Around the corner from the award-winning restaurant Septime in Paris is its popular sibling, a cozy, always-packed little room where an all-star lineup of bottles can be enjoyed with exquisite bites, be it grilled bread with smoked butter and black truffle, or slices of Spanish Wagyu.

Camille Fourmont’s endlessly charming sliver of a spot in Paris has been drawing regulars for over a decade — not just for her charm (and her famous white beans), but also for the adventurous bottles she stocks. Check Instagram for pop-up events with global chefs — quite a feat considering there’s no kitchen!

Arguably the one that started it all, this Belleville staple in Paris holds legendary status both in the natural wine world and among the city’s best chefs. Although there are a few seats at the bar for drinkers, it would be a tragedy not to book ahead for lunch or dinner so you can experience Raquel Carena’s earthy, soul-satisfying food before she retires.

A natural wine bar in Paris for those who’d prefer a more classic setting, this vintage café near the Pantheon is of the zinc-tables-on-the-sidewalk variety, and also happens to have excellent food.

An unpretentious outpost of natural wine and a menu that runs toward hearty, updated classics, this lovely husband-and-wife-run spot in Bordeaux has 350 natural selections on offer — because it can’t be all Left Bank first growths all the time. Better yet, they’re open Monday (as well as for lunch).

Opened in Copenhagen by the importer who helped kick off the city’s considerable natural wine scene, this cozy, subterranean spot on Nyhavn Harbor has an on-point biodynamic list, as well as small dishes of the minimalist Danish variety. In summer, it turns into a harbor-side party, with BBQ nights filling the picnic tables.

It’s worth the bike ride beyond Noma in Copenhagen to discover this waterside seafood and vegetarian all-day-café-cum wine bar. In the summer, people swim between glasses. In winter, the sauna is its own reward (book ahead) — as is a dinner reservation for one of the restaurant’s 16 seats.

This transportive, canalside bar in Copenhagen is on the Top-5 list of many of the natural wine world’s globetrotters. Not only is the cellar worthy of a flight, the all-Prouvé décor in this 19th-century storefront is as chic as it gets. On Mondays, guest chefs from around the world prepare a one-pot staff meal available to all.

Nerding out is the name of the game at this sweet and casual (and award-winning) Malmo wine and cheese bar and boutique. They don’t take table reservations, but you’ll want to park yourself for awhile in order to pair your way through the day’s selection, segueing into oysters and a plate of spit-roasted pork and veggies. (Something about watching those cabbages spin is hypnotic…)

Is it a restaurant or a wine bar? Yes. And it’s wonderful. The casual East London stalwart is a destination for its good food, great wine list, and excellent, excellent personality.

Tucked into a wine-importer’s warehouse under a railway arch in London, you’ll have to fight the regulars for a spot at which to explore their inspiring menu and wine list. Everything here has a humble exquisiteness — no wonder considering that the owner’s parents are behind the pioneering Neal’s Yard Dairy and Monmouth Coffee. Currently only offering a set menu during COVID.

It’s not a natural wine bar, but don’t be a snob. This charming family enoteca in Milan – open since 1896 — is a neighborhood institution for good reason. You can taste everything from an inexpensive Sicilian bottle to a DRC, all pulled from the shelves lining every wall.

Tucked off Rome's Campo dei Fiori, this neighborhoody enoteca is the kind of place where you have to prove your natural-wine cred to owner Massimo Crippa on the first glass before he pours you the weird stuff sourced from around Italy. Challenge accepted!

Yes, Venice has a burgeoning natural wine scene, best exemplified by this canalside Cannaregio bar. The focus here is on small producers — and the delicious cicchetti that keep magically appearing on the bar.

The wines on pour at this sleek Vienna weinbistro are made with minimal intervention. The food, too, has that minimalist, modern feel, earning it a Michelin nod.

A sleek rendition of the distressed-walls-and-raw-wood-floors of the international wine bar vernacular in Vienna, elevated even further by Michelin-starred chef Konstantin Filippou’s menu. He dresses up his ox tartare with broccoli, mushrooms and hazelnuts, and sources the pork for his schnitzel from heritage-breed mangalista pigs.

In addition to a global list that gets deeper by the year, this Brooklyn favorite happens to have a fantastic, Michelin-starred restaurant beyond the bar. No matter how casual it may seem, everything from the glassware to the sound system (and playlist) is carefully considered and always just right. (Outdoor only for now.)

While technically a spectacular restaurant in New York City, there is that gorgeous bar up front, where you can gradually work your way through wine director Jorge Riera’s all-natural list, which is the envy of many somms and wine-store owners in NYC.

Why doesn’t New York have wine bars like they do in Paris, where they double as wine shops? Well, ask the state liquor authority. It won’t happen anytime soon. In the meantime, the crew behind the cult wine bar Wildair and Contra restaurant have plopped the city’s chicest, most jaw-droppingly-stocked wine boutique next to their wine bar and tasting counter in the basement of Essex Crossing. Until they reopen, order online for delivery to 15 states.

Arguably the city’s first natural wine bar, this pubby Lower East Side tapas bar in New York City has been a training ground for a long list of sommeliers and importers, and still serves as Mecca for a host of winemakers and industry vets.

The wine bar of the moment in Los Angeles (though we’re eager to see what Voodoo Vin brings when its counter finally opens), the anchor of the Sunset Strip wine scene has a cult-heavy list and excellent pizza (served Wednesday through Sunday), not to mention a patio that gets a workout almost year-round.

Okay, so it’s technically an all-day Mediterranean restaurant, but this Los Feliz restaurant has the best natural wine list in Los Angeles. When they reopen, stakeout one of the counter seats and let them drive.

It’s only fitting that Oakland should have such a focused bar and wine store, one opened by a doctoral candidate who was inspired by unfussy Parisian stalwarts like Le Verre Volé. This is where visiting natural winemakers and chefs come to pay their respects.

With its elegantly composed small plates and a solid list of low-intervention wines, this Euro-chic wine bar in Mexico City, near the Roma Norte neighborhood, is the leader in the city’s burgeoning natural wine scene.

Brooklyn ex-pats Scarlett and Jake Lindeman have a hit on their hands with their all-day Mexico City café, which opens its floor-to-ceiling doors at 9 a.m. and caps off the evening around 10:30. In between, you’ll find delights from avo toast and fried chicken (or fried avocado!) sandwiches to legit albondigas — not to mention a tight list of international wines.

If you can find this deeply charming, francophilic standing bar in Tokyo's Ebisu neighborhood, you deserve to be one of the 10 or so people who can fit in here, amongst the Jacques Tati posters and Stan Getz albums. While the list leans French, ask the owner to pour you something from Japan. Items from the daily-changing food menu are often served on antique ceramics and crystal.

Sake is served alongside natural wines in this restored two-level home in Tokyo, where the owners have opted not to ape Paris but to be fully traditional Japanese in design. No sourdough with butter here; the owner’s family runs a rare-fish business, and they also manage a vegetable plot, so the super-fresh menu changes daily.

And you didn’t think you’d find Gut Oggau in Fukuoka! Your people are here — and they’re pairing it with a plate of Japanese curry.

While it looks like a plush nightclub, this Moscow wine bar offers a wide-ranging list (explore the Champagnes, not to mention the Job Lot Amphora, the sole Russian bottle), and a menu of the tartare/sardines/octopus variety.