Smith &

· Wine Smith & Daughters is the Fitzroy plant-based room that has built one of Melbourne's most interesting wine programmes despite being primarily known for its food. Owner Shannon Martinez runs a list that leans into Australian biodynamic producers — Patrick Sullivan, Sigurd, Si Vintners — with a Latin American detour into Chilean cinsault and Argentine torrontés that you simply do not get elsewhere in the city.

The by-the-glass rotation is short but considered, and the kitchen-wine integration genuinely improves the cellar's accessibility. Ranks eighth because the food-first identity limits how the room reads as a wine bar but the buying conviction is real.

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