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Best wine bars for a date in Los Angeles
A glass to start, a table around the corner.
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A wine bar is the low-pressure date: stay for one glass or four, and let the staff steer you if neither of you knows the list. Most pour a good range by the glass and serve small plates, so a wine bar works as the first stop before dinner or as the whole evening.
This guide ranks 31 wine bars in Los Angeles, from Long Beach to Palos Verdes and Redondo / Hermosa Beach. Editors' picks come first, then the rest by rating, and the plans below build a whole evening around the best of them.
The list
Editors' picks first, then by rating.
Vino Wine & Tapas Room
$$
AJA Vineyards
Santa Monica · $$
COMPAGNON Wine Bistro
$$$
Friends of the Vine
Redondo / Hermosa Beach
Wine on 2nd
Long Beach · $$
Palos Verdes Wine Club
Palos Verdes · $$$
Buvons Wine Shop + Wine Bar
Long Beach · $$
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Good to know
- What's the best wine bar in Los Angeles for a date?
- Our top pick is Vino Wine & Tapas Room. AJA Vineyards and COMPAGNON Wine Bistro round out the top 3.
- Which Los Angeles neighborhoods have the best wine bars?
- Long Beach (2), Palos Verdes (1) and Redondo / Hermosa Beach (1) have the most spots in the top 7.
- Are there affordable wine bars in Los Angeles?
- Yes — Vino Wine & Tapas Room, AJA Vineyards and Wine on 2nd are all $$ or under.
- What should we do before or after?
- Make it a wine night: a glass to start, then dinner, then something sweet. The plans on this page pair each top spot with the best-rated places within about a 20-minute walk.