Fawn Wine & Amaro Bar

James Beard Award-winning chef Terry Koval's intimate 35-seat spot is Atlanta's first amaro-focused bar, and the wine program is built around a niche that borders on obsessive: wines exclusively from volcanic soils. Etna, Lemnos, the Canary Islands, Santorini. Beverage manager Matt Watkins curates roughly 30 wines from volcanic regions alongside nearly 40 different amari. You can order volcanic wine flights or go deep with a glass of something like a Limino from Lemnos or an Almacita Brut Nature from Argentina's Uco Valley.

The seafood-centric menu keeps entrees at neighborhood-restaurant prices. They dry-age fish in-house. A six- or seven-course tasting menu with wine and amaro pairings is available at the chef's counter by reservation. The volcanic wine and the seafood create pairings that feel inevitable rather than forced.

A volcanic-soil-only wine program is the most specific wine concept in Atlanta and possibly the Southeast. If you have never tasted the mineral difference that volcanic terroir produces, Fawn will convert you. The amaro collection adds a dimension that no other Atlanta restaurant offers. Go for the flights.