Wine bar€€juderiaDaily 12:00-24:00
Vinoteca Ordóñez works a terrace within sight of the Mezquita in Córdoba, running a wide Spanish list built out from Montilla-Moriles wines.
Signature pour: Pedro Ximénez by the glass, poured dark and syrupy
Wine focus: A broad Spanish list with Montilla-Moriles at its centre
Food: Cordobés tapas
Order: A Pedro Ximénez to finish, which is what this list exists to sell you.
Tip: Ask the staff to walk you up the Montilla-Moriles scale from fino to PX rather than ordering blind.
Wine bar€€san-andresMon-Fri 11:00-14:00, 18:00-21:00; Sat-Sun closed
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.
Signature pour: Whatever natural bottle is open on the counter that day
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic bottles, Spanish and beyond
Food: Cheese, sourdough and preserves
Order: A glass of whatever is open, plus cheese and bread to go with it.
Tip: It keeps shop hours, Monday to Friday only, so any weekend visit will find the shutters down.
Wine bar€€correderaMon-Fri 12:30-16:00, 20:00-23:30; Sat 12:30-16:00; Sun closed
Taberna Salinas stores its wine in eleven American-oak barrels in Córdoba and has poured house Montilla-Moriles beside 1920 azulejos since 1924.
Signature pour: The house fino, drawn from the botas
Wine focus: House Montilla-Moriles drawn from eleven American-oak barrels behind the counter
Food: Full cordobés carta
Order: A copa of the house fino before you look at the food carta.
Tip: It shuts on Sunday and does no dinner on Saturday, which trips up weekend visitors constantly.
Wine bar€€centroMon-Sat 12:00-16:00; Sun closed
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.
Signature pour: A copa of the house fino at the marble counter
Wine focus: House Montilla-Moriles alongside the bullfighting-era fittings
Food: Pisto, rabo de toro, callos
Order: A fino at the counter, then the pisto with a fried egg.
Tip: The operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.
Wine bar€€riberaTue-Sat 11:00-16:00, 20:00 until close; Sun 11:30-17:00; Mon closed
The silversmiths' guild taberna on Calle San Francisco in Córdoba pours its own Montilla-Moriles labels around a patio set under a glass roof.
Signature pour: Oro Viejo, one of the house labels
Wine focus: The guild's own Montilla-Moriles labels
Food: Cordobés tapas with a documented coeliac protocol
Order: A copa of Oro Viejo, the guild's own bottling.
Tip: Tell the staff if you are coeliac; they swap every round plate on the table for a square one.
Wine bar€€centroTue-Fri 11:00-15:00, 19:00-23:00; Sat 11:00-15:00; Sun 12:00-16:00; Mon closed
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.
Signature pour: Fino en rama, unfiltered and poured cold
Wine focus: Fino en rama and the rest of the Montilla-Moriles range
Food: Cordobés tapas
Order: Fino en rama, which is the whole reason the bar has a following.
Tip: Service stops at 23:00 and the place shuts Mondays, so plan it as an early-evening stop.