Where to drink well in Palma by the glass and the bottle: natural, classical, and worth the cab fare.
Wine bars in Palma. natural, classical, and the grower-focused rooms worth the cab fare.
La Bodeguilla on Carrer de Sant Jaume in Palma keeps one of the city's deepest Spanish lists, poured beside regional plates from 13:00 to 23:00.
Signature pour: A Binissalem red by the glass
Wine focus: Spanish regional wines with Mallorcan DO bottles
Food: Spanish regional plates and tapas
Tip: It is a restaurant that drinks like a wine bar. Sit at the bar if you only want bottles.
La Rosa Vermutería & Colmado pours house vermouth on Carrer de la Rosa in Palma, running as a tavern, a grocery counter and a dining room at once.
Signature pour: The house vermouth on tap
Wine focus: House vermouth and Spanish table wines
Food: Tavern plates and counter pintxos
Tip: Vermouth hour in Palma runs before lunch. Come at 12:30 and order it with an olive plate.
Bodega La Rambla has poured vermouth and served variats on Via Roma in Palma since 1940, plating the island's combination dish across small portions.
Signature pour: Vermouth with a plate of the variat
Wine focus: Mallorcan table wine and vermouth
Food: Variats, tapas and raciones
Tip: Evenings run Thursday to Saturday only. Sunday and Monday are lunch alone, and it shuts for a summer break in August.
La Malvasia is a red-fronted room on Plaça del Mercat in Palma pouring Ca'n Pico Malvasia alongside Mediterranean plates and a long celiac menu.
Signature pour: Ca'n Pico Malvasia by the glass
Wine focus: Malvasia from Ca'n Pico plus Mallorcan bottles
Food: Mediterranean tapas and fresh fish
Tip: Malvasia is a Mallorcan white grape worth trying here before you buy a bottle elsewhere.
Can Frasquet is an all-day bar and kitchen on Carrer d'Orfila in Palma's old town, running Mediterranean plates and burgers from 11:30 to 23:30.
Signature pour: A Mallorcan red by the glass at the bar
Wine focus: Spanish and Mallorcan wines by the glass
Food: Mediterranean plates and burgers
Tip: Straight-through service makes this one of the few old-town kitchens open at 17:00.