Cork ★ 4.6
Cork on Licenciado Pozas in Bilbao, run by sommelier Jonathan Hernando since 2014, pours 80 wines by the glass with a natural and low-intervention focus.
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Bilbao's wine bars lean on local txakoli and Rioja, poured at the same counters that serve pintxos. Cork on Calle Licenciado Poza and Singular on Lersundi are the modern, list-driven rooms in the Ensanche. In Casco Viejo, La Vina del Ensanche, Victor Montes, Xukela and Gure Toki keep the older tavern style, glass in one hand and a pintxo in the other.
La Vina del Ensanche ★ 4.5
La Vina del Ensanche on Diputacion in Bilbao since 1927 runs three rooms under the third family generation, Joselito Iberian ham the house pintxo.
Singular ★ 4.0
Singular on Calle Lersundi in Bilbao runs six craft beer taps with 50 weekly bottles and 50 wines, plus Iberian ham rolls as the house pintxo.
Victor Montes ★ 4.3
Victor Montes on Plaza Nueva in Bilbao keeps the spirit of the 1849 grocery, with grilled mushrooms with foie, charcuterie and a deep wine cellar.
Xukela ★ 4.2
Xukela on Calle del Perro in Bilbao's Casco Viejo since 1982 sits on the most traditional Bilbao tapas street with creative pintxos and wines.
Gure Toki ★ 4.4
Gure Toki on Plaza Nueva in Bilbao won the Euskal Herria pintxo championship 2016 with Idiazabal cheese soup, oxtail croquettes and cheesecake.
Cork ★ 4.8
Cork on Licenciado Poza in Bilbao's Indautxu is sommelier Jonathan Hernando's reference natural-wine bar, with a strong txakoli flight as a fine opener.
TipAsk Jonathan for the lowest-intervention pour on rotation; the txakoli flight is a strong opener.
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