Restaurant Guide 2008
Best Wine Lists
Get it touch with your inner oenophile at these top spots for every preference
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Wines even oenophiles haven’t heard of: Star sommelier at Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, Jamie Drummond has an uncanny ability to sniff out fascinating (and tasty) under-the-radar bottlings. Recent offerings include a rare old-vines mourvèdre from California.
Old World: Hands down, Splendido has the best-edited selection of French and Italian bottles, from $40 to $6,000.
By the glass: The 80 options at Reds Bistro & Wine Bar span esoteric to fine vintage. Even snobs will be cooing.
High-end by the glass: Where else but One can you order a single glass of 1999 Dom Perignon ($95)?
Wines you’ve never heard of: Chiado carries an extensive list of Portugal’s finest, from douros to terras do sado.
Ontario: At Treadwell Farm to Table Cuisine, James Treadwell—sommelier, and son of chef Steven—finds rare local vintages (’99 Daniel Lenko Meritage) and trophy bottlings (Le Clos Jordanne) you‘d be hard-pressed to find elsewhere.
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