Algeria makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 7 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
Femente · Country Almanac
A wine guide toAlgeria
Algeria
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2
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The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
2 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
The country’s house grammar.
The 2 styles Algeria makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of algeria’s production.
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Southern Rhône Red — the country’s most numerous bottle.
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Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across Algeria our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
LE101RESTAURANT
Traditional · Mediterranean — Algiers
92
Restaurant Gastronomique Asten
Middle Eastern — Bordj Bou Arreridj ⴱⵓⵔⴵ ⴱⵓ ⵄⵔⵉⵔⵉⴵ برج بوعريريج
47
Restaurant Des Jardins
Grill · Middle Eastern — حيدرة
47
Aquarium Aqua lunch Restaurant
Grill · Traditional · Mediterranean — Draria
42
Positano by brunchy 🍋
Grill · Mediterranean — Algiers
41
Restaurant El Qaâda
Middle Eastern · Traditional — Algiers
41
California Café
Burger · Street Food · Fast Food Concept — Oran
41
Racym’s restaurant
Grill · Middle Eastern — Algiers
41
Le repère 🦐
Middle Eastern — Casbah
41
Hot Spot
Grill · Traditional · Middle Eastern — Algiers
41
Restaurant L'Avenue Alger
Pasta · Traditional · Middle Eastern — حيدرة
40
Monkey Alger
Grill · Middle Eastern — Algiers
40
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