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Enoteca Mastino is a wine bar in Verona.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Cicchetti, salumi, small plates
Tip: Ask for the Bardolino Chiaretto in summer (the rosé from the Garda shore); €4 to 6 per glass.
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Indulge in the deep flavors of Valpolicella wines (including Amarone) on a wine tasting tour departing from Verona.Visit San Giorgio di Valpolicella and try regional w...
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Address: Via Garibaldi 20, 37121 Verona
Antica Bottega del Vino has poured Amarone in Verona since 1890 on a side alley off Via Mazzini, open daily to 01:00 with a seated Veronese dining room.
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.
Osteria del Bugiardo in Verona is the Buglioni winery's city tavern on Corso Porta Borsari, pouring Ripasso by the glass with cicchetti at aperitivo hour.
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.
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.
Steps from Juliet's House at the end of a narrow Verona street, Enoteca Segreta pours Valpolicella Classico by the glass in an underground cellar room.
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.
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.
Ostregheteria Sottoriva 23 in Verona sits under the medieval arcades on Via Sottoriva, open daily with a small Adige terrace and pork cheek in Amarone.
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.