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Perth’s best wine bars run from the Indian Ocean to the vines of the Swan Valley, and few Australian cities pour their home state with as much pride. Wherever you end up, a glass of Margaret River Chardonnay or Great Southern Riesling is never far away.
Go big at Burswood, where Rockpool Bar & Grill opens more than 80 wines by the glass from a cellar of around 2,600 bins. Nearby, Gladstones in Crown Towers is the place for mature vintages such as Henschke Mount Edelstone 2000. In West Perth, Mayfair Lane has been named Gourmet Traveller’s Best Pub Wine List three times. Out at Henley Brook, The Naked Fox has even poured Sassicaia 2009 by the glass.
Head for the coast and the mood relaxes. Gibney looks out over the sand at Cottesloe, while Brighton keeps its list all-Australian on Scarborough’s esplanade. Down in Fremantle, Vin Populi brings Barolo to High Street. Together, these seven venues show just how good Perth is at the glass of wine.
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Mayfair Lane Pub & Dining Room
Pub / Bar · 72 Outram St, West Perth WA 6005
Few pubs anywhere take wine as seriously as this one in West Perth. Mayfair Lane borrows the shape of the British gastropub — a relaxed but polished room, aged steaks from local farms, bangers and mash done properly — then backs it with a list that has taken Gourmet Traveller's Best Pub Wine List title in 2019, 2020 and 2023. Sommelier Foni Pollitt uses the by-the-glass pour to open bottles most pubs would never risk: skin-contact whites from Austria, native Greek grapes, Alsace Riesling from Domaine Weinbach and standout Chardonnay sit beside Barbaresco, Burgundy, Champagne and Sherry. Provence rosé, sweet wines and traditional-method sparkling round out a list that rewards wandering. The house motto is finesse over force, and it shows in the glass. Stay for a long dinner or perch at the bar; either way, the wine is the reason to come.
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Rockpool Bar and Grill Perth
Restaurant · Great Eastern Hwy, Burswood WA 6100
Steak and serious wine are an old partnership, and Rockpool Bar & Grill at Burswood treats both with real ambition. The grand dining room centres on an open kitchen and a woodfire grill, with produce driving the menu, while the cellar runs to some 2,600 bins gathered from around the world. More than 80 of those wines are poured by the glass, covering benchmark regions and grapes — Champagne, Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz — alongside value finds such as a mineral Alvarinho from Portugal's Monção e Melgaço. A six-litre bottle on pour and rotating tasting flights keep regulars exploring. The sommelier team is generous with advice, and the restaurant also holds a Star Wine List profile, which squares with what the glass list shows: one of the deepest by-the-glass offers in Western Australia.
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The Naked Fox
Restaurant · 8990 W Swan Rd, Henley Brook WA 6055
The Naked Fox is the Swan Valley's answer to the serious city wine bar, though nothing about it feels formal. Set on West Swan Road at Henley Brook with a vineyard view, it offers a fireside in winter and an alfresco terrace when the weather warms up. The by-the-glass list runs past 60 wines before fortifieds are counted, rotated from a cellar of more than a thousand bottles split evenly between Western Australia and the rest of the world. Small growers from the Swan Valley, Perth Hills, Geographe and Great Southern share space with Bordeaux, Burgundy and Italian classics, and aged rarities turn up by the glass — recent highlights have included Sassicaia 2009, Château d'Yquem 2009 and a mature Cullen Cabernet from Margaret River. It is a rare chance to taste properly cellared wine without committing to the whole bottle.
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Gibney Cottesloe
Restaurant · 40 Marine Parade, Cottesloe WA 6011
Gibney looks straight out over the sand at Cottesloe, and its dining room matches the view with polish: formal service, meticulous detail and a brasserie-grill menu from chef James Cole-Bowen, with consecutive Best Restaurant wins in the WA Good Food Guide to its name. The wine list, overseen by group sommelier Nina Throsby, pairs Australian icons with classic names from abroad and gives each producer a short note on why it earned a place. More than 50 wines are poured by the glass, drawing on Barossa, Margaret River, Burgundy and Champagne, with Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Grenache, Pinot Noir and Riesling well represented. Look out for the Bollinger PN flight, which sets three Blanc de Noirs side by side with a custom map, or a glass of Morey-Coffinet Aligoté. This is an occasion address, backed by a glass list that earns the setting.
