"Imagine if hundreds of the most drinkable bottles of wine moved into your living room and threw a nonstop party. Sometimes the party's loud and fizzy, sometimes it slows to a brooding ooze; but it always feels like home. That's Il Goccetto. Small, warm like an embrace, decorated in a way that suggests it just can't be bothered with time, and above all, loaded floor to ceiling with wine. In winter it'll feel like a refuge; in summer it'll spill onto the sidewalk, over Vespas and between the bumpers of cars. More than 850 wines, plus it's the undisputed king of bar eats; try the beetroot cured salmon, or prosciutto di parma topped with peppery rucola and extra virgin olive oil." - Maresa Manara