Sommelier-owned, 200 bottles deep, with an Enomatic machine doing the heavy lifting
Roswell · Atlanta · Modern American / Wine Bar · Visit Website ↗
Updated June 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · February 22, 2026
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Vin25 is tucked into a converted 1941 house on a quiet side street off Canton and it is exactly the kind of place you would walk past if nobody told you. Do not walk past. Owner Phillip Cooper holds a Court of Master Sommeliers certification and personally selects every bottle in a 200-plus wine cellar that spans France, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Hungary. An Enomatic wine preservation system means the by-the-glass program goes deeper than most restaurants would dare. This is wine as the main event.
Two hundred bottles is substantial for any restaurant, let alone a cozy house in Roswell. Cooper curates across the major European regions — France and Italy anchor the list — but the real personality shows up in the margins. Austrian selections and Hungarian Tokaji tell you this is a sommelier shopping with conviction, not a manager ordering from a distributor sheet. Spain rounds out the Old World representation and domestic picks fill in the New World side. The list rotates with the seasonal menu, which changes roughly five times a year, so repeat visits reward curiosity.
Twenty-five-plus wines by the glass powered by an Enomatic nitrogen preservation system. That machine is the secret weapon — it lets Cooper crack bottles he would never risk opening at a standard pour-and-pray wine bar. The result is a by-the-glass lineup that genuinely reflects the depth of the full bottle list rather than playing it safe with crowd-pleasers. If you are a by-the-glass explorer, this is your playground.
Ask the sommelier for the current value pick — Varies seasonally
With five menu rotations per year, the value sweet spot shifts. Tell Cooper your budget and style preference and let the CMS-certified sommelier do his job. That is what you are paying for.
Hungarian Tokaji (dessert course)
Cooper specifically recommends pairing Tokaji with the cheese plate as a dessert course. Most Roswell diners have never tasted Tokaji and this is a genuinely special way to end a meal — golden, honeyed, and ancient in the best sense.
Playing it safe with familiar labels
You did not drive to a sommelier-owned wine bar in a 1941 house to order the same Cabernet you buy at Kroger. Trust the list and trust the person who built it. That is the whole point of Vin25.
Sommelier's pick from the Enomatic + Braised Short Rib
The short rib with rosemary cream sauce is one of the kitchen's signatures and Cooper builds his by-the-glass program around these pairings. Ask for the current red recommendation from the Enomatic and let the food-wine synergy do its thing.
The Bottom Line
Vin25 is the Roswell wine bar that wine people have been quietly recommending to each other. A Court of Master Sommeliers-certified owner, a 200-bottle cellar with genuine range, an Enomatic machine keeping the by-the-glass program honest, and a fire-lit patio with live jazz on weekends. If you are building a Roswell wine crawl, this is a mandatory stop.
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