Wine bar€€€centro-storicoMon-Sat 12:00-15:00, closed dinner and Sunday
Enoteca Corsi in Rome's Centro Storico has been a working-day lunch trattoria with retail wine shelves since 1937. Cash only, lunch service 12:00-15:00.
Signature pour: Frascati Superiore by the carafe
Wine focus: Italian regional wines
Food: Roman trattoria lunches only
Tip: Cash only. Open lunch only; no dinner; closed Sunday. House wine by the carafe is 6 euros per half-litre.
Wine bar€€€centro-storicoTue-Sat 12:30-15:00 and 19:30-23:00
Casa Bleve in Rome's Centro Storico is the Bleve family's salumeria-and-wine-bar with a 1000-label cellar, the daily lunch buffet of salumi and cheese.
Signature pour: Vintage Sagrantino di Montefalco, by the bottle
Wine focus: Italian regional wines, deep cellar
Food: Lunch buffet, dinner carte, salumi
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Lunch buffet is 35 euros all-you-can-eat with a glass of wine.
Wine bar€€€pignetoDaily 18:30-02:00
Il Tiaso in Rome's Pigneto district is the natural-wine cellar with a 250-label biodynamic Italian list, the small kitchen of salumi and cheese boards.
Signature pour: Foradori Teroldego, by the glass
Wine focus: Natural Italian wines, biodynamic cellar
Food: Small plates, salumi flight, cheese boards
Tip: Open daily 18:30-02:00. The Tuesday and Thursday wine flights of three glasses cost 15 euros.
Wine bar€€€esquilinoMon-Sat 11:30-15:00 and 17:30-00:30, closed Sunday
Trimani Il Wine Bar in Rome's Castro Pretorio quarter is the Trimani family's wine bar (the retail cellar runs since 1821), with 5000 labels in the back.
Signature pour: Aglianico del Vulture Paternoster, by the glass
Wine focus: Italian regional wines, classic cellar
Food: Salumi, cheese, Roman small plates
Tip: Closed Sunday. The cellar tour Saturday 11:00 is free for groups of six or more; book a fortnight ahead.
Wine bar€€€centro-storicoMon-Sat 20:00 seating only
Rimessa Roscioli in Rome's Centro Storico is the Roscioli family's wine-tasting cellar with a single 20:00 seating, the €95 four-hour set of salumi.
Signature pour: Roscioli house carbonara paired with Cesanese
Wine focus: Italian regional wines, full tasting program
Food: Multi-course wine-paired dinner only
Tip: Single 20:00 seating only; book a fortnight ahead. Closed Sunday.
Wine bar€€€monteverdeMon-Thu and Sun 18:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00
La Mescita Monteverde in Rome's Monteverde Vecchio quarter near Villa Sciarra is the natural-wine enoteca and bistrot that took over the Litro space.
Signature pour: Lazio orange wine from Damiano Ciolli, by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic Italian wines
Food: Seasonal small plates, salumi and cheese boards
Tip: Open daily from 18:00. Book the corner table a week ahead; the orange-wine flight at 18 euros is the order.