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Best Wine Lists in Munich 2026
Restaurant cellars & sommelier programs · Munich · 7 lists ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 18, 2026 · Updated June 21, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Walk down into Tantris in Schwabing and the wine is the first thing the room tells you about itself: two cellars, around 550 varieties and some 50,000 bottles beneath the most storied dining room in Munich. It is the anchor of a serious, beer-city wine scene that runs from a 700-strong French list above the Maffeistrasse to the cellar under the Dallmayr delicatessen and a Palatinate wine tavern in the old Residenz. Here is who each table suits, what to expect walking in, and how to book it. Seven, ranked on depth, the pairing program and value rather than trophy labels alone.
1.Tantris
Munich's storied room, two cellars and 50,000 bottles deep. Save it for a landmark bottle.
Tantris in Schwabing has been the birthplace of serious German dining since 1971, the burnt-orange room where the country's haute cuisine began and now a two-star kitchen under Benjamin Chmura. The wine is the headline: two cellars hold around 550 varieties and some 50,000 bottles, one of the deepest restaurant collections in Germany, with the range to pull an aged Riesling or a great Burgundy. This is the city's grand wine occasion, the room for marking something with an old bottle and a sommelier team that knows the cellar cold. Plan on a top-end spend before wine. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, name a region and a number, and let the floor open the cellar.
Book on the Tantris site; ask the sommelier to walk you into the older vintages.
2.Les Deux
Fabrice Kieffer's one-star with a 700-strong list and Germany's finest maitre. Reserve weeks ahead for the service and the cellar.
Les Deux, above the Maffeistrasse in the city centre, is owner and sommelier Fabrice Kieffer's one-star room, a polished French kitchen with a 700-strong wine list and some of the best floor service in Germany. Kieffer reads a table as well as anyone, and the list is deep in French classics with the range to match a refined tasting menu. This is the booking for a couple who want grown-up, classic service and a serious bottle to go with it, in a calm room above the shopping streets. Plan on an upper-end spend before wine. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, tell Kieffer your budget and your menu, and let him lead.
Book on the Les Deux site; tell Fabrice Kieffer your budget and let him lead.
3.Alois Dallmayr
The two-star above the legendary delicatessen, with a fine cellar to match. Book it for a serious bottle and precise cooking.
Alois Dallmayr sits above the storied Dallmayr delicatessen near the Marienplatz, a two-star room now led by Rosina Ostler with some of the most precise cooking in the city. The wine list draws on the same heritage as the shop below, deep and well-chosen across France and German-speaking Europe, with a sommelier team built to pair a long tasting menu. This is the booking for a couple who want a refined, central fine-dining evening and a genuinely serious bottle. Plan on a top-end spend before wine. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, take the pairing if the menu is the point, and ask the floor for a German region to focus on.
Book on the Dallmayr site; take the pairing and ask for a German region to explore.
4.JAN
Jan Hartwig's three-star with a refined, wide-ranging cellar. Try it once for the full pairing.
JAN is Jan Hartwig's three-star room near Königsplatz in Maxvorstadt, the city's most decorated kitchen since Hartwig went out on his own, cooking intricate, modern dishes in an intimate dining room. The wine program is refined and wide-ranging to match, with a sommelier team that builds a careful pairing around the tasting menu and a list deep enough in France and Germany to reward a request. This is the booking for a couple who want the city's most ambitious meal and a wine team to match it. Plan on a top-end spend before wine. Reserve three to four weeks ahead, take the full pairing, and tell the floor if you want to lean German.
Book on the JAN site; take the full pairing and ask the floor to lean German.
5.Kaefer-Schaenke
A warren of rooms above the Kaefer deli with an old-school deep cellar. Pencil it in for an aged bottle.
Kaefer-Schaenke, above the Kaefer delicatessen in Bogenhausen, is a Munich institution, a warren of individually decorated rooms that has served the city's classic high cuisine for decades. The cellar is deep and old-school, strong across France and Germany with genuine age, the kind of list that rewards a diner who wants a mature bottle rather than the latest grower. This is the booking for a small group or a celebration who want traditional comfort and a serious wine to match. Plan on an upper-end spend before wine. Reserve a week or two ahead, ask for one of the characterful upstairs rooms, and tell the floor your budget.
Book on the Kaefer site; ask for an upstairs room and an aged bottle from the cellar.
6.Sparkling Bistro
Nico Spanier's ex-Tantris cellar behind a one-star Austrian-French kitchen. Book it for off-script bottles and a five-course run.
