Winestone is a wine bar in Calea Victoriei, Bucharest.
Winestone inside the Novotel Bucharest City Centre on Calea Victoriei is the central-business-district wine bar and pizza room with deep glass pours.
Food program: Wood-fired pizza and small plates
Tip: Hotel-guest discount applies; pizza ovens fire from 16:00 Glass-pour list rotates monthly.
Address: Calea Victoriei 37B, 010073 București, Bucharest
Abel's Wine Bar on Tonitza behind the Old Court runs Bucharest's most considered Romanian wine list, with weekly tasting flights and small plates.
Signature pour: Cotnari Frâncușă, by the glass
Wine focus: Premium Romanian and central European
Food: Small plates and tasting boards
Tip: Reservation-only Saturdays; the tasting flight rotates monthly.
Corks on Băcani off Lipscani pours Romanian small-producer wines from Cotnari, Murfatlar, Recaș and Jidvei, set in a small Old Town cellar room.
Signature pour: Recaș Sauvignon Blanc
Wine focus: Romanian wines, small producers
Food: Cheese and charcuterie boards
Tip: Walk-in friendly weekdays; book Saturday in advance.
The cellar at Mircea Dinescu's Lacrimi și Sfinți on Șepcari pours bottles from his Cetate estate alongside Romanian classics, opinionated Old Town pours.
Signature pour: Cetate Riesling Italian, by the glass
Wine focus: Mircea Dinescu Cetate estate wines
Food: Romanian small plates
Tip: Estate-only pours; the bartender will pick if you ask for a 'Dinescu flight'.
Crama Domnească on Șelari pours from a cellar built into the Princely Court ruins, a Wallachian and Moldavian wine roster from Cotnari and Murfatlar.
Signature pour: Murfatlar Pinot Gris
Wine focus: Wallachian and Moldavian wines
Food: Romanian shared plates
Tip: Live folk most evenings; the cellar holds the temperature in summer.
