Independent off-licences in Leeds
There are 7 independent off-licences we've checked in Leeds, across 7 areas we cover: Chapel Allerton, Cross Gates, Guiseley, Harehills, Horsforth, Otley and Wetherby. None is part of a chain or franchise.
Open one to see its address, how to get in touch and where each fact came from.
- Updated 8 November 2026
- Next check due March 2027
All 7, alphabetically
The order is not a ranking: nobody can pay to be on this list, or to be higher up it. How we check
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Bottle And Bean
Off-licence · Pub · Wetherby
A bottle shop and licensed café on Church Street in Wetherby, registered at Companies House as Bottle and Bean (Wetherby) Limited. The company was incorporated in November 2017 under the classification for retail sale of beverages in specialised stores, and is registered at the trading address. Clair Bilton and Andrew Levine have each held a shareholding since incorporation, with Jenny Humphries joining as a shareholder in January 2024. It sells wine, craft beer and coffee, to drink on the premises or to take home. Independent Life, which lists it as an off-licence and licensed premises, records charcuterie boards and cinnamon buns alongside the drinks. Yorkshire.com also files it under off-licences.
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Chezvin
Off-licence · Otley
Chez Vin is an independent off-licence and wine and spirit merchant at 24 New Market, Otley. It stocks wine, gin, rum and other spirits for taking away rather than drinking on the premises, and runs its own site at chezvin.co.uk. It carries a 4.9-star Google rating.
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Drinks Plus
Off-licence · Cross Gates
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Krakus
Off-licence · Harehills
Krakus is an off-licence at 54 Harehills Road in Harehills, LS8. It was rated 4, good, at its last food hygiene inspection in June 2022.
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Once Upon A Vine
Bar · Off-licence · Horsforth
Once Upon a Vine is an independent wine shop and bar at 21 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, opened in 2018 by Simon Cocks, formerly a manager at Majestic Wines. It offers wine by the glass and bottle, including natural wines, alongside cheese and charcuterie boards, and hosts regular wine tasting events. The venue seats around twenty.
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Premier Cru Fine Wine Ltd
Off-licence · Guiseley
An independent wine merchant with a Guiseley address at 142 Otley Road, where the Food Standards Agency registers it as a retailer under Leeds City Council. The company was incorporated in March 2002 and has been directed since then by Richard John Carr, whose occupation is recorded at Companies House as sommelier; its registered activity is the wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic drinks. It describes itself as a well-established independent merchant selling both to the trade — bars, restaurants, hotels and event venues — and to the public, with wines from large names and smaller independent vineyards, a sustainably produced selection and a mixed-case wine club. Its website gives a trade address on Tong Park Industrial Estate in Baildon and free local delivery to Leeds and Bradford postcodes.
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Wayward Wines
Off-licence · Bar · Chapel Allerton
An independent natural-wine shop and bar on Regent Street, opened by Becs Winlow, Joss Ainsworth and Steve Nuttall — three friends who had worked together at the Leeds bar The Reliance. It focuses on natural, low-intervention, organic and biodynamic wines, mostly from France, Italy and across Europe, sold by the bottle to take away or drink in, and by the glass. It describes itself as the first venue in Leeds to focus on natural wine when it opened in 2017, and serves locally sourced cheese, charcuterie and sourdough alongside the list.
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