Ten Bottles, Zero Apologies, All Character
· Atlanta · Wine & Cocktail Bar · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 24, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Bar Ana’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The list is short — ten labels — but don't let that fool you into ordering a cocktail instead. Someone here has taste, and they're putting it to work. You're not getting a wall of options; you're getting a point of view.
Bar Ana's ten-bottle list reads like a mixtape curated by someone who just got back from a wine fair in Valencia and stopped through the Loire on the way home. There's a Hungarian Cserszegi Füszeres from Sebestyén that you almost certainly haven't ordered at a bar before, an orange wine from Volkar made with Grüner Veltliner, and a Carignan-Mourvèdre-Zinfandel red blend from Skinner in California that dares to be weird in all the right ways. The sparkling options are legitimately thoughtful — a Blanc de Blanc Méthode Traditionelle from Domaine de la Ferrandière and a Cava Brut-Rosat from Flama Roja anchor a category most bars treat as an afterthought. There are real gaps: no dedicated Burgundy, no Nebbiolo, nothing over a few years in age — but for ten labels, the range of skin contact, sparkling, and international obscurities is genuinely impressive.
Pricing and by-the-glass breakdown aren't published online, which is the one thing keeping us from going full evangelist here. The list is short enough that it likely functions mostly by the glass, but we can't confirm counts or pour prices — ask your server before you commit to a bottle.
Finca Torremilanos 'Montecastrillo' Tinto (Tempranillo) 2023 — null
Spanish Tempranillo from a solid Ribera del Duero producer at what's almost certainly the more accessible end of this list — fruit-forward, structured, approachable. A workhorse wine in the best possible sense.
Sebestyén Cserszegi Füszeres 2023
A Hungarian white grape almost nobody outside Budapest orders voluntarily, and that's a shame. Cserszegi Füszeres is aromatic, low-alcohol, and genuinely distinctive. If the staff can't explain it, order it anyway.
Odd Bird Non-Alcoholic Blanc de Blanc (Colombard, Chardonnay)
Odd Bird makes a respectable NA product, but if you're sitting at a wine bar with this list in front of you, the non-alcoholic option is a pass. Save it for the Dry January crowd.
Volkar Wines 'Orange Vibes' (Grüner Veltliner) 2024 + Unknown — menu data unavailable
This skin-contact Grüner would work brilliantly against anything with a little funk or richness — charcuterie, aged cheese, anchovy-forward bites. Once we get eyes on the food menu, this pairing writes itself.
The Bottom Line
Bar Ana is doing something rare in Atlanta: running a tight, intentional wine list that skips the filler and leans into the interesting. We'd send a curious friend here without hesitation — just be ready to ask questions, because half the fun is figuring out what you're actually drinking.
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Small but Thoughtful
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Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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