Natural Wine in New York: Where to Drink It, With Proof

New York has more proven natural-wine places in our index than any other city. This page lists them from the same evidence file as the New York guide, so what you read below is current: the count, the neighbourhoods, the places with the highest Funk Scores and the proof for each.

The legal drinking age in New York is 21, and ID is checked. Many of the bars are small, so it's worth checking hours before you cross a borough for one.

How to read the list

Every place we list has proof on file that it pours natural wine: its own website says so, its wine list names natural producers we recognise, a named publication calls it a natural-wine venue, or natural-wine importers list it as a stockist. The Funk Score adds that proof up, point by point; it never counts ratings, reviews or payment. Each place shows its source and the date we last checked it. How the Funk Score works · The stamps

Lists change: wine lists turn over, bars close, new ones open. We re-check on a schedule and the dates show it. If something is wrong, write to hello@isitfunky.com and we'll look again.

Before you go

• Check opening hours on the venue's own site or Instagram. Small natural-wine bars keep short, changeable hours.
• If a place links a booking page, it's on its isitfunky page. Where there's none, walk-ins are usually the norm, but we can't promise it.
• Not sure what to order? Name a direction rather than a grape: something light and chilled, a pét-nat, or skin contact. The glossary has the words.
• Going to several places? The crawl planner builds a walkable route between proven places in New York, and the map shows them all.

More: the short answer for New York · Top 10 in New York · our earlier New York guide.