Wine bar€€€Daily 11:00-24:00; kitchen 12:00-15:00 and 19:00-23:30
Antica Bottega del Vino has poured Amarone in Verona since 1890 on a side alley off Via Mazzini. Editor pick on TableJourney with address and what to order.
Signature pour: Amarone della Valpolicella Classico by the glass
Wine focus: 4,500-label Italian list led by Amarone and Valpolicella
Food: Veronese plates plus 35-cured-meat cicchetti boards
Tip: Standing-counter ombra runs €3 to 8 per glass; the seated dining room is for full Veronese plates.
Wine bar€€€Daily 11:00-24:00
Osteria del Bugiardo in Verona is the Buglioni winery's city tavern on Corso Porta Borsari. Editor pick on TableJourney with address and what to order.
Signature pour: Buglioni Ripasso della Valpolicella Classico Superiore
Wine focus: Buglioni-winery Valpolicella, Ripasso, Amarone
Food: Cicchetti, salumi-and-cheese boards, hot dishes
Tip: Arrive by 18:30 for aperitivo seats; the cicchetti board with a glass of Buglioni Ripasso runs about €12.
Wine bar€€€Mon-Sun 11:00-24:00
Signorvino in Verona is the 1,500-label enoteca on Corso Porta Nuova with a working lunch and dinner kitchen. A 2026 TableJourney editor pick.
Signature pour: Soave Classico Coffele by the glass
Wine focus: 1,500-label Italian roster by region
Food: Cured-meat and cheese boards, focaccia, pasta
Tip: The lunch board with a glass runs €18; ask for the by-the-glass Soave Coffele or Lugana Cà Lojera.
Wine bar€€€Tue-Sun 19:00-23:30, closed Mon
Enoteca Segreta in Verona hides at the end of a narrow street steps from Juliet's House. Editor pick on TableJourney with address and what to order.
Signature pour: Recioto della Valpolicella Classico by the glass
Wine focus: 600-label Italian regional roster with natural-wine slant
Food: Modern Italian small plates and pasta
Tip: Ask for the underground cellar table for two; the by-the-glass roster always has a Valpolicella Classico worth pairing.
Wine bar€€€Tue-Sun 11:00-23:00, closed Mon
Osteria Sottoriva in Verona is the original Via Sottoriva cicchetti bar. TableJourney editor pick with address and booking notes inside the entry.
Signature pour: Valpolicella Classico Superiore by the glass
Wine focus: Local Veneto by the glass under medieval arcades
Food: Cicchetti and Veronese plates
Tip: Order three cicchetti and an ombra at the counter for €8; the polenta with schie (grey shrimp) is the lake-fish primer.
Wine bar€€€Daily 11:30-23:30
Ostregheteria Sottoriva 23 in Verona sits under the medieval arcades on Via Sottoriva. Editor pick on TableJourney with address and what to order.
Signature pour: Amarone della Valpolicella by the glass
Wine focus: Veneto labels with Amarone focus
Food: Veronese plates and pork cheek braised in Amarone
Tip: Walk in before 19:30 for the small terrace overlooking the Adige; pork cheek with Amarone reduction is the must-order.