Especially for Wine lovers and friends, Athens had to offer the opportunity to discover and try more varieties and selected wines (Greek and Foreign varieties) which in several times are even difficult to obtain, while the less savvy, to reach in an easier way wine and broaden their wine horizons.
Most wine bars of the city have their own philosophy, have largely specialized in the list, are staffed by wine connoisseurs and invest in informing the public with frequent tastings and presentations.
In plus, this time, is the ultimate summer wine environment ... Cool white wines, sparkling and refreshing light red served at tables that have been able to catch the squares, courtyards, walkways and arcades.
On this occasion, stroll to some of the best, dive in the list and single out the most interesting proposals we can find in each ...
Here is a list of best Athens Wine Bars (2015)
Oinoscent
Vintage
Wine Point
Kiki de Grece
By the Glass
Harvest
Cava Vegera
Next in this article, you can see all the above wine bars in detail and also in the end my preferences.......
Oinoscent
For six years, oinoscent is a meeting point for those who seeking new experiences winemaking. In plus, the friendly, casual place that stirs in ideal proportions of classic and modern touches. The wood gives space to metal and yellow stars, reinforcing the lively atmosphere. Wine is everywhere, on walls, in the bar and clear in the upper level. The bar has a strong presence, but sharing the action with tables spread out on the sidewalk. The music accompanies the wine and playing at rates depending on the time and mood.
The list: The oinosecent team do a good and systematic work by changing the list every two days. Original and definitely tempting! Especially if you take into account that each proposed list includes 40 different labels, then the "innocent" wine bar, within a month you have the chance to taste more than 500 different wines by the glass, resulting in 60% of Greek producers and the remainder from all major wine producing countries. Wines are just other friends carefully dishes, also change frequently, at least every three months.
The proposals: the Oinoscent honors world vineyard and a good reason to visit it, is to discover rare wines and in many cases unknown, as the château Musar from Lebanon. Still, from Portugal and from Sicily with excellent examples producers, such as Cos and Planeta. Often made special wine presentations and weekly organized events, as well as blind tests of four wines, rewarded and create a game about wine.
Address: Voulis St. 45-47-City Center (Syntagma)
Telephone:210 3229374
Easy Transportation:Take the Metro, Stop at Syntagma Station, you will find it 300m from the station
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Vintage
Going down the Metropoleos Streets, just before we reach Monastiraki, passing the historic building Chytiroglou, now transformed into a stylish wine bar, with aristocratic aura, the Vintage. Simple, minimal, in black and white tones, the Vintage welcomes you to a space with classical references, which refers to Viennese bistrot and travels with the selected decorations and marble flooring in the decade of the '50s. In a completely different style is the section of the store where tastings take place. There, the show stealing the imposing table sixteen carbon, made from half a tree trunk. For the summer formulas, Vintage has caught tables outside on the popular pedestrian street of Kapnikarea.The list: designed to contain representative labels from the Greek and international vineyards. The base includes 250 labels and in this number according to the new findings of its wines group are intercalary additions. The glasses are potential 250, since the first vintage wine bar used by Coravin for pumping wine without removing the cork.The proposals: for those who want to enjoy aged wines white and red, the vintage is the best destination. Panos makes collection of old vintages. You can choose between a Avlotopi 2001, some Rapsani 2003 or very old and rare Burgundy. In white, play equally ripe Savatiano, Assyrtiko and Riesling. Every so often, they made test flights on who can even choose the customer himself. Also, become very successful pairings of wine and cheese, it is worth noting that according to the order of the wines created each time a different deck of cheese and sausages to make the best matching with wines. In the accompanying there is a special menu based on quality raw materials and the lowest possible processing. One of the best seller, is shrimp, matching with Santorini or with a good retsina.
