14 editor picks in Florence.
14 wine bar places in Florence we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Florence | Wine Bar across every city.
Florence is Tuscan wine country, and the enoteca is woven into how the city drinks, from the standing bar to the small Oltrarno cellar. Le Volpi e l'Uva and Pitti Gola e Cantina near Pitti, plus Il Santino, are the Oltrarno benchmarks, while Casa del Vino tucks in behind the San Lorenzo market. On the smarter side, Cantinetta Antinori in Santa Maria Novella and Procacci 1885 pour the grand-house Tuscans, with Coquinarius and Signorvino in the centro storico.
Le Volpi e l'Uva in Florence's Oltrarno is the 1999 wine bar tucked behind Ponte Vecchio, with a hand-built list of Tuscan small growers, 30 wines.
OrderCrostino del giorno, salumi flight, a glass of Sangiovese from a single-vineyard producer.
TipClosed Sunday. The 12-seat bar has no bookings; arrive at 17:30 for aperitivo seating.
Casa del Vino in Florence's San Lorenzo has been the 1898 wine shop and standing bar behind Mercato Centrale, with a daily crostini and panino programme.
OrderCrostino di lardo di Colonnata, panino with finocchiona, a glass of Chianti Classico.
TipClosed Sunday.
Pitti Gola e Cantina in Florence's Oltrarno sits across from Palazzo Pitti, with a 600-bottle natural-and-biodynamic list, charcuterie boards.
OrderSalumi flight, the daily seasonal plate, a Brunello pour from a single-vineyard estate.
TipClosed Sunday. The 20-seat dining room books out two weeks ahead.
Il Santino in Florence's Oltrarno is the wine-bar annex of Il Santo Bevitore next door, with a 200-bottle natural-wine list, small plates from the same.
OrderThe daily small plates from Il Santo Bevitore, salumi, a natural-wine pour by the glass.
TipOpen daily until 23:00; first-come standing room. The bigger dining room next door takes bookings.
Cantinetta Antinori in Florence's Palazzo Antinori is the 26-generation Antinori family's wine bar and restaurant on Via Tornabuoni, with a 150-bottle list.
OrderCrostini misti, tagliere di salumi, a glass of Tignanello.
TipClosed Saturday and Sunday. Book the cellar tasting flight (€45) two weeks ahead.
Signorvino Firenze in Florence's Oltrarno bridgehead is the Arno-side flagship of the national wine-and-pasta chain, with 1500 Italian labels.
OrderAn Italian regional flight by the glass, the daily pasta, a tagliere of salumi.
TipOpen daily 11:30-23:30. The Arno-side terrace fills fastest at sunset; book a fortnight ahead.
Coquinarius in Florence behind the Duomo has run as a wine bar and trattoria hybrid since 1999, with 200 Tuscan and Italian labels, 35 by the glass.
OrderChianti Classico flight (€18), pici cacio e pepe, the salumi tagliere.
TipOpen daily; the back vaulted room is the booking spot. Brunello flight adds €25.
Cantinetta da Verrazzano in Florence's Via dei Tavolini is the wine-and-forno bar of the Castello da Verrazzano estate in Chianti, with wood-fired.
OrderSchiacciata calda con prosciutto, a glass of Verrazzano Chianti Classico, the daily focaccia.
TipClosed Sunday. Standing-room counter; the wine-by-the-glass list goes deep into Tuscan estates.
Procacci in Florence's Via Tornabuoni is the 1885 truffle-panini standing bar, owned today by Marchesi Antinori, with a Tuscan estate wine list.
OrderTruffle panino (€7), Antinori Prosecco at the bar, a tagliere of Tuscan salumi.
TipClosed Sunday. Counter only; standing-room two-deep at 18:00 aperitivo.
BaccoMatto on Via dei Neri is an enoteca, bistrot and cocktail bar in one: wine tastings by booking, a Tuscan bistrot menu and a bar open 11:00 to 23:00.
OrderA guided wine tasting, then the bistecca or the roast octopus with a glass from the list.
TipTwo minutes from Piazza della Signoria on the sandwich street; tastings book through OpenTable, tables through TheFork. No outdoor seating.
Tuscan Taste on Via Romana, between Palazzo Pitti and Boboli, is a 2015 enoteca and tasting room for wine, craft beer, cheese flights and cooking classes.
OrderThe sommelier-led wine tasting with a cheese board; the beer flight if you want a break from Sangiovese.
TipClosed Wednesday and shut by 21:00, so treat it as an afternoon or aperitivo stop after Boboli. Staff work in four languages; tastings book on the site.
Le Volpi e l'Uva in Florence: a 12-seat wine bar tucked behind Ponte Vecchio with the city's best small-grower Tuscan list and a counter of cheeses.
TipClosed Sunday. The 12-seat bar has no bookings; arrive at 17:30 for aperitivo seating.
Casa del Vino is a Migliorini-family wine bar room in San Lorenzo: closed Sunday, mostly standing room, panini made to order, Tuscan wine by the glass.
TipClosed Sunday, and the early-week days shut mid-afternoon; expect to stand. A panino and a glass together come in under 10 euros.
Casa del Vino in Florence's San Lorenzo has been the 1898 wine bar behind Mercato Centrale, with panini at €5 a piece, a 200-strong by-the-glass list at €3.
OrderPanino with finocchiona, lardo crostino, a glass of Chianti Classico.
TipClosed Sunday; standing only. €3 glasses; €5 panini. The shelf outside the door holds your glass.
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