Technically they’re called enotavole, with precise connotations. Number one, the selection of bottles, on a scale ranging from interesting to incredible; number two, the food, a corollary of drinking but which in the best places is an excellence in itself thanks to extraordinary product selection and chefs who know how to make good use of them; number three, the man, the woman, the family who guard all this and, more generally, a peculiar way of making and transmitting wine culture. Here are from Piedmont to Lazio - none on the podium for the South - the best wine bars awarded Tre Bottiglie by the Gambero Rosso Ristoranti d'Italia 2024 guide, with a new entry in Tuscany and a Romagna-based establishment also awarded for the best proposal by the glass.

Italy's 11 best wine bars
All the Tre Bottiglie
- Le Case della Saracca - Monforte d'Alba (CN)
- CIZ - Cantina e Cucina – Milano
- Trattoria Da Nando – Mortegliano (UD)
- La Baita – Faenza (RA)
- Enoteca Bruni – Firenze
- Enoteca Marcucci – Pietrasanta (LU)
- Innocenti Wines – Poggibonsi (SI)
- Del Gatto – Anzio (RM)
- Enoteca Quattro Ruote - Montalto di Castro (VI)
- ilwinebar Trimani – Roma
- Salumeria Roscioli - Roma


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