Spry Wines
Star Wine List made Spry a Silver Star in its UK 2026 results, on a list otherwise thick with London.3
Why go
The pour is natural and organic wine by the glass, in a calm minimal room with stools at the bar and a snug at the back, and The List reports that the small plates can be built into a five-course tasting menu with wines matched to it.2 Roberta Hall-McCarron, who cooks at The Little Chartroom a short walk away, picks it out for the food as much as the wine: They do the most fantastic small plates and charcuterie to enjoy alongside a great wine selection.
1 The MICHELIN Guide has it selected for 2026 with no distinction attached.4
What locals & experts say
- Star Wine List of the Year UK, Silver Star, 2026: listed as Spry, Edinburgh, alongside Apricity and Plates London.3
- Roberta Hall-McCarron, easyJet Traveller:
It's a wine bar and shop just up the road from my restaurant.
1 - MICHELIN Guide, 2026: selected, no distinction.4
Good to know
- It is a shop as well as a bar, so the bottle you drink can leave with you.1
- Hygiene: Food Hygiene Information Scheme Pass, inspected 11 February 2026, FHRSID 1210155. Six months old.5
- Searching the FSA record: the premises is filed as Spry Wines & Ante Coffee. One address, two trading names.5
- Price and hours: nothing published.
- Getting there: 1 Haddington Place is on the Leith Walk side of Picardy Place, five minutes from the top of the Walk.
Verdict
should-visit — Star Wine List named Spry a Silver Star in its UK 2026 results, which puts a Leith Walk wine bar in the same list as Apricity and Plates in London. The MICHELIN Guide has it selected for 2026. The List describes the pour as natural and organic wine by the glass in a calm minimal room with a snug at the back, and says the small plates can be built into a five-course tasting menu with matching wines. Roberta Hall-McCarron, who runs The Little Chartroom up the road, calls the small plates and charcuterie fantastic alongside the wine. Two accolades and a working chef's pick is a strong triangulation for a bar this size. It stops short of the top rung because no critic has written up a bottle or a plate here, and no price is published anywhere.