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The Balcón de Córdoba rooftop looks over the Judería in Córdoba from a former Encarnación convent, pouring wine and cocktails beside local tapas.
OrderA copa of Montilla-Moriles with the tapas selection, taken on the roof.
TipThe terrace closes at 20:00, so this is a late-afternoon drink rather than an evening one.
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Bodega Guzmán pours Montilla-Moriles straight from the barrel on Calle Judíos in Córdoba, under a wall of bullfighting posters and mounted heads.
OrderA copa of the amontillado, chalked up on the barrel head.
TipIt closes on Thursdays, which is the one day of the week visitors reliably turn up and find it shut.
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Vinoteca Ordóñez works a terrace within sight of the Mezquita in Córdoba, running a wide Spanish list built out from Montilla-Moriles wines.
OrderA Pedro Ximénez to finish, which is what this list exists to sell you.
TipAsk the staff to walk you up the Montilla-Moriles scale from fino to PX rather than ordering blind.
€€€€Wine barSan Andres
JUGO Vinos Vivos is the natural-wine counter on Plaza de San Andrés in Córdoba, a shop and tasting room in a city that drinks almost entirely fortified.
OrderA glass of whatever is open, plus cheese and bread to go with it.
TipIt keeps shop hours, Monday to Friday only, so any weekend visit will find the shutters down.
€€€€Wine barCorredera
Taberna Salinas stores its wine in eleven American-oak barrels in Córdoba and has poured house Montilla-Moriles beside 1920 azulejos since 1924.
OrderA copa of the house fino before you look at the food carta.
TipIt shuts on Sunday and does no dinner on Saturday, which trips up weekend visitors constantly.
€€€€Wine barCentro
Casa El Pisto has poured on Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a taberna and tobacconist whose walls are papered with bullfighting history.
OrderA fino at the counter, then the pisto with a fried egg.
TipThe operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.
€€€€Wine barRibera
The silversmiths' guild taberna on Calle San Francisco in Córdoba pours its own Montilla-Moriles labels around a patio set under a glass roof.
OrderA copa of Oro Viejo, the guild's own bottling.
TipTell the staff if you are coeliac; they swap every round plate on the table for a square one.
€€€€Wine barCentro
Taberna La Fuenseca pours fino en rama over a wooden bar on Calle Juan Rufo in Córdoba, one of the houses on the city's historic-taberna register.
OrderFino en rama, which is the whole reason the bar has a following.
TipService stops at 23:00 and the place shuts Mondays, so plan it as an early-evening stop.
€€€€Wine barSanta Marina
Taberna Regina holds a corner of Plaza de Regina in Córdoba, a registered historic taberna pouring Montilla-Moriles generosos to a mostly local room.
OrderAn amontillado with a plate of whatever the bar is frying.
TipThe copa hour is midday Wednesday to Sunday, with an evening pour on Friday and Saturday only.