68 & Boston

68 & Boston is the south London entry on most serious lists, and it would rank higher if more readers lived in SE22. The Lordship Lane room runs a tightly edited list of around 120 references, almost entirely natural-leaning, with a by-the-glass programme that genuinely tracks what the buyers are excited about that week rather than what is moving.

The team has built the bar that South East London needed for a decade and finally got. The natural-wine wave reached well beyond the obvious east London postcodes, and 68 & Boston is the clearest proof. The list reads small but goes wide — Loire, Friuli, the Iberian peninsula, some unexpected Czech and Slovenian inclusions. The buyers travel and the floor team know who they bought from.

The food programme is short, sharp small-plates built to extend a bottle. The room is small enough that conversation works without raising your voice. The staff are unusually generous with tastes before you commit to a glass. If you live in south London this is your bar. If you do not, the Overground stops at Peckham Rye and the walk is twelve minutes.

For the full ranking, see our editorial round-up of the 10 best wine bars in London 2026, the broader London wine bar guide, and our category index of wine bars worldwide.