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The Coravin Guide · Sydney
Sydney's natural wine scene has quietly become one of the most compelling in Australia — a city where a Darlinghurst wine bar pours rare organic wines from small-scale farmers, a heritage CBD bistro runs deep into Jura and low-intervention French territory, and a Newtown favourite champions biodynamic producers with the same conviction it brings to its Loire and Burgundy selections. These 12 venues share a common thread: a belief that how wine is made matters as much as where it comes from.
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Bentley Restaurant & Bar
Restaurant · 27 O'Connell Street, Sydney
Bentley's flagship list is one of Sydney's most ambitious: over 60 wines by the glass with a particular depth in biodynamic and low-intervention producers from Burgundy, the Rhône, and Australia's cool-climate regions. What sets it apart is the curatorial intent: this isn't a token natural wine section bolted onto a conventional list, but a program built around growers who farm with conviction. Iconic labels sit alongside esoteric discoveries, and the service is serious enough to guide you through both.
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Oborozuki
Restaurant · Level 3, 71 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Oborozuki's award-winning drinks program spans 60+ wines and 13 boutique sakes by the glass or carafe, with a meaningful focus on biodynamic and minimal-intervention producers alongside the restaurant's Japanese-French fine dining. The cellar's commitment to low-intervention winemaking extends across French, Australian, and Japanese labels — poured with love and served in Edo Kiriko crystal. It's a rare combination of technical rigor and genuine philosophy about how wine should be grown.
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Restaurant Hubert
Restaurant · 15 Bligh Street, Sydney
Restaurant Hubert's 55-wine by-the-glass list runs deep into Jura and natural French territory alongside Champagne, Burgundy, and Australian icons. In a room of velvet drapes, live jazz, and old-world glamour, low-intervention wines feel entirely at home. The Jura selections in particular are a highlight: aged Savagnin, oxidative Chardonnay, Poulsard — producers who've been farming naturally for generations before it had a name.
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Le Foote
Restaurant · 101 George Street, The Rocks
A French bistro in The Rocks with a list that moves comfortably between biodynamic selections, Barolo, and Barbaresco — around 40 wines by the glass. Le Foote takes the biodynamic commitment seriously, weaving it through both Italian and French sections rather than treating it as a side note. It's a wine list that rewards the curious diner as much as the confirmed natural wine enthusiast.
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King Clarence
Restaurant · 171 Clarence Street, Sydney
The Bentley Group's bold CBD outpost offers over 40 wines by the glass with weekly "unicorn" bottle openings — Alsatian and Grosses Gewächs selections lean into producers who farm with minimal intervention, giving this lively late-night venue a more considered cellar than its neon-lit atmosphere suggests.
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NOMAD Sydney
Restaurant · 16 Foster Street, Surry Hills
Around 45 wines by the glass with a consistent focus on small, sustainable growers — international gems alongside premium Australian producers — poured to accompany NOMAD's wood-fired, produce-driven cooking.
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Paski Vineria Popolare
Wine Bar · 239 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
The closest thing Sydney has to a dedicated natural wine bar in the Italian enoteca tradition. Paski champions small-scale farmers and artisan producers, with rare and natural wines by the glass across a list that threads organically between Italy, France, and Australia. The ground-floor bar is casual and convivial; the upstairs dining room brings more focus. What stays constant is the conviction: every bottle on this list was chosen because of how it was made.
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Bistecca
Restaurant · 3 Dalley Street, Sydney
An intimate Italian dining room with a wine list that is a love letter to Italy in all its natural, orange, and biodynamic expressions — alongside Barolo, Barbaresco, and Super-Tuscan icons. Low-intervention producers sit alongside traditional estates with total fluency.
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De Vine Food & Wine
Wine Bar · 32 Market Street, Sydney
A CBD institution since 2003, with 50+ wines by the glass from a 500-bin list that champions Euro-centric, natural, and biodynamic producers — Jura and Loire highlights in a warm, Italian-influenced setting.
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Lottie
Restaurant · 8 Baptist Street, Redfern
A rooftop Mezcaleria in Redfern with over 20 wines by the glass focused on biodynamic, low-intervention, and off-the-beaten-track producers — an instinctively natural wine list matched to bold Mexican flavours.
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Attenzione! Food & Wine
Restaurant · 180 Redfern Street, Redfern
A 480-label list in a cozy Redfern neighbourhood setting, built around Nebbiolo and regenerative viticulture — rotating by-the-glass selections keep the experience genuinely discovery-driven.
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Odd Culture & Bistro Grenier
Wine Bar · 266 King Street, Newtown
An unapologetically French wine bar on King Street with around 30 wines by the glass, championing biodynamic producers and the Loire alongside Burgundy classics — a neighbourhood favourite for those who prefer their wine made with conviction.
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From harbourside fine dining to neighbourhood wine bars, our complete Sydney city guide covers 43 venues across every style — rated and curated for exceptional wine-by-the-glass programs.
View the Sydney Guide →Not every venue in this guide is a natural wine bar. Many are restaurants, hotel dining rooms, or wine bars with broad, ambitious lists — what they share is a genuine and meaningful commitment to organic, biodynamic, and low-intervention producers. Whether that means a dedicated natural wine section, a list shaped primarily by how wines are farmed, or a sommelier who consistently steers curious drinkers toward minimal-intervention pours, each venue here has earned its place through the quality and sincerity of that commitment.