Beverly Hills' Most Sought After Wine Spots

The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills
419 North Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is one of Beverly Hills’ most treasured shops and regularly tops any list of best gourmet food or cheese shops in Los Angeles. While known for stocking hundreds of rare and hard-to-find cheeses, they also offer charcuterie, caviar, truffles, and unique takes on kitchen staples like Himalayan fine pink salt, French lavender honey and black currant vinegar. A few lucky patrons may even have a chance to visit the store’s secret wine cellar, which consists of 12-seat, private tasting room. Only available by booking far in advance, the tasting room provides an intimate, rustic European experience surrounded by framed mementos of the local legends who have been customers, amidst an upright piano that’s always in tune.

Héritage Fine Wines
9400 South Santa Monica Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

French owner Jordane Andrieu set up shop in Beverly Hills after six years in Burgundy. His background has led to a beautifully curated wine selection of organic and biodynamic bottles as well as rights to be the only U.S. retailer for many labels from French regions such as Burgundy and the Loire Valley or Languedoc Roussillon. Bottles of wine, which line the walls of the intimate space he renovated in collaboration with John Legend, range anywhere from $25 to $4,800.

Jean-Georges at Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills
9850 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

With restaurants that adorn the global landscape from New York City to Japan, Jean-Georges at Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is the first West Coast venture by Michelin-star and celebrity chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Toast to the finer things in life with the restaurant’s extensive Champagne menu, which boasts one of the largest collections of Champagne in the city. Selections date back to the 1980’s and a number of vintage Cristal are sent directly to the restaurant from distinguished Champagne houses, including Dom Perignon.

Maude
212 South Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

The first solo restaurant of celebrity chef Curtis Stone, Maude offers a chef’s table experience in the heart of Beverly Hills. Four different wine-inspired menus are introduced throughout the year to the 24-seat restaurant featuring a menu based on the Maude team’s research and travel. Past and upcoming tasting menu inspirations hail from wine regions including Rioja in Spain, Burgandy in France, Central Coast in United States and Piedmont in Italy.

The Polo Lounge at The Beverly Hills Hotel
9641 Sunset Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

The wine list at The Polo Lounge offers a thoughtful wine collection featuring hard to find and older vintages. Since 1941, the iconic restaurant continues to be the place to see and be seen, considered as having one of the ‘Top 10 Wine Lists in LA’ by Gayot.com and given the ‘Award of Excellence’ by Wine Spectator every year from 2009 to 2018. Diners can choose from more than 250 different kinds of wines such as Burgundy, Bordeaux and Champagne from around the world and enjoy a glass at the very place where Hollywood’s greatest stars, from Charlie Chaplin to Elizabeth Taylor, have done the same while seated at their favorite tables.

The Restaurant at Montage Beverly Hills
225 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

The wine list at The Restaurant at Montage Beverly Hills includes offerings from well-known producers from Napa Valley, Paso Robles, Sonoma as well as premium selections of legendary wines from France, Italy and other European wine regions, which range from $30-$200 per glass. 

The Restaurant employs a full-time sommelier, as well as a Wine Director to run their entire wine program to ensure every bottle has been tasted. By-the-glass selections range from prestigious and familiar to ultra-boutique and are stored in the hotel’s underground wine cellar, a 15,000 bottle, temperature controlled and limited-access room located in the heart of the hotel.

Spago
176 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Offering over 3,000 selections, Spago's wine list is not only one of the largest in Southern California, it’s one of the most comprehensive, and quite possibly the most extravagant. Guests can sip from bottles ranging in price anywhere from $35 to a $12,000. Since 2010, the famed restaurant has received five Grand Awards by Wine Spectator. After a massive renovation in 2012 by SoHo House designer Waldo Fernandez, the restaurant’s sleek and contemporary design is the perfect place to unwind and feel like a celebrity.

Wally’s Beverly Hills
447 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

A full bar, bustling kitchen, cheese shop, reserve room and impressive collection of caviar, chocolate and truffles are merely a complement to Wally’s extensive wine menu that is nearly 60 pages long. Over 2,500 bottles of wine line the walls of this vast space in floor-to-ceiling cubbyholes that begin just inside the front doors. Have a glass during lunch or dinner service, pop in for a drink at the bar before your evening plans, or head in late after a night out as the flagship wine shop, bar and restaurant is open until 2 a.m.