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INTERNATIONAL FAIRE

WE ALL NEED A DRINK RIGHT ABOUT NOW – BETTER YET – A WINE BAR AT OUR DISPOSAL. ONCE THE WORLD OPENS BACK UP AGAIN – IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN ONE OF THESE CITIES, STOP BY ONE OF THESE TO SIP AND RELAX.

LONDON: TERROIRS

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.

PARIS: L’AVANT COMPTOIR

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

DUBAI: OENO WINE BAR

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

ROME: IL GOCCETTO

Quietly inhabiting the lovely Via dei Banchi Vecchi, it is a secret hidden in plain sight: a cozy, wood-paneled wine bar with 18th-century ceiling and a superior wine selection.

TORONTO: SWIRL WINE BAR

Located in the East End, Swirl is in a small, converted apartment above a dog store in Leslieville. There’s no kitchen, but they do have amazing appetizers and desserts preserved in small Mason jars. Wine prices are affordable.