NYC Has 12 Of The World's Best Wine Restaurants

NEW YORK, NY – Cheers, NYC.

The city's reputation for having one of the best restaurant scenes in the world has just been strengthened after 173 eateries made Wine Spectator's prestigious list of 3,759 worldwide with outstanding wine selections.

Of them, 12 won the magazine's top plaudit – the Grand Award. Only 91 places in the world made it onto that list.

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Wine Spectator, a leading authority on wine, assembled its 2018 list of the Best Restaurants for Wine based not only on the breadth of vintages in their cellars but also how well wine is paired with entrees.

Here are NYC's Grand Award winners:

'21' Club

21 W. 52nd St.

Ai Fiori

Langham Place, Fifth Avenue, 400 Fifth Ave.

Daniel

60 E. 65th St.

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse

1221 Avenue of the Americas

Del Posto

85 10th Ave.

Eleven Madison Park

11 Madison Ave.

Jean-Georges

Trump International Hotel & Tower, 1 Central Park W.

Nice Matin

The Lucerne, 201 W. 79th St.

Per Se

10 Columbus Circle

Sistina

24 E. 81st St.

The Modern

9 W. 53rd St.

Tribeca Grill

375 Greenwich St.

The restaurants recognized by Wine Spectator are in 75 countries.

Click here see all the Grand Award winners.

Click here to see all winners by metropolitan area.

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