Intimate in Istanbul

Turkish viticulture by the glass at the Tünel mouth, 85 boutique producers, no foreign-name flex

Tucked-in Sakız Gülü wine bar with a tight, evolving Turkish-focused list.

Living-room-sized wine bar with charcuterie that punches above the General Yazgan address

Maksut Askar and Levon Bagis pair Anatolian grapes with endangered regional plates.

Quiet Jurnal Sokak şaraphanesi pouring small Anatolian producers and Georgian qvevri

Three-storey 19th-century Greek house turned wine room

Balyan-brothers building turned bookshop where regulars sip wine after dark

Cevdet Paşa cafe-bar with Bebek-old-guard regulars

Boutique wine and olive house on Emirgan's prettiest backstreet

Lal Dedeoğlu's French Passage hideout, kitchen counter, candlelight

Seventy-bottle wine bar tucked into Giulio Mongeri's 1922 Art Deco palas

Kapadokya-rooted wine bar bringing cellared bottles to the avenue

Natural wine bar with chef-driven small plates in Nişantaşı