Eat indoors or alfresco on the patio, weather permitting.

The Delachaise Wine Bar

Address: 3442 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA

Website: The Delachaise Wine Bar

Opening hours: Mon - Thu: 4pm - 2am; Fri - Sun: 12pm - 2am

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4. The Tasting Room

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The Tasting Room is a wine and cocktail bar in Lower Garden District of New Orleans, offering a tempting menu and pairing delicious flavors with great wine and a range of scotches, whiskeys, and bourbons. The wine list features excellent wines from all over the world, served with delicious tapas, including shared and small plates, salads, and desserts. Visitors can also enjoy live music here on the weekends.

The Tasting Room

Address: 1906 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA

Website: The Tasting Room

Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 4pm - 12am; Sat: 12pm - 12am; Sun: 12pm - 10pm

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5. Swirl Wine Bar & Market

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Swirl Wine Bar & Market offers a selection of carefully curated international wines, mostly sourced from Europe and particularly Italy. Wine can be enjoyed in the wine bar or purchased to take home and is offered at affordable prices. There is always something new and interesting to try out. Sparkling wines and full and half bottles are available, and more than 20 wines are sold by the glass. Small plates are on offer at 1000 Figs next door and served with wine in Swirl. Alternatively, snacks and nibbles are provided in the form of cheese or olives at the wine bar.

Swirl Wine Bar & Market

Address: 3143 Ponce De Leon St, New Orleans, LA

Website: Swirl Wine Bar & Market

Opening hours: Mon: 12pm - 8pm; Tue - Thu: 11am - 8pm; Fri - Sat: 11am - 9pm (closed on Sun)

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6. Pearl Wine Co.

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Pearl Wine Co. is located in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans and offers some of the best new wines from California, France, Italy, and South Africa. The wine bar boasts the largest selection of wine, beer, and liquor in New Orleans, and the owners are constantly searching for more and updating their stock. A food menu is available, which includes cheeses, charcuterie, and fresh French-style baguettes. Besides wine, there is a full bar on offer and regular free wine-tasting events.

Pearl Wine Co.

Address: 3700 Orleans Ave #1C, New Orleans, LA

Website: Pearl Wine Co.

Opening hours: Mon - Wed: 12pm - 10pm; Thu - Sat: 12pm - 12am; Sun: 12pm - 9pm

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7. Bayou Wine Garden

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Located in Mid-City, New Orleans, Bayou Wine Garden is a wine bar and kitchen offering a casual atmosphere and a large selection of wine at reasonable prices—impressing both experts and novices alike. The wine bar offers regular private wine-tasting sessions and a relaxed ambiance. Wines are sourced from Austria, California, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Spain. Pair your wine with delicious cheeses and charcuterie, as well as a selection of small plates, bigger plates, salads, sandwiches, and tacos.

Bayou Wine Garden

Address: 315 N Rendon St, New Orleans, LA

Website: Bayou Wine Garden

Opening hours: Sun - Thu: 11am - 12am; Fri - Sat: 11am - 1am

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8. Faubourg Wines

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Faubourg Wines is both a wine store and wine bar, offering an interesting selection of rare wines from all over the world. The wines are expertly curated and served in an inviting space by knowledgeable wine professionals. A mixture of affordable gems for under 15 USD and the world’s finest premium wines are on offer. Wine, liquor, and beer are available on sale with meats and artisanal cheeses and other staples to take home. Customers can also relax at the bar and enjoy a constantly changing selection of 5 USD glass pours.

Faubourg Wines

Address: 2805 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA

Website: Faubourg Wines

Opening hours: Sun - Thu: 12pm - 9pm; Fri - Sat: 12pm - 10pm

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9. Oak

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Oak in New Orleans is a vast wine cellar housing a great selection of wines, which they group by palate rather than by region. The wine bar offers dozens of wines by the glass and almost 100 hand-selected bottles of wine from all over the world. The bar also has an excellent beer list and cocktail menu. Wines are paired with tasty small plates with international flavors refined to suit the New Orleanian palate. A full menu of food items is available all evening. The bar is also the setting for New Orleans music, including jazz, R&B, and acoustic folk music.

Oak

Address: 8118 Oak St, New Orleans, LA

Website: Oak

Opening hours: Tue - Wed: 5pm - 12am; Thu: 5pm - 1am; Fri - Sat: 5pm - 2am (closed on Sun - Mon)

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10. Patrick’s Bar Vin

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Patrick’s Bar Vin is located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. It has a private courtyard where locals mix with enthusiasts from all over the world. Owned by Patrick Van Hoorebeek, the wine bar serves an impressive array of wine, a selection of beers from the owner’s home country of Belgium, along with some signature cocktails. Among the selection available are a number of sparkling wines as well as red and white wines from California, France, Germany, Spain, and other countries.

Patrick’s Bar Vin

Address: Hotel Mazarin, 730 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA

Website: Patrick’s Bar Vin

Opening hours: Mon - Thu: 4pm - 12am; Fri: 12pm - 1am; Sat: 2pm - 1am; Sun: 2pm - 12am

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Good wine and good food in New Orleans

Have fun exploring all the historic and beautiful sites this wonderful, vibrant city has to offer. Dine in the top restaurants, shop in the many unique stores, experience the remarkable Mardi Gras carnival, but also make time to relax and try out a selection of the world’s best vintages in some of the best wine bars in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Anne Sewell was born in England, but has spent most of her life in Africa - Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa - and now resides on the beautiful Costa del Sol in southern Spain. She loves writing...Read more

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