11 editor picks in Madrid.
11 wine bar places in Madrid we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Madrid | Wine Bar across every city.
Madrid's wine bars range from sherry temples to modern vinotecas pouring small Spanish producers by the glass. La Venencia in the Barrio de las Letras is the famous old sherry bar, while Casa Gonzalez nearby keeps a classic, bottle-lined room. For the contemporary turn, Angelita Madrid in Chueca and Taberna Tempranillo on Cava Baja lead, with La Fisna in Lavapies for the natural-wine crowd.
Casa Gonzalez on Calle del Leon in Madrid's Barrio de las Letras is the 1931-founded ultramarinos (deli-and-wine-bar), with 30 by-the-glass wines and tablas.
OrderA tabla de quesos (12 euros), a plate of jamon iberico de bellota and three by-the-glass wines.
TipWalk-in only; the marble tables fill up by 13:30. Closed Sundays. The deli sells the same products to take away.
Angelita Madrid on Calle del Reina is the natural-wine room by the Casa Cervantes group since 2014, with 100 by-the-glass pours and a focus on Spanish small.
TipClosed Sun-Mon. The downstairs cocktail bar is the second-stop; the wine bar is on the ground floor.
Vinoteca Garcia de la Navarra in Madrid's Retiro near Cibeles is the by-the-glass wine bar since 2011 by the Garcia de la Navarra brothers, with 700 cellar.
TipClosed Sundays. The by-the-glass list at the bar rotates weekly; the dining room takes reservations five days out.
Casa Salvador in Madrid's Chueca has poured the vermut de grifo and Madrileno wines since 1941, with a wood-panelled dining room, bullfighting posters.
TipClosed Mondays. The Sunday lunch is the major weekly meal; cocido madrileno on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Taberna Tempranillo on Cava Baja in Madrid's La Latina is the wine-bar headline of the Cava Baja crawl, with 200 by-the-glass Spanish references.
TipWalk-in only; the bar fills up Sundays during the vermut crawl. The pizarra changes daily; ask for current Mencias.
Vinos Jose Pascual on Calle Castello in Madrid's Salamanca is the wine-bar-and-shop since 1948, with 350 references on the cellar, 25 by-the-glass and tablas.
TipClosed Mondays. The by-the-glass list rotates weekly; ask the staff for the current Ribera del Duero recommendations.
El Pulpito on Plaza Mayor in Madrid is the Galician wine bar and tasca with 80 by-the-glass references, pulpo a la gallega and the daily-changing pizarra.
TipClosed Mondays. The terrace on Plaza Mayor seats 12; the inside dining room is wood-panelled and small.
La Venencia on Calle Echegaray in Madrid is the 1930s sherry bar where Hemingway drank manzanilla; cash-only and no photographs. Open daily 12:30 to midnight.
TipCash only. No photographs (rule since the 1930s). The bar serves five sherry styles and three conservas; nothing else.
La Fisna on Calle Amparo in Madrid's Lavapies is the natural-and-biodynamic wine bar since 2014, with 120 by-the-glass references and a focused.
TipClosed Sun-Mon. The by-the-glass list rotates daily; the pizarra changes by season. Owner Antonio pours personally.
Vinothecvm on Calle Bravo Murillo in Madrid's Chamberi is the natural-wine bar and shop since 2018, with 150 by-the-glass references, Spanish and French.
TipClosed Sundays. The shop is open during bar hours; bottles to take home from 18 euros and up.
El Rincon de Jaen on Cava Alta in Madrid's La Latina is the Andalusian wine bar with 90 by-the-glass references from Jerez to Montilla-Moriles.
TipClosed Mondays. The by-the-glass sherry flight (12 euros for 4) is the headline tasting set.
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