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

Wine bars are central to Chișinău's identity, fitting for the capital of one of the world's oldest wine countries. The category is concentrated in Centru: Invino Enoteca and Carpe Diem Wine Shop & Bar pair deep Moldovan and international lists with a shop-and-pour model, while Embargo works the more casual wine-bar register. Black Rabbit Gastro-Burrow adds a gastro-pub angle to the central cluster.

Carpe Diem Wine Shop & Bar ★ 4.6

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Carpe Diem on Strada Columna in Chișinău is the country's first wine bar (2011), pouring 10 to 15 Moldovan wines by the glass from a 160-label shelf.

Invino Enoteca ★ 4.7

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Invino on Bănulescu-Bodoni in Chișinău is the 2016 sommelier-led Moldovan wine enoteca, with 250 labels on the shelf and 15 pours by the glass.

Embargo ★ 4.4

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Embargo on Pușkin 47/1 in Chișinău is the wine-focused bar showcasing high-quality Moldovan wines paired with local cheeses, charcuterie and house.

Black Rabbit Gastro-Burrow ★ 4.3

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Black Rabbit Gastro-Burrow is a loft cafe-by-day, cocktail-bar-by-night on Parcalab; lunch runs small plates, the bar pours natural wines after 19:00.

TipSwitch to the bar menu after 19:00 for the natural-wine pours; the lunch room is a different animal from the night room.

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