The Best Wine Bars in Milan
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The best wine bars in Milan, according to the experts: Eater has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bicchierino Bar comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Milano.
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Rank 1. Bicchierino Bar
Wine Bar
A bar with no kitchen and a small oven doing the heavy lifting, Bicchierino pulls off something quietly remarkable in the Giambellino neighborhood. The six-seat bar is usually buried in fresh flowers, and the handful of tables fills fast, so book ahead. Natural wines from France, Italy, and Spain anchor the list, with bottles available to take away. The food, given the constraints, reads like a flex: horse tartare, artichokes with preserved lemon, a roast beef sandwich with anchovy mayo.
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Rank 1. Cantina Urbana
Wine Bar
A working microwinery inside Milan's city limits that makes its own bottles rather than just selling other people's. The team draws grapes from Oltrepò Pavese, Valpolicella, and the slopes of Etna, then ages them in steel, amphorae, and wood. Charcuterie boards loaded with Lombard cheeses and salumi, plus cicchetti, cover the aperitivo side. Come for a glass; end up staying through dinner.
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