Address: Mitropoleos St. 66 -Monastiraki
Telephone:213 0296570
Easy Transportation:Take the Metro, Stop at Monastiraki Station, you will find it 250m from the station
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Wine Point
A breath away from the Acropolis metro is the Wine Point, one of the first shops, which put us in a vinous climate and paved the way for the next. Since 2011, the Wine Point closes our daily appointments from noon, in a place that "vote" simplicity and elegance. Inside, divided into two levels, in the foreground is the long wooden bar, follow the stylish stands that support friendly feeling, while stealing the show or wall-mounted full cellar, which touches the ceiling. For wine lovers , however, the strong point of the restaurant is the underground cellar, which hosts the best conditions, about 4000 bottles. The pedestrian the summer mood is enhanced by a few tables.List: Only Greek and proposes 270 wine labels. The soul of the wine bar, Xenophon Stavropoulos, loves Greek wine and has managed to identify and collect wines from 60 local varieties and 25 international. The range is enriched every month with the wines of each honoree producer to whom a special tribute runs. Regarding the glass options, touching 30 and changed every twenty days. For those who want to eat something, the Greek products again have the first place in the presence of fine local cheeses and sausages.The proposals: beyond the trip to the Greek vineyard and educating the palate indigenous varieties from very to less known and some possible cases completely unknown in Wine Point for their debut many wines, giving the opportunity to try first, as recently rosé sparkling Amalia of Tselepou or aged family Raki Spiropoulos from Evia. Also served only a few domestic diamonds, for example the Byzantine label from Soufli and variety karnachalas or rare cases, such as the Rokaniaris Kontovrakis estate. The truth is that you will find much more stuff.
Address: Athanasiou Diakou and Porinou St. 2-Akropolis Station
Telephone:210 9227050
Easy Transportation:Take the Metro, Stop at Akropolis Station, you will find it right there
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Kiki de Grece
In one of the most beautiful pedestrian streets of the historic center, Ipitou st, resides the Kiki de Grece. A modern, youthful wine bar, which despite its tiny size, it has a remarkable collection of wines and dishes. People can enjoy shared either inside the restaurant, overlooking the showcase with cold cuts and cheese, either in the comfortable tables of the pedestrian with the trump of dumb of pedestrian walking or colors of the setting sun.The list: It is changing every three months and has changed every so often dedicated to a wine growing region. According to this concept, the previous month playing its wines Northern Greece, Crete earlier while the current does focus on the Aegean islands and specifically in small, interesting producers. The island's influence affects and delicacies hang out wines, with the Rhodian oil pie from summer vegetables and haloumi precede considerably the tastes and letting second in panacotta with mastic from Chios.The proposals: surely, every time you discover some wines will refresh your wine field and refresh your knowledge of an area. Currently, it is worth to taste the wines from the winery Lipsi and the small wineries George Moraitis in Paros and Mary Triantafylopoulou in Kos. Special occasion also for the shop are on Wednesdays afternoon, where he established the aperitivo, with choices always special wines by the glass, duo with creative tapas from selected materials such as smoked eel, trout, prosciutto Haryana and others.
Address: Ipitou and Voulis St.38-City Center (Syntagma)
Telephone:6938 878856
Easy Transportation:Take the Metro, Stop at Syntagma Station, you will find it 250m from the station
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By the Glass
In a short distance from the Zappeion, in a stunning neoclassical building resides the By the Glass, an all day wine bar, which exudes elegance, style and elegance. Space has been redesigned, but retains the classic style, with heavy wooden compositions, impressive lights, leather details and clean earth tones that give a calm and simultaneously a dose of luxury. Central to the wine bar and a trademark is an impressive device that maintains the bottles served by the glass. In the beautiful gallery, lined tables, and recently spread across the small square, amid the Russian church 1904 and overlooking the Zappeion and Amalia. In this way, By the Glass wear its summer dress and the quiet square suddenly became alive.The list: counts around 250 labels, with the lion's share, belong once again to Greek wines. Fotini Pantzis, owner of By the Glass, loves Greek wine, appreciating the efforts of producers and trying a to support them. However, but the catalog also includes some good proposals that are updated frequently, depending on the wines arrive in the perception and in the glasses of a specialized team. In the case of options in the glass, one can test any of the 250 tags . How is this done? The By the Glass is equipped with the new gadget Coravin, allowing you to "suck" with a peculiar syringe an amount from the bottle without being open!The proposals: At By the Glass, someone will go again and again, because his people chasing what special circulate. It is the wine bar, which gathers rare vintages wines and has options in vertical testing and guard the deep cellar aged wines that are not found elsewhere. To these, add something different but highly seasonal, the cocktails based on wine. In By the Glass, the wines come into shaker with delicious, cool effects.
