Cantinone Gia Schiavi in Venice's Dorsoduro at the foot of Ponte San Trovaso is the De Rossi family bacaro since 1944, with house-made crostini and the canal view.
Food program: House-made crostini, polpette
Tip: Eat your crostini standing on the bridge; the bar inside is tiny. Closed Sunday afternoons. Family-run since 1944.
Address: Fondamenta Nani 992, Dorsoduro, 30123 Venezia VE, Venice
Osteria Vinotellica in Venice's San Polo near Campo San Polo is the modern enoteca with cicchetti made from Rialto-market fish and a tight 50-label natural-wine list.
Signature pour: Verduzzo Friulano and natural Soave
Wine focus: Natural wines and lagoon-fish cicchetti
Food: Cicchetti from the Rialto market
Tip: Closed Sundays. The fish-cicchetti board changes daily based on the morning's market; ask for the day's catch.
Bacaro Jazz near the Rialto Bridge in San Marco is the bras-hanging-from-the-ceiling bar with cicchetti, jazz nights and one of the longest late hours in San Marco.
Signature pour: Prosecco di Valdobbiadene and spritz
Wine focus: Italian wines, classic and natural
Food: Cicchetti and tapas, jazz nights
Tip: Touristy but reliable. The 02:00 close means it's one of the few wine rooms open past the Castello close-out.
All'Amarone in Venice's San Polo is the small enoteca specialising in Valpolicella, Amarone and Recioto pours, with a focused 80-label list of Veneto reds.
Signature pour: Allegrini Amarone by the glass
Wine focus: Valpolicella and Amarone DOC
Food: Cold plates, cured meats
Tip: The Amarone flight is the move; runs roughly EUR 25 for three pours. Closed Sundays.
Vino Vero in Venice's Cannaregio on Fondamenta della Misericordia opened 2014 and runs one of Italy's deepest natural-wine lists, the canonical late-night enoteca.
Signature pour: Friulian orange wines by the glass
Wine focus: Italian natural and biodynamic wines
Food: Cicchetti, charcuterie boards
Tip: Canal-side outside seating fills up by 19:00 in summer. Ask the staff for the orange-wine flight; the Friulian pours are the move.
Estro Vino e Cucina in Venice's Dorsoduro is the Spezzamonte brothers' wine-bar and bistro with 700 sustainable wines, a Michelin Guide listing for good cooking.
Signature pour: Veneto natural wines by the glass
Wine focus: Sustainable wines, 700 labels
Food: Modern Venetian small plates
Tip: Counter cicchetti are walk-in; book the dining room ahead. The wine flight is the move; the staff curate it to what you order.
Enoteca Mascareta in Venice's Castello is the late-running enoteca run by Mauro Lorenzon, with a daily-changing chalkboard list and one of the city's rare 2am closes.
Signature pour: Mauro Lorenzon's daily chalkboard pours
Wine focus: Organic and northeast Italian wines
Food: Cold plates, cicchetti, cheese boards
Tip: Opens at 19:00 and runs to 02:00; the late-night wine room is a Venice rarity. Ask Mauro for a flight, not a single glass.
