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Best Wine Lists in Amsterdam 2026
Restaurant cellars and sommelier programs · Amsterdam · 6 lists ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Ciel Bleu was named the city's number-one wine list in 2025, the clearest signal of how deep Amsterdam's restaurant cellars now run. Behind the two-star hotel rooms sits a real wine scene, from a Gault&Millau sommelier of the year to a 1,300-bottle organic cellar and a De Pijp natural-wine bar that pours by the glass. Here is who each list suits, what to expect on the floor, and how to book. Six, ranked on cellar depth, the pairing program and the sommelier rather than trophy labels alone.
1.Ciel Bleu
The city's number-one list in 2025, two stars and a deep cellar twenty-three floors up. Book it for the grandest wine night in town.
Ciel Bleu, the two-Michelin-star room on the twenty-third floor of the Hotel Okura, was ranked the city's number-one wine list by Star Wine List in 2025 and holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Head sommelier Gioele Di Ganni leads a team that hand-picks more than 450 fine wines to match Arjan Speelman's luxurious, seafood-led cooking. The six-course menu is €225 with a €150 pairing, the eight-course €275 with a €200 pairing. This is the city's grand wine occasion, the room for a landmark bottle and a sommelier who reads the table. Reserve two to three weeks ahead and let the floor lead from a budget.
Book through Hotel Okura; set a number and let the sommelier lead.
2.Flore
A two-star cellar of around 1,300 bottles run by the country's sommelier of the year. Book it for biodynamic depth and a sharp pairing.
Flore, Bas van Kranen's two-Michelin-star and Green Star room at Hotel De L'Europe, runs a cellar of roughly 1,300 bottles with a biodynamic and organic European focus, and holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Wine director Antonello Nicastri was named Gault&Millau Sommelier of the Year for 2026, which tells you how seriously the floor is taken here. The tasting is about €250 with a €105 pairing, and a smaller-pour flight and a Champagne pairing sit alongside. This is the booking for a diner who wants a thoughtful, low-intervention cellar and a top sommelier guiding it. Reserve ahead and ask Nicastri to range off the classics.
Book through Hotel De L'Europe; ask the floor to lean biodynamic.
3.The White Room by Jacob Jan Boerma
A one-star room in the city's oldest dining hall, with a cellar run by two sommeliers under a wine-serious chef. Book it for a classic pairing in a monument.
The White Room by Jacob Jan Boerma holds one Michelin star in the 2026 guide and sits in 'De Witte Zaal' at Dam 9, the listed 1885 hall billed as the oldest restaurant in Amsterdam in original condition. Boerma, who built one of the country's most respected cellars at the former three-star De Leest, is the signature chef, with Tristan de Boer running the pass. Sommeliers Frederico Figueiredo and Philip Segers pour against two seven-course menus, Gold with meat and seafood and Green vegetarian, each about €185 before wine, with a classic or premium flight to match. This is the booking for a diner who wants a serious, sommelier-led cellar and a sauce-driven kitchen inside a monument. Reserve a week or two ahead and take the premium pairing.
Book on the White Room site; take the premium flight against the Gold menu.
4.Vinkeles
A two-star cellar in an 18th-century bakery, with personalised pairings. Book it for a canal-house wine dinner with history.
Vinkeles is the two-Michelin-star room of The Dylan at Keizersgracht 384, set in an eighteenth-century former bakery whose old ovens still frame the room. Head sommelier Jasper van Amerongen runs a notable cellar and builds personalised pairings around Jurgen van der Zalm's modern French cooking, with the chef's menu about €220 and pairings from €18 a glass. The canal-house setting gives the wine night real atmosphere. This is the booking for a couple who want history, a serious cellar and a floor happy to tailor the pours to the table. Reserve through the hotel two to three weeks ahead and tell the sommelier what you like.
Book through The Dylan; ask the sommelier to tailor the pairing.
5.Glouglou
The city's defining natural-wine bar, pouring twenty-plus by the glass. Drop in for low-intervention bottles without the formality.
