Wijnbar Boelen &

· Wine + plates Boelen & Boelen has been pouring on Lindengracht since 2014, which makes it middle-aged by Jordaan standards and the closest thing the neighbourhood has to a wine-bar institution. The list leans French and classical — Beaujolais crus, Sancerre from growers most lists would skip in favour of Loire chenins, a quietly serious Rhône section — and the kitchen sends out plates that exist to make the wine taste like itself rather than to compete with it.

Service is run by the family that owns it, which is rare enough in Amsterdam to be worth flagging. It ranks second because it does the unglamorous work of selling Burgundy by the glass to people who do not work in restaurants, and does it without the producer-name-dropping that has become a tic elsewhere in the city.

For the full ranking, see our editorial round-up of the 10 best wine bars in Amsterdam, the broader Amsterdam wine bars guide, and our category index of wine bars worldwide.