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Here are a few local wineries, wine shops and bars for you to visit any damn day of the week because #welovewine.
Oakley Wines
4011 Allston St., Oakley
Oakley Wines was taken over by team behind Over-the-Rhine wine and cheese shop The Rhined in 2018. The establishment offers a wide selection of curated wines, with a focus on organically grown wines from small winemakers. The shop features a petite menu of bites.
Photo: Hailey BollingerLibertys Bar & Bottle
1427 Main St., Over-the-Rhine
Libertys offers the best of both the bar and the bottle with 20 rotating craft beers on tap and 15 wines available by the glass including half-pours along with 100 bottles of wine and 40 craft beers via retail. Dogs are welcome and youll frequently find one or two sleeping under their owners stools at the bar. Bring a pet along and theyll get to slurp up a water bowl while you sip on an IPA and admire their sleek interior.
Photo: Hailey BollingerRevel OTR
111 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine
This urban winery boasts a selection of housemade wines as well as features from other wineries. Hungry? Revel offers several different shareable bites like warmed olives or three-layer dip, as well as flatbreads and crostinis. For those wishing to get a little cheesy, they can order up a meaty board fully equipped with cured meats and artisan cheeses.
Photo: Hailey BollingerCrafts & Vines
642 Main St., Covington
A great wine and beer store. The shop has more than a dozen different beers and wines on draft, and all of the beer is from Kentucky and Ohio. Order a Truck Stop Charcuterie board with your bevs and munch down on pimento cheese, house made jerky and maple bacon Sriracha.
Photo: Hailey BollingerSomm Wine Bar
3105 Price Ave., East Price Hill
This worthy wine destination is in the Incline District in Price Hill. Somm Wine Bar offers a large patio with tables and lounge chairs. Youll find a lot of food choices from the light fare you expect at a wine bar to several more substantial entrées.
Photo via Facebook.com/SommWineBarRipple Wine Bar
4 W. Pike St., Covington
This adorably approachable wine bar is located in Covington and welcomes all levels of wine drinkers to taste, enjoy and learn about the wine world in a relaxed environment. The bar also offers a delightful menu of shareable bites like charcuterie and truffle and pecorino popcorn as well as sophisticated dishes like beef wellington popovers.
Photo via Facebook.com/ripplewinebarUnwind Wine Bar
3435 Michigan Ave., Hyde Park
California-style wine bar in the heart of Hyde Park with a full vegetarian and vegan-friendly snack menu.
Photo: Hailey BollingerMarty’s Hops & Vines
6110 Hamilton Ave., College Hill
A bottle shop and bar in a restored 1920s building in College Hill. Martys Hops & Vines offers fine wine, craft beer and small plates and pizza, along with a rotating weekly event schedule featuring deals, tastings and live music (during non-COVID times).
Photo: Brittany ThorntonThe Skeleton Root
38 W. McMicken Ave., Over-the-Rhine
A working winery and event space in OTR that pays homage to Cincinnatis wine history by producing heritage and French and European style wines, crushed and aged on site. Wines are produced in-house with minimal intervention, showcasing the terroir of the fruit in bottles of red, white and even rosé wine. The tasting room, with its beautiful illustration of grape harvesters on a Cincinnati hillside, is a perfect backdrop for happy hour.
Photo via Facebook.com/SkeletonRootValley Vineyards
2276 E. U.S. 22, Morrow
Award-winning, estate-grown table and dessert wines since 1970. Also home to Cellar Dweller brewery.
Photo via Facebook.com/ValleyVineyardsHenke Winery
3077 Harrison Ave., Westwood
Wine and dine the old-fashioned way, with both food and grapes processed in-house. This family-owned and -operated urban winery was considered one of the 10 best in the country by Food Republic.
Photo via Facebook.com/HenkeWinery1215 Wine Bar & Coffee Lab
1215 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine
Currently operating as carry-out only, this OTR spot is typically run as eclectic coffee shop by day and wine bar by night. During non-COVID times, try the wine flights, which double as both alcohol and a game. Three different wines are served in numbered glasses; use the tasting notes from the menu and blindly identify which is which. See if you’re correct on a provided card.
Photo: Jesse FoxListing Loon
4124 Hamilton Ave., Northside
A craft beer and wine shop in Northside that offers a casual drinking environment as well as great carry-out options.
Photo via Facebook.com/ListingLoonLudlow Wines
343 Ludlow Ave., Clifton
Since 1963, this has been a family-owned and -operated wine and craft beer merchant in Clifton’s Gaslight District.
Photo via Facebook.com/LudlowWinesMarket Wines
Findlay Market, 128 W. Elder St., Over-the-Rhine
A wine and beer shop at Findlay Market that offers six taps of craft beer, wine by the glass and popular weekend wine tastings.
Photo via Facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/marketwines/Meiers Wine Cellars
6955 Plainfield Road, Silverton
Ohios oldest and largest winery producing wine and juices from Native American grape varieties.
Photo via Facebook.com/MeiersWineCorkopolis
640 Main St., Downtown
An urban-inspired wine bar serving a selection of hand-crafted wines from across the world.
Photo via Facebook.com/CorkopolisElk Creek Vineyards
150 Highway 330, Owenton
The largest winery in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Award-winning wines are produced and bottled onsite, where there is a deli, lodge and weekly live entertainment.
Photo via Facebook.com/ElkCreekVineyards