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Gladstones
Restaurant · Great Eastern Hwy, Burswood WA 6100
Tucked inside Crown Towers at Burswood, Gladstones takes its name from Dr John Gladstones AO, whose pioneering work put Margaret River on the map, and the list repays that debt with real depth. Part refined bar, part tasting room, it is built for exploring Australian fine wine across the decades, with Western Australian producers front and centre and national and international benchmarks alongside. Its particular strength is age: mature vintages rarely offered by the glass, such as Henschke Mount Edelstone Shiraz from 2000, Giaconda Chardonnay from Beechworth and older Leeuwin Estate Art Series. Cool-climate, organic and low-intervention bottles, New Zealand Pinot Noir, Riesling, rosé and traditional-method sparkling widen the range further. A calm, stylish room for anyone curious about how Australian wine evolves in bottle.
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Brighton Wine Bar
Wine Bar · 190 The Esplanade, Scarborough WA 6019
Brighton sits on Scarborough's esplanade and keeps its focus firmly at home: every bottle on the list is Australian, and around three-quarters come from Western Australia. That makes it one of the coast's best places to taste the state by the glass, with 24 wines poured from Margaret River, Great Southern, Pemberton, Porongurup, Mount Barker and the Swan Valley, plus guest appearances from Tasmania and the Barossa. Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Riesling, Shiraz and traditional-method sparkling all feature, and a Gamay rosé from a small boutique producer has been a recent favourite. The kitchen cooks coastal dishes from WA produce, local beers and Australian-leaning cocktails fill out the bar, and the mood is relaxed and neighbourly. An easy, rewarding stop after a day on the beach.
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Vin Populi
Restaurant · 9-13 High St, Fremantle WA 6160
Vin Populi translates as 'wine of the people', and this Fremantle restaurant on High Street lives up to the name with a list built to be approachable rather than intimidating. Italian heritage runs through the cellar — Barolo, Barbaresco and Super Tuscans all feature — and it is blended with the best of Western Australia, Margaret River especially. The by-the-glass pours lean adventurous too, with biodynamic, organic, natural and skin-contact orange wines alongside Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Grenache, Pinot Noir and Shiraz. Sparkling might mean an organically farmed Franciacorta from Lantieri, aged on its lees for extra finesse. The food is handmade and the service warm, which explains why so many guests keep returning. A relaxed, sociable room and a fine reason to linger in Fremantle over a second glass.
View Full DetailsFrequently Asked Questions
What are the best wine bars in Perth?
The Coravin Guide lists 7 venues in Perth. Mayfair Lane Pub & Dining Room, Rockpool Bar and Grill Perth and The Naked Fox are rated Exceptional (more than 60 wines by the glass); Gibney Cottesloe and Gladstones are rated Outstanding (41 to 60); Brighton Wine Bar and Vin Populi are rated Excellent (20 to 40).
Which wine bar in Perth has the deepest by-the-glass list?
Rockpool Bar and Grill Perth pours 80 wines by the glass, the deepest list in this guide, followed by The Naked Fox (60), Gibney Cottesloe (50) and Brighton Wine Bar (24).
Where can I drink natural and organic wine by the glass in Perth?
Mayfair Lane Pub & Dining Room, Gladstones and Vin Populi give natural, organic or biodynamic bottles a place on their by-the-glass lists.
Which Perth wine bars pour Champagne by the glass?
Mayfair Lane Pub & Dining Room, Rockpool Bar and Grill Perth, Gibney Cottesloe and Gladstones keep Champagne or serious sparkling wine open by the glass.
Which Perth wine bars have a sommelier on the floor?
Mayfair Lane Pub & Dining Room, Rockpool Bar and Grill Perth and Gibney Cottesloe have a named sommelier or wine team guiding the pours.
Which Perth wine bars work for a group or a long lunch?
Gibney Cottesloe and Vin Populi are built for sharing plates, long lunches and larger tables.
How We Select Venues
The Coravin Guide selects venues based on the quality and ambition and depth of their wine-by-the-glass programme.
Each venue is rated on how many wines it keeps open by the glass: Exceptional for more than 60, Outstanding for 41 to 60, Excellent for 20 to 40, and Greg’s Hidden Gems for small lists chosen for inspiration rather than scale. In Perth that gives three Exceptional, two Outstanding and two Excellent. The deepest list is at Rockpool Bar and Grill Perth, with 80 wines open at any one time.
No venue pays to be included. Ratings reflect the overall standard of the wine-by-the-glass experience, not the broader dining or hospitality offering.
Wine by the glass turns a single evening into a tasting flight, and the wine bars in Perth above show how far a thoughtful by-the-glass programme can travel — from grower Champagne to bio-dynamic reds. Use the map to plan a crawl by neighbourhood, and open each venue for opening hours, the current pour list, and booking details.