Vesterbro

· Casual Vesterbro Vinhandel is the bottle-shop-and-bar hybrid that codified the model in central Copenhagen. The shop occupies the front, a small drinking counter sits at the back, and the entire retail list is available to drink in for a flat markup that the rest of the city's bars resent on principle.

The buying programme is heavy on Loire, Beaujolais, and the looser end of natural Italy, and the staff include some of the most knowledgeable wine retail people in the city. It ranks eighth for the model itself: this is the bar that taught Copenhagen the shop-and-bar hybrid, and it remains the most useful place in Vesterbro for anyone trying to buy a bottle for home after trying it by the glass.

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