Glouglou is the De Pijp natural-wine destination at 2e van der Helststraat 3, a long-running bar pouring more than twenty natural wines by the glass, all made without pesticides, added yeast or sulphur. The list spans sparkling, white, orange, rosé and red, and bottles are sold retail at the bar price minus fifteen euro, so you can taste then take one home. There is a small-plates kitchen rather than a tasting menu, and no reservations. This is the booking, or rather the drop-in, for a relaxed natural-wine night and the chance to taste your way through low-intervention bottles. Go early on a weekend, since it fills and does not take bookings.
Walk in early; taste by the glass, then buy the bottle to take home.
6.Wils
A one-star fire kitchen with a list built to match the smoke. Book it for big reds against open-flame cooking at a fair price.
Wils, Joris Bijdendijk's one-Michelin-star room above Stadionplein in Oud-Zuid, builds its wine list to match the open-fire, whole-animal cooking that defines the kitchen. Head sommelier Barbora Peterikova runs an extensive list recognised by Star Wine List, with cellar bottles you can pre-reserve and a pairing built for charcoal-led food. The six-course chef's menu is €115 with a €95 pairing, the best value wine night on this list. This is the booking for a diner who wants big, structured reds against woodsmoke without a two-star bill. Reserve a week or two ahead and ask the floor to pour into the fire courses.
Book on the Wils site; take the pairing and ask for a structured red.
Where not to chase a wine list
Stale listings and the wrong expectation
Bord'Eau. Despite the name, this room no longer exists; it reopened as Flore at Hotel De L'Europe, which carries the serious cellar today. Book Flore, ranked above, rather than chasing the old listing.
RIJKS. Joris Bijdendijk's one-star room at the Rijksmuseum is an excellent dinner, but its wine program is value-priced and modest rather than a cellar destination. Go for the cooking and keep your serious wine night for the rooms on this list.
How to drink well in Amsterdam
Name a region and a number and let the floor work inside it. At Ciel Bleu, Flore, The White Room and Vinkeles, that conversation reliably turns up a better bottle than the label you would have reached for, and all four are deep enough to range from a grower wine to something rare. Flore and Vinkeles lean biodynamic and personalised, while The White Room pours two sommeliers against the seven-course menus.
For a relaxed night, Glouglou in De Pijp is the natural-wine drop-in, no booking and bottles to take home, and Wils is the best-value pairing, built to match open-fire cooking. Book the two-star hotel rooms two to three weeks ahead through the hotel's own site, and for a rare or aged bottle, say so when you reserve so it is confirmed and standing up before you sit down.
Frequently asked
Which Amsterdam restaurant has the best wine list?
Ciel Bleu holds our top spot. The two-Michelin-star room on the twenty-third floor of the Hotel Okura was ranked the city's number-one wine list by Star Wine List in 2025 and holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Head sommelier Gioele Di Ganni leads a team that hand-picks more than 450 fine wines. Reserve two to three weeks ahead and let the floor lead from a budget.
Which Amsterdam restaurant has the best sommelier?
Flore's wine director Antonello Nicastri was named Gault&Millau Sommelier of the Year for 2026, running a cellar of roughly 1,300 biodynamic and organic-leaning bottles at Hotel De L'Europe. Ciel Bleu's Gioele Di Ganni leads the city's top-ranked list at the Hotel Okura. At either, tell the floor what you want to spend and let them lead; both cellars are deep enough to surprise you.
Where can I drink natural wine in Amsterdam?
Glouglou in De Pijp is the city's defining natural-wine bar, pouring more than twenty low-intervention wines by the glass, all made without pesticides, added yeast or sulphur. Bottles are sold retail at the bar price minus fifteen euro, so you can taste then take one home. There is a small-plates kitchen and no reservations, so go early on a weekend.
How much does a good bottle or pairing cost in Amsterdam?
At the two-star rooms, plan on a wine pairing of 150 to 200 euro at Ciel Bleu, around 105 euro at Flore and from 18 euro a glass at Vinkeles, on top of the menu. For better value, Wils pairs its six-course menu for 95 euro, and Glouglou pours natural wine by the glass. The smart move everywhere is to set a number with the floor and let them find the bottle inside it.
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