Wine Bar in Istanbul
21 places to explore
Bağ Pera
Beyoğlu
Turkish viticulture by the glass at the Tünel mouth, 85 boutique producers, no foreign-name flex
Beyoğlu Şaraphanesi
Beyoğlu
Three floors of Anatolian wine in a candlelit Asmalımescit townhouse
Bordo Şaraphane
Kadıköy
Tucked-in Sakız Gülü wine bar with a tight, evolving Turkish-focused list.
Comedus
Beyoğlu
Living-room-sized wine bar with charcuterie that punches above the General Yazgan address
Foxy Karaköy
Karaköy
Maksut Askar and Levon Bagis pair Anatolian grapes with endangered regional plates.
Galata Şaraphanesi
Beyoğlu
Quiet Jurnal Sokak şaraphanesi pouring small Anatolian producers and Georgian qvevri
Nail Kitabevi & Kafe
Kuzguncuk
Balyan-brothers building turned bookshop where regulars sip wine after dark
Zeyta Emirgan
Emirgan
Boutique wine and olive house on Emirgan's prettiest backstreet
Bej Karaköy
Karaköy
Lal Dedeoğlu's French Passage hideout, kitchen counter, candlelight
Seventy-bottle wine bar tucked into Giulio Mongeri's 1922 Art Deco palas
Merlot Şarap Evi
Bağdat Caddesi
Kapadokya-rooted wine bar bringing cellared bottles to the avenue
Lips Wine Bar
Nişantaşı
Natural wine bar with chef-driven small plates in Nişantaşı
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