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11 wine bar places in Milan we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Milan | Wine Bar across every city.

Milan's wine-bar culture has tilted firmly toward the natural and low-intervention end, served alongside small plates for the early-evening crowd. The Navigli holds much of the energy, with Vinoir and Cantina Urbana pouring from their own and growers' bottles. In Brera, N'Ombra de Vin keeps the more classic enoteca tradition going, while e/n enoteca naturale in Porta Romana focuses tightly on natural wine.

Vinoir ★ 4.8

€€€Wine barNavigli

Vinoir at the quieter end of the Naviglio Grande is Milan's first natural wine bar, open since 2012, with over 300 vini artigianali from Italy, France.

N'Ombra de Vin ★ 4.7

€€€Wine barBrera

N'Ombra de Vin on Via San Marco in Brera is the cellar cut into the 16th-century refectory of a former Augustinian convent, open since 1973.

e/n enoteca naturale ★ 4.4

€€€Wine barPorta Romana

e/n enoteca naturale on Via Santa Croce between Ticinese and Navigli is the community wine bar with a hidden courtyard and Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio view.

Cantine Isola ★ 4.3

€€€Wine barIsola

Cantine Isola on Via Sarpi in the Chinatown district is the wine shop and bar that every natural wine pilgrim puts on their Milan list. At Via Paolo Sarpi 30.

Cantina Urbana ★ 4.0

€€€Wine barNavigli

Cantina Urbana in Navigli is an urban winery that ferments and bottles Lombardy grapes on site in a converted warehouse. Open tue-sun 18:00-23:30, closed mon.

Identita Golose Milano ★ 4.5

€€€Wine barBrera

Identita Golose Milano at Via Romagnosi 3 near La Scala runs weekly four-course menus by rotating Italian chefs, with a sommelier-selected wine pairing at 85.

Vinodromo ★ 4.1

€€€Wine barPorta Romana

Vinodromo on Via Salasco between Crocetta and Porta Romana is the informal enoteca built around 500-plus natural and biodynamic labels from small Italian.

Wineroad ★ 3.7

€€Wine barPorta Venezia

Wineroad on Viale Piave near Porta Venezia is an enoteca with a kitchen, opened in 2013 and refreshed in 2021; bottles are drunk at the table or carried home.

Cantine Milano ★ 3.6

€€€Wine barIsola

Cantine Milano on Via Traù in Isola calls itself a wine restaurant: the bottle is chosen first and the Mediterranean menu ordered to suit it, near Blue Note.

Cantine Isola ★ 4.6

€€Wine barIsola

Cantine Isola on Paolo Sarpi is a Chinatown wine-shop facade with a handful of stools, cash-only and a handwritten weekly list of Lombard and natural bottles.

TipGo Tuesday or Thursday evenings when the importer drops new cases and Andrea opens something unannounced.

Vinoir ★ 4.5

€€Wine barNavigli

Vinoir is a wine bar room in Navigli. Ask what the producer left behind; there are usually unlisted bottles from importers who stopped by that week.

TipAsk what the producer left behind; there are usually unlisted bottles from importers who stopped by that week.

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