All-Italian cocktail bar from 2017 on Piazza San Pancrazio, vintage Italian bitters, vermouth and amari plus seasonal Bellini-style prosecco drinks.
The list: Italian-only spirits and aperitivo bottlings; small wine list of Tuscan and Piedmontese pours
Tip: All-Italian rule means no London-style gin cocktails; ask the bar team for an amaro flight or a vermouth pairing instead.
Address: Piazza di San Pancrazio 1R, 50123 Firenze, Italy, Tuscany
Founded 1885 by Leopoldo Procacci and run by Marchesi Antinori since 1998. Truffle-butter tramezzini paired with Antinori sparkling and sweet pours on Via Tornabuoni.
The list: Antinori bottles from across the family's Tuscany and Umbria estates, including Castello della Sala fortified-style passito and dessert pours
Tip: Order the truffle-butter panini with a flute of Prosecco or a Muffato della Sala; the Art Nouveau walnut shelving has been on this corner since 1885.
Borgo San Jacopo wine shop and tasting room steps from Ponte Vecchio, 1,000-plus-bottle Italian list with one of Florence's deepest Vin Santo and grappa cellars.
The list: Around 1,000 Italian and Tuscan labels with strong Vin Santo and grappa selections; tastings paired with cured meats and pecorino
Tip: Ask the Capecchi family to taste a Vin Santo flight including the Avignonesi Occhio di Pernice, one of Tuscany's longest-aged Vin Santo bottlings.
Alessi family wine shop on Via delle Oche since 1952. The 33R room hosts the wine-and-spirits tasting bar with a Tuscan-focused room from a 2,500-label cellar.
The list: Over 2,500 Italian labels with a dedicated Tuscan room; tasting bar serving wines by the glass with charcuterie and pecorino plates
Tip: The two Alessi addresses on Via delle Oche split shop and tasting bar; the 33r spirits-and-wine bar room runs latest.
Italy's national wine library since 1960, inside the Fortezza Medicea in Siena. National-scope cellar with Tuscan focus and a panoramic walking-rampart bar.
The list: National wine library covering every Italian region; rotating tasting selections and themed evenings
Tip: Tour the underground brick vaults below the bar where the wine library is stored; tasting flights are pre-bookable through the Enoteca team.
Tasting cellar of the Grand Hotel Continental Siena on Via Banchi di Sopra. Reserved Tuscan flights, hosted Sienese cheese pairings inside a 15th-century palazzo vault.
The list: Curated Tuscan flight programme paired with cured meats and Sienese cheeses, with thematic Brunello and Chianti Classico nights
Tip: Stay for the late session and book the in-cellar dinner; the wine cellar is dug into the 15th-century palazzo basement.
Sienese institution since 1925 with a basement wine cellar pouring Brunello, Chianti Classico and Vernaccia by the glass alongside truffle and pecorino plates.
The list: Tuscan-leaning by-the-glass programme, with Brunello, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione and Vernaccia di San Gimignano on rotation
Tip: The basement is an underground wine-cellar tasting room; ask for a Brunello flight after dinner.