Atlanta's First Natural Wine Bar on the BeltLine
Boulevard Heights · Atlanta · Natural Wine Bar · Visit Website ↗
Updated August 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · February 10, 2026
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Atlanta's first dedicated natural wine bar, opened by the team behind Finca to Filter coffee. Wine consultant Jett Kolarik keeps the list tight and personal: roughly four reds, three whites, one orange, and two sparkling wines by the glass, plus 10 to 15 bottles. Everything poured is from producers they know personally. Small-batch, sustainable, low-intervention. Expect pet-nats, orange wines, funky skin-contact whites, and offbeat sparklers you will not find anywhere else in town.
The 10,000-square-foot shared patio on the BeltLine, strung with fairy lights, is one of the best outdoor drinking spots in the city. The food menu is surprisingly hearty: sandwiches, grazing boards, dips, desserts. Weekend brunch is available. The whole operation feels like the wine world's answer to a neighborhood coffee shop.
A tight, personal, all-natural wine program on the BeltLine with a massive patio is a format nobody else in Atlanta is running. If you want to discover what natural wine actually tastes like without the pretense, Side Saddle is the most welcoming entry point in the city.
The Bottom Line
Side Saddle is Atlanta's natural wine gateway. Tight personal list, all low-intervention, and the best patio on the BeltLine. If pet-nats and orange wines are your thing, or if you want them to be, start here.
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Grocery Store
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· Atlanta · Mediterranean / New American
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Crowd Pleasers
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· Atlanta · Steakhouse
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Plays It Safe
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· Atlanta · Fast Casual
Nando's is here for the chicken, and the wine list knows it — eight uninspired labels that exist to check a box, not to enhance your meal. Order the Vinho Verde, enjoy your peri-peri, and don't overthink it.
Grocery Store
Fair
Stemless Casual
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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Willing but Green
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
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Mission District · San Francisco · Natural Wine Bar
Bar Part Time is the rare wine bar that pulls off genuinely fun without dumbing down the wine program — Tuesday's $10-off-bottles deal makes it even harder to say no. Send your friend who thinks they don't like natural wine; they'll leave converted.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
San Francisco · San Francisco · Natural Wine Bar
Bar Gemini is the rare place where a ten-bottle list feels like an achievement rather than a limitation — every pour is deliberate, pricing is shockingly fair, and the selection reads like a natural wine obsessive's notebook. Yes, send your friends here. Make them order the Hungarian red.
Small but Thoughtful
Steal
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
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Zaferia · Long Beach · Natural Wine Bar
Buvons is the kind of place Long Beach didn't know it needed — a serious natural wine program tucked into a neighborhood most people drive past. The markups sting a little, but the curation, the vibe, and the staff's genuine enthusiasm make it worth it. Send your adventurous friends here immediately.
Small but Thoughtful
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Knowledgeable & Friendly
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