10 late wine bars in Abruzzo, editor-picked by Cork & Curve. All Abruzzo nightlife.
Garibaldi Enoteca & Cucina ★ 4.4
Alto Tirino · Via Garibaldi 37, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
A wine bar and kitchen on Via Garibaldi, the late street of L'Aquila's historic centre, opened in 1999 by the Stratta brothers. Steakhouse plates, pizza and filled panini until one in the morning.
Tip: Via Garibaldi is where the city drinks late. Four more places on the same 200 metres stay open past one, so start here and walk.
Il Tavernacolo ★ 4.1
Alto Tirino · Piazza Santa Giusta 6/7, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
A wine room on Piazza Santa Giusta pouring loose wine and bottles with panini, piadine, charcuterie and cheese boards and bruschette. It also hosts tastings and private events.
Tip: Wine by the carafe is close to extinct in Italian city centres. This is the cheapest way in L'Aquila to drink Montepulciano by the glass all evening.
Le Petit Clos ★ 4.0
Alto Tirino · Piazza Regina Margherita 1a, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
An evening-only wine room on Piazza Regina Margherita in the rebuilt centre of L'Aquila, open six days a week from six until one and closed on Sundays.
Tip: It is two minutes from Piazza Duomo, where the consortium sets up the Vinorum fair in May, so it makes the obvious nightcap during the festival.
Morrison Wine & Cocktails ★ 3.9
Alto Tirino · Via dei Sali 5, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
A small wine and cocktail room on Via dei Sali in the L'Aquila centre, serving from six until two from Wednesday to Sunday. One of the latest addresses in the rebuilt old town.
Tip: It runs later than the enoteche on Via Garibaldi, so it is the place to move to after the kitchens there close at one.
Chiarino ★ 3.8
Alto Tirino · Piazza Chiarino 2, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
An evening bar on Piazza Chiarino in the L'Aquila centre, open from seven until one on weekdays and until two on Saturday, running a wine list beside the beer taps.
Tip: The square is quieter than Via Garibaldi, which makes this the one to pick when you want to hear the person across the table.
La Cantina di Lara ★ 4.2
Terre dei Vestini · Via Firenze 47, 65122 Pescara, Italy
An evening-only wine bar on Via Firenze in central Pescara, pouring regional bottles with charcuterie and cheese boards, cured meats, bruschetta and locally brewed agricultural beers.
Tip: Ratafia and genziana are the two Abruzzo bitters to ask for after the wine. Both are made from things that grow on the mountains behind the city.
Vinatteria Zolfo ★ 4.0
Terre dei Vestini · Via Clemente De Cesaris 22, 65122 Pescara, Italy
A wine room on Via Clemente De Cesaris that opens at six in the evening and runs to a quarter to midnight in the week and to one at the weekend.
Tip: It is a five minute walk from Corso Manthone, the old town strip, so it works as the first stop of a Pescara evening rather than the last.
Riff ★ 3.9
Terre dei Vestini · Via Piave 52, 65122 Pescara, Italy
A wine room on Via Piave in central Pescara that trades only in the evening, from six until midnight, Tuesday through Sunday.
Tip: Via Piave has two wine addresses within a hundred metres of each other, so it is the street to walk if the first one is full.
Don Gennaro Enoteca e Degustazione ★ 4.0
Terre dei Vestini · Via Cesare Battisti 116, 65122 Pescara, Italy
An enoteca on Via Cesare Battisti in Pescara that opens for the morning trade and again from half past five for tasting, and is one of the few in the city that serves on a Sunday evening.
Tip: Sunday evening is the gap in Pescara. This is one of the few wine addresses in the centre that is open then.
L'Eno ★ 3.8
Terre di Chieti · Corso Trento e Trieste 113, 66034 Lanciano, Chieti, Italy
A wine shop and bar on Corso Trento e Trieste, the pedestrian spine of Lanciano, in the part of Chieti province that produces the bulk of Abruzzo's wine.
Tip: Lanciano sits above the Trabocchi coast, so an evening here pairs with a day on the Via Verde cycle path below.