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· Wine + dining Bar Crenn is Dominique Crenn's Cow Hollow wine room, opened next door to Atelier Crenn in 2018 and built around the most classical-French wine programme in San Francisco. Wine director Daniel Renouf runs a cellar that goes deep into Burgundy first-growths and Champagne grower work (Selosse, Egly-Ouriet, Cédric Bouchard), with a Loire and Rhône section that genuinely tracks small producers rather than negociants.

The by-the-glass rotation uses Coravin to pull from older vintages. Service is theatrically French in a way only Crenn herself can pull off. Ranks fourth because the format is more restaurant-bar than wine bar and the prices are firmly four-figure, but the cellar discipline is genuinely world-class.

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