Best Wine Bars in Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona — updated August 22, 2026
Four Scottsdale wine rooms ranked by how well the ratings hold up, from a 4.9 on Scottsdale Road to a tasting room on Stetson Drive pouring Arizona fruit.
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Scottsdale's wine drinking splits between steakhouse cellars and small rooms strung along Scottsdale Road and the Old Town side streets. The list below sticks to the second kind: independent bars and tasting rooms where wine is the point rather than an accessory to a ribeye. They are ranked by how convincing the ratings are, which means volume of reviews counts as much as the score itself.
1. Rift Wine Bar & Taphouse
Rift holds a 4.9 across 286 reviews, the highest score on this list attached to a meaningful number of visits, which is why it leads. The taphouse half of the name matters: the room pours beer alongside wine, so it works for a split group where not everyone is drinking bottles. It sits at 431 N Scottsdale Rd, at the southern end of the Scottsdale Road run and within walking distance of Old Town rather than deep in it. Not yet a 1,000-review institution, but 286 reviews is enough that a 4.9 is no longer a fluke.
2. Wine Girl
Wine Girl has the most tested rating here: 4.6 from 772 reviews, a figure that has survived a lot of different Friday nights. Volume like that says more about consistency than a higher score from a smaller sample, which is the case for treating it as the safest booking on the list when you have people to impress. The address, 4205 N Scottsdale Rd, puts it a short walk north of the Old Town core. If you want a wine bar that has been busy long enough to have worked out its service, start here.
3. The Wine Collective of Scottsdale, Wine Store, Wine Tasting & Wine Bar
Part shop, part bar, so you can drink a bottle in the room or carry one out. The 4.9 rating comes from 172 reviews, promising rather than proven, but the operating details are unusually clear: closed Mondays, open Tuesday through Thursday from 2pm to 8pm, Sunday 11am to 7pm, with Friday starting at noon. Happy hour runs Tuesday to Friday, 2pm to 5pm, and Tuesday brings a burrata and bottle special at $30. Walk-ins are welcome; groups of six or more should call ahead. Find it at 4020 N Scottsdale Rd, Suite 104.
4. Salvatore Vineyards Tasting Room
A vineyard tasting room rather than a general wine bar, which makes it the choice when you want to drink one producer's range in order instead of scanning a list. It rates 4.7 from 153 reviews, the smallest sample here, so treat the score as encouraging rather than settled. The location, 7103 E Stetson Dr, is squarely in the Old Town walking grid, which makes it easy to fold into an evening that ends somewhere else. Good for an early stop before dinner.
What we left off
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar and Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant both rate well in Scottsdale, but both are national chains and fall outside what this guide covers. Garage-East is in Gilbert, not Scottsdale. Daily Dose Old Town Bar & Grill has more than 1,400 reviews and a 4.6, but it is a full bar and grill rather than a wine-led room, so it did not fit the premise.