House Wine
More than a hundred bottles on the list, and every one of them can be ordered as a glass.1
Why go
The by-the-glass rule is the house position, and The Infatuation's Nicolai McCrary says he has not found another Austin room offering that much flexibility.1 Close to a dozen flights run alongside it, spanning coastal whites, global orange wines and South American reds, which makes it a tasting bench rather than a bottle shop with chairs.1 The room is an old house cut into small rooms of armchairs and tables.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: a flight first, then a glass of whatever the flight settled. Any bottle on the list will be opened by the glass.1
What locals & experts say
- The Infatuation Austin, Nicolai McCrary, December 2024, unrated: on the by-the-glass rule,
If there's another place in Austin that offers that much flexibility, we have yet to find it.
1 The Infatuation does not rate bars that serve no full meal, so there is no score attached.
Good to know
- Where: 1711 S 1st St in Bouldin. It takes reservations. No working website was found: housewineaustin.com did not resolve on 9 August 2026, so book through the reservation link on the review page.1
- I haven't found a producer, a grape, a region or a price published anywhere. The list is described by its rules and never by its contents.
- Hygiene: no public inspection score exists for this venue. A bar pouring wine and serving no prepared food may fall outside the food-establishment permit altogether, which would explain the absence, so read it as missing information rather than as a pass.2
- Do not borrow a score: Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar and Stone House Vineyard & Winery both match a wine-and-house name fragment in the city's inspection records and are different businesses at different addresses.2
Verdict
should-visit — More than a hundred bottles and any of them will be opened for a glass, which is a rarer offer than the list length. Close to a dozen flights run from coastal whites through orange wines to South American reds, so it works as a tasting bench as much as a bar. The record stops there: no producer, region or price has been published, and Austin Public Health has no row for this address.