Sparkling Bistro sits in the Amalienpassage in Maxvorstadt, on the former Terrine premises, where Jürgen Wolfsgruber's one-star Austrian-French kitchen runs a set menu of five or seven courses from 135 to 175 euro. The wine is the reason to linger: ex-Tantris sommelier Nico Spanier runs a cellar that swings from blue-chip Burgundy to rare grower oddities, built to pair the tasting course by course rather than sell a trophy label. This is the booking for a couple who want a serious bottle without the hush of a grand dining room, in a relaxed, modern space. Plan on an upper-mid spend before wine. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, take the pairing, and tell Spanier if you lean classic or off-script.
Book on the Sparkling Bistro site; take Nico Spanier's pairing and ask for something off-script.
7.Pfaelzer Weinprobierstube
A vaulted Palatinate wine tavern in the old Residenz, all German bottles. Worth the trip for value and Riesling.
The Pfaelzer Weinprobierstube occupies a vaulted cellar in the Residenz, the former royal palace, a Palatinate wine tavern that has poured German bottles by candlelight for generations. The list is the point, almost entirely German with deep Riesling and Pfalz reds at prices that shame the fine-dining rooms, served with hearty regional plates. This is the booking for a group who want to drink German wine seriously without the formality or the bill, in one of the most atmospheric rooms in the city. Plan on a mid spend including wine. Reserve a few days ahead, sit under the vaults, and let the staff pour a flight of Riesling.
Book direct; sit under the vaults and ask for a flight of Pfalz Riesling.
Avoid for a wine night
Great room, wrong drink
Hofbraeuhaus. The most famous beer hall in the world is a fine afternoon for a stein and a pretzel, but it is built for beer and tour groups, and the wine is beside the point. Have the Mass and the brass band, then keep your wine night for one of the rooms above.
Schumann's Bar. Charles Schumann's bar is a Munich legend and one of the best cocktail rooms in Europe, but it is a bar, not a cellar. Go for a perfect drink before or after dinner, and drink your serious bottle at Tantris or Les Deux.
How to drink well in Munich
Name a region and a number and let the floor work inside it; at Tantris, Les Deux and Alois Dallmayr that conversation reliably turns up a better, often older bottle than the label you would have reached for, and all three are deep enough to pull aged verticals on request. Book the destination rooms two to three weeks ahead through their own sites, where the best weekend tables go first. For anything rare at Tantris, say so when you book so the bottle is confirmed and standing up before you sit down.
The value-minded end, Kaefer-Schaenke and the Pfaelzer Weinprobierstube, rewards leaning into German wine, especially Riesling and Pfalz reds, and telling the floor what you want to spend. If a classic French bottle is the goal, Les Deux is the room for it; for rare, off-script pours, Sparkling Bistro. And wherever you go, if you are celebrating, say so when you book so the room can make a night of it.
Frequently asked
Which Munich restaurant has the best wine list?
Tantris in Schwabing holds our top spot. Two cellars beneath the storied room hold around 550 varieties and some 50,000 bottles, one of the deepest restaurant collections in Germany, with the range to pull an aged Riesling or a great Burgundy to drink with Benjamin Chmura's two-star cooking. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, name a region and a budget, and let the sommelier team open the cellar for you.
Which Munich restaurant has the best sommelier or service?
Les Deux, owner Fabrice Kieffer's one-star above the Maffeistrasse, is widely held to have the finest floor service in Germany, paired with a 700-strong, French-leaning list. Tantris and Alois Dallmayr also run deep cellars with sommelier teams built to pair a long tasting menu. At any of them, tell the floor what you want to spend and let them lead you to the bottle.
Where can I drink German wine in Munich?
The Pfaelzer Weinprobierstube in the Residenz is the city's most atmospheric room for German wine, a vaulted Palatinate tavern with deep Riesling and Pfalz reds at fair prices. For German wine in a fine-dining setting, Alois Dallmayr and Kaefer-Schaenke both keep strong selections from German-speaking Europe. Ask the floor for a Riesling flight to taste across the regions.
How much does a good bottle cost at Munich restaurants?
Plan on 50 to 110 euro for a genuinely good bottle at most of these rooms, with the ceiling far higher at Tantris, JAN and Alois Dallmayr, whose cellars run into rare and aged territory. The Pfaelzer Weinprobierstube is the value pick, with serious German bottles at tavern prices. The smart move everywhere is to set a number with the floor and let them find the interesting bottle inside it.
Do you need a reservation for these Munich wine restaurants?
Yes for all of them, and well ahead for the destination rooms. Tantris, Les Deux, Alois Dallmayr and JAN release tables ahead and the best weekend tables go first, so book two to three weeks out, or three to four for JAN. Kaefer-Schaenke, Sparkling Bistro and the Pfaelzer Weinprobierstube are easier but still worth reserving. For a rare bottle at Tantris, say so when you book so it is confirmed and ready.
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