Address: G. Souris Str 3 & Philellinon -City Center (Syntagma)
Telephone:210 3232560
Easy Transportation:Take the Metro, Stop at Syntagma Station, you will find it 250m from the station
Site: By the Glass
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Harvest
In the heart of the historical center, in the famous corner of Aeolus and Evripidou blowing an intense Spanish air. The reason is the place to be wine bar, Harvest. Modern and stylish, eye-catching, dressed with colorful tiled bar, giving a completely different tone, next to the central market in Athens. Wherever you sit, inside or outside, the atmosphere is friendly and pleasant, increasing speed to the test individual wines, dishes and coffee.The list: the harvest (harvest) is an extremely difficult process, requiring detail. With the same attention, people of harvest have made the harvest list. Overall, there are 120 labels with local varieties from around the world and unexpectedly small wineries, which you can hardly find elsewhere to try. Particular attention is paid to labels from Spain, which are fully harmonized with the style of the restaurant and the main inspiration of the kitchen, enhancing the winemaking choices.The proposals: there is no other wine bar, which is so well versed in wines from Spain and Argentina and has many suggestions varietal, Malbec. Taste of Argentina the Krontiras wineries and Hebewines and from Spain Bodegas Primicia. In the same logic, speaking for winwries - hidden treasures in the world, you'll find South African wines Umbala and Australia's Cacadu Rigde. Also taste a very interesting French origin, Paulmas wines. Generally, the choices by the glass is around fourteen and refresh almost every month. The wine complemented by attentive tastes, with Spanish raw materials. You must try them, even in one of the daily successful brunch. H Mediterranean experience ends with the super tailor made coffee. In Harvest landing coffee varieties from small farms producing all famous producing countries.
Address: Aiolou 64 & Evripidou-Monastiraki
Telephone:213 025 2284
Easy Transportation:Take the Metro, Stop at Monastiraki Station, you will find it 400m from the station
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Cava Vegera
The famous wine cellar to the south, has evolved into a talk of the town wine bar by an impressive lifting in the space of 420 square meters. Every corner shouting taste ", combining skillfully wood, glass and metal, approaching European style, balancing modern decoration trends with light rustic interventions. Inside, everywhere are exposed bottles of spirits and wines, increasing the availability to the discover and try them. The tables in the pedestrian center of Voula, give you the feeling that you are on an island.The list: every 20 days Cava Vegera doing general retouching, keeping constant only the number of 40-50 different labels by the glass. In the case of the bottle, the visitor may choose whatever he wants from the wine cellar of the restaurant, which includes close to 1,000 labels from around the world and open to a charge of around five euros more than the retail price. Along with the wines being made "freshening" and dishes that are simple but more than meticulous to follow the winemaking proposals.The proposals: the Cava Vegera go for the greatest variety in Fine Wines and unique collection that exceeds 100 labels in magnum bottles. Of course, it is the right spot and for those seeking natural wines (natural wines) and wide field in small Greek and foreign producers. Soon, even the basement would work cellar where one will be able to guard his wines in ideal storage conditions.
Address: King Paulou St 61, Voula
Telephone:211 0125700
Easy Transportation:Take the Metro, Stop at Elliniko Station, then take a taxi you will find it 6 Km from the station
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My Preferences- Best 4
Oinoscent
Vintage
Wine Point
By the Glass
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