Ardyn

· Wine list Ardyn is the West Village bar that finally gave the neighbourhood a credible wine programme that was not attached to a restaurant. The list deliberately leans New World — Sonoma chardonnay from named vineyards, deep South African and Australian sections, an Oregon pinot bench that goes beyond the usual suspects — at a moment when most other rooms in the city were doubling down on the same European producers.

The food is a small, sharp small-plate menu, and the staff handle a packed room with the kind of poise that takes years to build. It ranks eighth because it is doing something none of the other top rooms are willing to risk: building a New World argument inside a city that defaults to French.

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