7 wine bar rooms in Bilbao we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Bilbao | Wine Bar across every city.
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.
Cork ★ 4.6
Calle Licenciado Poza 45, 48011 Bilbao
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.
La Vina del Ensanche ★ 4.5
Calle Diputacion 10, 48008 Bilbao
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
Lersundi Kalea 2, 48009 Bilbao
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
Plaza Nueva 8, 48005 Bilbao
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
Calle del Perro 2, 48005 Bilbao
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
Plaza Nueva 12, 48005 Bilbao
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
Calle Licenciado Poza 45, 48011 Bilbao
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.