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5 Best Wine Bars for Pairing Practice

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Updated March 08, 2017
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Monvínic, Barcelona

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Around 30 bottles from Monvínic's list of nearly 4,000 are available by the glass; chef Sergi de Meià provides the top-notch tapas.

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Oeno Wine Bar, Dubai

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At this airy space in the Dubai Westin, diners go inside the temperature-controlled cave to choose from 60 cheeses to match a selection of 400 or so wines.

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Terroirs, London

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This natural-wine bar leans toward organic wines made with minimal intervention. Balanced against that purity are Terroirs' addictive "duck scratchings," basically salty nuggets of deep-fried duck skin.

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L'Avant Comptoir, Paris

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Many of the selections at star chef Yves Camdeborde's minuscule wine bar—a tiny zinc counter seating 12—are from the French Basque regions where the chef grew up.

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Ash St. Cellar, Sydney

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Australian cult producers like Mac Forbes share space on the wine list with international stars like Gaja at this elegant, cozy wine bar in the hip, maze-like Ivy restaurant-bar complex.

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