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Few Italian cities wear their wine culture as openly as Verona — home of Vinitaly, ringed by the vineyards of Valpolicella and Soave, and dotted with cellars that have poured by the glass for well over a century. This guide gathers seven of the city's most rewarding wine bars, enoteche and restaurants, from a nineteenth-century institution near the Arena to Art Deco rooms inside Renaissance palazzi.
1 Glass Rating: Excellent
Alcova Del Frate
Restaurant · Via Ponte Pietra, 19A, 37121 Verona VR
Steps from Ponte Pietra in Verona's historic centre, Alcova del Frate works as restaurant and enoteca in one, setting traditional Veronese cooking with a contemporary streak against a kitchen built on seasonal ingredients and quality meats. The wine list is where the ambition shows: Barolo and Barbaresco sit alongside Burgundy and Alsace, with a thread of organic, biodynamic and low-intervention growers running from the Jura to Oregon. Between 20 and 40 wines pour by the glass at any given moment, making this one of the more useful rooms in the city for drinking beyond the local hills without committing to a bottle. The atmosphere is warm and quietly elegant — a place Verona's wine lovers keep for slow evenings rather than hurried aperitivi.
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Antica Bottega del Vino
Restaurant · Vicolo Scudo di Francia, 3, 37121 Verona VR, Italia
Officially founded in 1890, the Antica Bottega del Vino is the room every Verona wine pilgrimage eventually reaches: exposed wooden beams, period frescoes and a cavernous cellar that has served generations of Veronese and visitors alike. It operates as both restaurant and simple wine bar, and despite the weight of history the spirit inside stays contemporary — the owners describe its soul as rock. The pouring programme runs 20 to 40 wines by the glass, digging into Barolo, Barbaresco and Burgundy, with Bordeaux, Champagne and Riesling filling out the classical corners of the list. Come for a single glass at the bar or settle in for local cooking; either way, this is the beating heart of drinking wine in Verona.
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Carducci Café
Restaurant · Via Giosuè Carducci, 10, 37129 Verona VR
Family-run in the Veronetta district since 1928, Carducci Café wears its history lightly: an authentic old-Verona room concealing a cellar of more than 2,100 labels. Local reds dominate, as they should this close to the hills — the list holds many historic vintages of Amarone della Valpolicella, the kind of bottles that rarely surface elsewhere. The French section keeps growing too, above all Champagne, which the family imports directly. For drinkers passing through, a rotation of 20 to 40 wines by the glass opens a sensible door into that enormous cellar without demanding a whole bottle. In a city that treats wine as a daily companion rather than an occasion, Carducci is the neighbourhood address locals quietly protect.
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Dal Zovo Cantina & Bistrot
Restaurant · Corso Cavour, 52, 37121 Verona VR, Italia
A few paces from the Arena on Corso Cavour, Dal Zovo Cantina & Bistrot puts wine at the centre of the whole day, from morning coffee through to dinner. The snug interior looks onto the Arco dei Gavi while a generous outdoor terrace handles warmer evenings, and thanks to Coravin the team pours serious labels by the glass — between 20 and 40 at a time — without a bottle ever going to waste. The list leans Italian, from grower estates to Super-Tuscans, with Pinot Noir and rosé for lighter moods. The kitchen runs non-stop with typical dishes and generous snacks, and the attached wine shop offers tailor-made tastings plus bottles to carry home. Few Verona addresses make by-the-glass drinking this effortless.
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Tapasotto Srl
Restaurant · Galleria Pellicciai, 12, 37121 Verona VR
Tapasotto carries serious pedigree: Giancarlo Perbellini opened it with Federico Zonta, who worked alongside the maestro for years and now runs the room as chef, host and cellar manager in one. In a city of grand institutions, this spot in the Galleria Pellicciai is the insider's choice — a Hidden Gem in the Guide's rating, its by-the-glass list short but genuinely inspirational, every wine chosen personally by Zonta himself. The selection travels well beyond Italy, taking in Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux alongside Chenin Blanc, Riesling and traditional-method sparkling. Small plates are built to match, delivered by a young, cheerful brigade. This is Verona wine drinking at its most personal: one palate, one room, and not a lazy pour in sight.
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The Tavern on Via Stella
Restaurant · Via Stella, 5c, 37121 Verona VR
The Tavern on Via Stella channels the spirit of old Verona's wine cellars: informal, warm and genuinely familiar, with typical Veronese and Venetian dishes on the table and no ceremony anywhere in sight. What lifts it beyond nostalgia is the cellar — a vast sweep of Italian and international labels that ranges from great classics like Barolo, Barbaresco and Burgundy to biodynamic producers and small, singular estates for those who like to wander off the map. The Guide rates it a Hidden Gem: the by-the-glass selection is compact, but every pour earns its place and rewards curiosity. Set on Via Stella in the historic centre, it is the sort of room that reminds you why Verona drinks so well.
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Velvet at Palazzo Soave
Restaurant · Via Leoni, 12, 37121 Verona VR, Italia
Inside the fifteenth-century Palazzo Soave on Via Leoni, Velvet trades on atmosphere: soft lighting, Art Deco details, low sofas and live music in a room where history and the art of good drinking share the stage. Cocktails get equal billing with wine here — classic mixing alongside more contemporary tastes — but the pours are taken seriously, with Champagne, Italian labels and Pinot Noir leading a small by-the-glass offering the Guide rates a Hidden Gem: brief, but genuinely inspirational. It is an intimate, after-dark sort of place, better suited to a slow glass and conversation than a tasting marathon. For an evening when Verona's enoteche feel too rustic, this is the city's velvet-gloved alternative.
View Full DetailsWine by the glass turns a single evening into a tasting flight, and the wine bars in Verona above show how far a thoughtful by-the-glass programme can travel — from grower Champagne to bio-dynamic reds. Use the map to plan a crawl by neighbourhood, and open each venue for opening hours, the current pour list, and booking details.
The Coravin Guide reviews each venue independently, focusing on the ambition and depth of what they pour by the glass. No venue pays to be included.