El Buscia
In Milanese dialect, el vin che buscia means spumante, or sparkling wine. While several Italian wine regions—from Franciacorta to Trento DOC—are particularly versed in making sparkling wines, spumanti made with…
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Cantine Isola
The Cantine Isola (cantine means “cellars”) has been open for over a century, while the area around it has changed from bourgeois neighborhood to chaotic ethnic district to its latest incarnation:…
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La Cieca
La Cieca means “the Blind,” which explains why the logo (and spirit animal) of this hole-in-the-wall enoteca close to Bocconi University is a mole. Choose from the well-curated, small list…
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Vino al Vino
The comfortable Vino al Vino doesn’t suffer from the lack of space (and sometimes air) that can make other tiny wine bars feel claustrophobic. And yet it can still feel…
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Vinoir
If it’s true that over the last few years most enoteche have jumped on the natural wine bandwagon, not many have decided to completely ban any “conventional” wines from their…
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Panificio Davide Longoni
Bread and wine have more in common than the obvious biblical references: They’re both agricultural products shaped by the somewhat mysterious process of fermentation. No one takes bread quite so…
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Taglio
Part gourmet specialty store, part coffee bar, part restaurant, the versatile and friendly Taglio is open all day, from breakfast to dinner. At aperitivo, you'll find a number of quality…
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Mag Cafè
Located right in the middle of the action on the busy Naviglio Grande, Mag Cafè serves some of the best cocktails in town in an utterly charming 1920s Parisian-style café. This…
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Ceresio7
The flamboyant brand DSquared2 is mainly known for its daring stripper-style heels. Ceresio7, its restaurant and bar, shares the same over-the-top allure with its retro-chic interiors and twin rooftop pools, offering…
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Baladin Milano
Brewer Teo Musso bottled his first beers under the Baladin label in 1996, a year that is often evoked as marking the start of Italy’s craft beer movement. Since then,…
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