The top wine bars in New York  are:

Accademia di Vino

Location: 1081 Third Ave. (E. 63rd St.) New York, NY 10065

What to expect: This place is  well-known for its comprehensive outlook on Italian cuisine. As usual the place is frequented by pizza lovers too who can choose between pizzas made from: black truffle pate, pecorino, and robiola. Other than that you can also go for sandwiches, and crudi of tuna, beef and fluke, amongst others which are augmented with fennel seasonings and salami.
Visiting Hours: Lunch: 12:00PM – 2:00PM ; Dinner: 5:00PM – 11:00PM

• Adour Alain Ducasse
  Location: 2 E. 55th St. (Fifth Ave.), New York, NY 10022|Phone number: 212-710-2277
  What to expect: You can enjoy many delicious treats here. Beginning with butter poached lobsters served with asparagus, apricot, peas, haricot verts, you can proceed to hamachi, which is embellished with green apple mustard, crouton slivers, avocado and apples.
  Visiting Hours: Open Mon-Thu, Sun 5:30pm-10:30pm; Fri-Sat 5:30pm-11pm.

• Aroma Kitchen & Winebar
  Location: 36 E. Fourth St. (Bowery), New York, NY 10003| Phone number: 212-375-0100
  What to expect: Relaxed, intense, Italian is the working essence of Aroma. And the place keeps true to its words. You can start with Apulian artichoke Parmigiana and pappardelle. Apulian artichoke is served with smoked treccione and pesto. Parmigiana is served with veal ragu, pork, beef or pan-roasted lamb chops with Umbrian lentils, cannellini beans, and mint pesto.
  Visiting Hours: Open Mon-Thu-Sun 5pm-12am; Fri-Sat 5pm-1am.

• Bar Boulud
  Location: 1900 Broadway (W. 64th St.); New York, NY 10023|Phone number: 212-595-0303
  What to expect: This French bar amazes you with classic interiors and equally appeasing foods. You can begin with its famous crowd puller charcuterie, which comes from Parisian pâté king Gilles Verot, and then slowly move on to Provencal pulled rabbit. Other than that you can enjoy Frisée Lyonnaise, and the escargots persillade. You can choose from their classic selection of soups, salads, tarts, and sorbets.
  Visiting Hours: Open Weekdays 12pm-2:30pm, 5pm-11pm; Sat 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-11pm; Sun 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm.

• The Barrel
  Location: 10 Stuyvesant St. (Third Ave.); New York, NY 10003| Phone number: 212-598-0454
  What to expect: The name and the place both generate umpteen curiosities within the diner. This barrel shaped wine bar grows upon you.  You can choose from wide varieties of pan-European tapas, and snacks served at the place. You can enjoy some authentic fried cod fritters, chicken fritters, and chicken liver - topped with apple slices and Marsala jelly.
  Visiting Hours: Open Daily 12pm-12am

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