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Three edits of Milan's wine scene — each with a different angle. Read online, download as PDF to keep.
Wine bar guide · Milan
A curated edit of Milan's finest — selected for the quality of the pour, the intelligence of the room, and the kind of conversation that follows.
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Porta Venezia · M4 Dateo
The bottle shop that makes you lose track of time.
Not just a wine shop — a gourmet deli where the line between doing your shopping and staying for a glass dissolves completely. Opened in 2017 by Gabriele Ornati, Terroir draws locals and serious drinkers in search of natural wines from across Europe — Georgia, Lebanon, Austria — alongside specialty coffee, bean-to-bar chocolate and Slow Food Presidia products. The staff know every label on the shelf and know exactly when to tell you about it.
Atypique
Moscova · M2
Artisan wine, good food and the right music.
Opened in October 2023 by Simone Marchiori and Gabriele Natale, Atypique is one of the most interesting places to emerge from Milan's latest wave. On Via Alessandro Volta, the wine list moves between small Italian and French producers with bottles you won't easily find elsewhere. The sommelier guides you without making you feel guided — two words and you're pointed in the right direction. The food is good: bruschetta, boards, smash burger. Warm atmosphere, considered music.
e/n enoteca naturale
Ticinese · Parco delle Basiliche
Where wine becomes an ethical position.
e/n was born in 2018 inside Casa Emergency — the Milanese headquarters of the humanitarian organisation — and carries the full weight of that choice. The garden overlooking the Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio is one of the most beautiful spots in the city for a glass. The wine list rotates weekly, with over 4,000 labels cycled through the shelves over time: artisan producers from across Europe, selected for quality and positive territorial impact. The wineroulette evenings with producers are among the best in the city.
Mestè
Bocconi · Porta Romana
The osteria that knows its craft — in the most Milanese sense of the word.
The name comes from Milanese dialect: mestè, trade. And Daniele Santangelo and Marco Bonardi genuinely know theirs. Daniele took the long road — Vinoir, Panificio Longoni, Hic Enoteche, Vineria Eretica — before opening his own place in 2019, in a quiet corner near Bocconi. The kitchen is Lombard-Piedmontese tradition, executed properly: vitello tonnato with rabbit, Piacenza tortelli, fried tripe. The wines — irreverent and sometimes brutal, as he calls them — are the soul of the place. Few tables, wood and brick, no excess. It becomes your local faster than you expect.
Temp Enoteca
Risorgimento · M4 Dateo
An agricultural landscape in the middle of Milan.
Emanuele Romanelli opened Temp in October 2022 after years at Davide Longoni and Flor, with a precise idea: bringing the slow pace of the countryside into a city that never stops. No wine list as such — around 350 labels in rotation, predominantly Italy and France, all from small producers with whom Emanuele has a direct relationship. The real value is Emanuele himself, who knows how to guide you without taking away the pleasure of discovery.
Underdog wine bar guide · Milan
Smaller rooms, shorter menus, longer conversations. The places that haven't made the lists — and are better for it.
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Lodi · Southeast Milan
A neighbourhood wine bar that doesn't know it's a neighbourhood wine bar.
Tucked into a small piazza in Lodi — a part of Milan that hasn't bothered to become fashionable — Canaglia feels genuinely removed from the city's noise. You go here to escape, not to be seen. The wine selection is sharper than the address might suggest, the small plates are worth staying for, and the square outside has the kind of unhurried energy that's increasingly rare in this city. A place for people who already know where they're going.
Why now
Because the best neighbourhood wine bars disappear before anyone writes about them.
Ironica Bar
Lambrate · East Milan
Lucanian soul in a room that looks like a design studio.
Lambrate has been on the edge of interesting for a while now, and Ironica Bar is a good reason to finally make the trip. The design is contemporary and considered — the kind of space that photographs well but also functions perfectly — and it sits in productive tension with a menu rooted in southern Italian tradition. The strazzate and the Lucanian dishes are the point. The wine list earns its place alongside them.
Why now
Cool design and serious regional cooking rarely coexist this comfortably.
Deposito Enoteca
Porta Venezia
The enoteca that never needs to reinvent itself.
There's a particular kind of Milanese enoteca — warm, unhurried, slightly worn at the edges in the best way — that Deposito has mastered without appearing to try. In Porta Venezia, it holds its ground with a menu that ranges from small plates and antipasti to proper first courses. The cavallo tonnato is the thing to order. The wine list is broad and honest. It's the kind of place you return to without needing a reason.
Why now
In a city obsessed with what's new, places that simply keep being good deserve more credit.
Temp Enoteca
Risorgimento · M4 Dateo
The best glass of wine you'll have this week, in a room nobody is rushing to photograph.
Temp doesn't chase attention and it shows — in the best way. The labels are genuinely recherché, Emanuele's recommendations make you feel let in on something, and the cheese and charcuterie selection is one of the finest in the city. The seasonal food offers are consistently excellent. You come for one glass and leave knowing three more producers by name. It is, as the name suggests, a place that understands time.
Why now
No hype. No queue. Just very good wine and the space to actually enjoy it.
Infernot
Pavia · 35 min from Milan
Worth leaving the city for. Actually worth it.
Pavia is thirty-five minutes from Milan and feels like a different world — which is partly the point. Infernot is run with infectious enthusiasm and first-rate ingredients. The natural wine selection covers local territory and further afield with real clarity of vision. The low-temperature salt cod is exceptional. The charcuterie is serious. The chocolate cake, if you stay for dinner, is not optional. There is also an excellent selection for wine-loving vegetarians — rarer than it should be.
Why now
The best wine experiences are increasingly found outside the obvious radius.
"These places won't stay underdogs forever. Go now, while the tables are still easy to get."
Natural wine guide · Milan
Where to find it, how to read it, who's doing it right — and why it matters beyond the trend.
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