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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.
PourThe house fino, drawn from the botas
WineHouse Montilla-Moriles drawn from eleven American-oak barrels behind the counter
FoodFull cordobés carta
TipIt shuts on Sunday and does no dinner on Saturday, which trips up weekend visitors constantly.
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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.
PourA copa of the house fino at the marble counter
WineHouse Montilla-Moriles alongside the bullfighting-era fittings
FoodPisto, rabo de toro, callos
TipThe operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.
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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.
PourOro Viejo, one of the house labels
WineThe guild's own Montilla-Moriles labels
FoodCordobés tapas with a documented coeliac protocol
TipTell the staff if you are coeliac; they swap every round plate on the table for a square one.
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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.
PourFino en rama, unfiltered and poured cold
WineFino en rama and the rest of the Montilla-Moriles range
FoodCordobés tapas
TipService stops at 23:00 and the place shuts Mondays, so plan it as an early-evening stop.
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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.
PourAn amontillado from the house range
WineMontilla-Moriles generosos by the copa
FoodCordobés tapas
TipThe copa hour is midday Wednesday to Sunday, with an evening pour on Friday and Saturday only.
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Wine barJuderia
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.
PourFino, amontillado, oloroso and Pedro Ximénez, all D.O. Montilla-Moriles
WineMontilla-Moriles generosos poured from the barrel
FoodCounter tapas
TipIt closes on Thursdays, which is the one day of the week visitors reliably turn up and find it shut.