Molly Ringe runs this excellent, friendly shop that has a wide selection of natural wines (it supplies neighboring bar Baker’s). There are low-contact pickup and delivery options, as well as a book club that pairs literature with bottles — perfect for these stay-at-home times. It also recently opened a new location in West Seattle.

Capitol Hill’s self-pour wine and beer bar opened in 2020, and has since expanded its offerings to an all-day menu. The excellent self-pour and bottle selections include many natural offerings, including a crushable Albariño. There are still some takeout options, as well as a sizable patio and limited indoor dining.

Chris Elford and Anu Apte-Elford, the owners behind Belltown drinking institutions Rob Roy and No Anchor, pair natural wine, cocktails, and snacks at Vinnie’s, which shifted from a seafood bar to a bottleshop during the pandemic. Knowledgeable guide diners through a wine list that emphasizes options such as pleasantly bubbly J Brix riesling.

Beaujolais slushies capture the playful spirit here, but the star attractions are the list of natural wines and a menu of satisfying bar food, including pork and potato dumplings. There’s also a monthly wine club and delivery options.

Chophouse Row’s anticipated new wine bar has arrived with bottles featured for retail at neighboring Wide Eyed Wines. Veteran sommelier and co-owner Ezra Wicks highlights natural and biodynamic offerings, and the bar is now open for onsite dining, with a menu highlighting ingredients from local farmers, foragers, and fishmongers, as well as wines by the glass.

Wine on tap is available at lots of bars and restaurants around town, but no other place has embraced the concept with the all-in enthusiasm of Footprint, which has nearly 20 draft wines to choose from, mostly from local PNW sources. There is limited indoor dining with reservations, but the spot also offers to fill up growlers, which provides a better value than bottle purchases.

The Tasting Room is a retail co-op that serves wine from eight small Washington producers in an old-timey former warehouse at the north end of Pike Place Market’s Post Alley, offering a great sense for the freewheeling nature of Washington wine. The makers are experimenting with a wide selection of grape varieties, and there are often surprising discoveries.

The owners of Fremont’s popular cafe Vif opened this relaxed Beacon Hill bar and bottleshop spinoff in 2019, and it’s been a great neighborhood addition ever since. Snacks include some seriously excellent focaccia, and the selections mix plenty of fun with sophistication. Open for takeout, retail, and limited onsite dining.

Seattle may not have any wine dive bars, but it comes close with Left Bank, a tiny hole-in-the-wall across the Duwamish River from Boeing Field in South Park. It has the casual vibe of a basement rec room, complete with turntable, and an everchanging list of natural wines that emphasizes the new and the novel. Contact-free pickup or delivery is available via MyShopify.