Victor Montes is a wine bar in Casco Viejo, 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.
Food program: Iberian charcuterie, foie, pintxos
Address: Plaza Nueva 8, 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.
Signature pour: Txakoli, by the glass
Wine focus: Basque-leaning by-the-glass list
Food: Mushrooms with rooster crests, traditional pintxos
Gure Toki on Plaza Nueva in Bilbao won the Euskal Herria pintxo championship 2016 with Idiazabal cheese soup, oxtail croquettes and cheesecake.
Signature pour: Txakoli, by the glass
Wine focus: Txakoli, Rioja, by-the-glass rotation
Food: Creative pintxos, Idiazabal cheese soup, Basque cheesecake
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.
Signature pour: Txakoli or natural Rioja by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention wines, by-the-glass rotation
Food: Wine-paired pintxos, Iberian charcuterie, cheese
La Vina del Ensanche on Diputacion in Bilbao since 1927 runs three rooms under the third family generation, Joselito Iberian ham the house pintxo.
Signature pour: Rioja by the glass, fino sherry
Wine focus: Spanish classics, Rioja Alavesa, sherry
Food: Joselito ham, Iberian charcuterie, croquetas
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.
Signature pour: Rotating natural wine, by the glass
Wine focus: 50 international wine references, beer-pairing tastings
Food: Iberian ham rolls, beer- and wine-paired tapas
