By-The-Glass Guide

We are an intimate, candlelit wine bar with a curated wine list, cheese plates & walls with rotating local artwork. Here at Hôtel Biron, we have events that help build and support our community and wine makers.

Hôtel Biron has been open for 24 years tucked away on an alley in San Francisco. We offer 20-25 wines by the glass. If you follow us on Instagram, we do a password that allows you access to wines from our exclusive Coravin list.

Hôtel Biron: A Hidden Gem Where Wine, Art, and Community Come Together in SF

Looking ahead, Ron is preparing to launch a new project that honors the person who first inspired his love of wine.

Cannabis Takes Flight

On a traditionally chilly July evening in San Francisco, a small group gathered at a wine bar for an event that combined the aromas and flavors of wine alongside another one of California’s most celebrated agricultural products: Cannabis.

Hôtel Biron Under New Ownership

We’ve had a lot of people come in and support the bar,” Ramsubhag tells What Now San Francisco, adding “I’ve been focusing on more events and changing our wine menu a little.

Hôtel Biron Has a New Owner and Is Holding a Three-Day Grand Reopening Celebration This Weekend

This news update just came in: there’s a new owner of SF wine bar (and absolute institution) Hôtel Biron Wine Bar & Art Gallery in Hayes Valley.

Hôtel Biron Grand Reopening

The Hôtel Biron, a wine & art bar with a bohemian vibe, is re-opening under new management and Umbriaso is proud to be part of the relaunch.

Top Wine Bars in the Bay Area

Where to get a great glass from San Jose to San Francisco to Sebastopol.

Hôtel Biron and Bar Fluxus Return, New Owners of The Summer Place

A couple reopenings to report, starting with the return of the candlelit HÔTEL BIRON wine bar/den in Rose St. alley (by Zuni).

San Francisco for wine lovers

Rachael Ryan guides us round one of the world’s great wine cities.

15 Best Wine Bars In San Francisco

Sip on quality grapes at these hip wine bars in San Francisco.

Hôtel Biron–Small Wine Bar and Art Gallery

The Hotel Biron is one of our favorite destinations to mark the end of the week.

The 17 Best Wine Bars In San Francisco

The best wine bars are the ones where either you get to taste things you might not otherwise find anywhere, curated for you by a professional with good taste, or where the atmosphere, prices, and selection are so inviting and unpretentious that you can't help but want to come back again and again. If all of the above exist in a single venue, even better. Below we bring you our picks for the city's finest places to taste and sip, some of which provide live entertainment or at least a cool soundtrack to boot. And if you're a person who still feel intimidated by wine, you shouldn't be. This may a city of connoisseurs, but most of them are more than happy to teach you everything they know

Best Wine Tasting Bars In San Francisco

This little hidden jewel is not really a hotel but a romantic find, tucked away in a cozy alley (a charming spot, actually), where wine calls you back from those pricey, sweetened cocktails you may have been trying recently.

Hotel Biron

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Snobless Sipping Where a Glassful Is Just a Glassful

Hôtel Biron is tucked on a back alley near a cluster of restaurants on Market Street.

Sass by the glass / Wine bars come of age in the Bay Area

Yet the atmosphere undoubtedly influences a wine bar's clientele. Hotel Biron may be right around the corner from Cav, but its dim, moody setting creates a den-of-iniquity vibe that encourages couples to get chummy.