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Inner Richmond · San Francisco · Wine bar with small plates · Visit Website ↗
Updated October 2026
Reviewed June 22, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed High Treason’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You walk into 443 Clement expecting a neighborhood bar and instead find a record-spinning, low-lit room where someone has clearly thought very hard about Galician reds. The wine list lands in your hands and immediately signals: this is not an afterthought. Emidio Pepe next to Arnot-Roberts next to Occhipinti — on Clement Street.
High Treason runs a 150-bottle list that leans hard into the natural and minimal-intervention corners of Europe — Loire, Burgundy, Piedmont, Galicia, and Rioja all show up with real intent, not just token bottles. Envínate 'Lousas' Viñas de Aldea from Ribeira Sacra shares space with R. Lopez de Heredia Viña Gravonia Blanco and Domaine Gramenon Côtes-du-Rhône, which tells you something about the curatorial eye at work here. California gets its due through small producers like Arnot-Roberts, keeping things local without going full wine-country cliché. The gaps are minor — you're not finding deep verticals or an extensive Champagne section — but the hits-to-misses ratio is extremely high.
Thirty-plus options by the glass is genuinely remarkable for a room this size, and it's clearly the engine of the whole operation — 90% of sales are pours, not bottles. The glass list rotates with enough frequency to reward repeat visits, and prices run $13–$20, which is honest money for what's in the glass. If you want to taste across regions without committing to a bottle, this is your room.
Domaine Gramenon Côtes-du-Rhône — $15
Gramenon is a legend of the southern Rhône natural wine world — biodynamic farming, old vines, zero compromise — and finding it by the glass at a neighborhood bar price is the kind of thing that makes you want to order two.
Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
Most people walk past this because they don't know Trebbiano can age or that Emidio Pepe is one of Italy's great iconoclasts. It's oxidative, complex, and completely unlike anything else on the list — the kind of bottle that changes what you think white wine can be.
Occhipinti SP68 Rosso
Arianna Occhipinti deserves every bit of her reputation, but at $64 for a bottle retailing around $30, you're paying a 113% markup on a wine that's also widely available. The pour here is fine; the value is not.
R. Lopez de Heredia Viña Gravonia Blanco + Cheese and charcuterie board
Gravonia is aged oxidatively in barrel for four-plus years — it's nutty, waxy, and has an acidity that cuts straight through fatty aged cheeses and cured meats. It's the rare white that actually improves with every bite off a board.
The Bottom Line
High Treason is the wine bar San Francisco's Inner Richmond didn't know it needed — deep, weird, staff-forward, and genuinely fun to drink in. The markups aren't always kind, but the list is thoughtful enough that you'll forgive it at least once.
West Portal · San Francisco · Italian wine bar and small plates
A wine-bar list built around Italian bottles, with prices from $41 to $600 on the Wine List page. Start with the Firmino Miotti Breganze Cabernet 2015 at $18/64 from the glass section, or take the Raina Le Campette Montefalco Rosso 2020 at $42 if you want a bottle, and confirm prices since neither page is dated. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Fillmore · San Francisco · Indian, Regional
A South Indian dinner menu with two wine PDFs behind it: 17 pours on the glass PDF from 15 to 32, then a bottle PDF that starts with grower Champagne. Start with the chilled Florèz God's Own at 15 or the Aldo Viola Moretto at 17, and confirm both lists, since the PDFs are undated and the website Wines tab names some different producers. This unrated guide covers the posted wine lists, not service, storage or markups.
Hayes Valley · San Francisco · Wine bar with California/Italian-leaning small plates
A wine-bar list that ranges from Lebanese sparkling and orange wine to Jura bottles and sherry by the 3 or 4 oz. Start with the Pardusco 2024 chilled red at $14 / $56 or the Apátsági 2022 juhfark at $17, and confirm prices, since the page itself points you to the wine wall for more. This unrated guide covers the posted drinks and bottle lists, not service, storage or markups.
North Beach · San Francisco · Italian
A pizzeria wine list with real range: 24 wines under the Glasses heading, Italian reds sorted by region, and New World reds that include Napa and Paso Robles Cabernet. Start with the $10/$40 house Chianti Superiore, or try the $13/$52 Planeta Ceresuolo with a Margherita, and confirm vintages and prices before you order. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Union Square · San Francisco · French
A 66-page list that starts with a 20-pour glass page and moves quickly into Burgundy, Rhône and Bordeaux bottles priced in the hundreds and thousands, so decide early whether you are drinking by the glass or committing to a bottle. Start with the $20 Chablis or the $23 Corsican red, and confirm today's list because it carries no print date. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Potrero Hill · San Francisco · Italian
A list with two speeds: 29 glass pours from $13 to $45, and a bottle book that runs from $44 to $2,100. Start with the $13 Il Frappato or the $18 Vietti Perbacco Nebbiolo, then look at the Etna Rosso bottles (Tenuta delle Terre Nere 2023 is $82) if you want a bottle. This unrated guide covers the posted drinks list, not service, storage or markups.
Linden Street · Geneva · Wine bar with small plates
Microclimate is the best argument for stopping in Geneva that doesn't involve the drive itself — a focused, honest wine bar that treats the Finger Lakes like a serious wine region because it is one. Send your friends here, especially if they still think New York wine means Long Island.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Seasonal Rotation
Proper
Downtown / Plaza · Ashland · Wine bar with small plates
Liquid Assets is the kind of wine bar that rewards curious drinkers willing to look past the safe pours and dig into what the list is actually offering. Send your wine-curious friends here without hesitation — just steer them away from the Cupcake.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Downtown · Asheville · Wine bar with small plates
5 Walnut is your reliable downtown wine stop when you want something better than beer but aren't looking to drop serious cash. Those windows and $5 specials make it easy to say yes.
Solid Range
Fair
Stemless Casual
Willing but Green
Active Program
Acceptable
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