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.
Address: Via Banchi di Sopra 85, 53100 Siena, Italy, Tuscany
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.
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.
Procacci's bar program leans heavily on Antinori sparkling flights paired with truffled small bites. The shortest, oldest Champagne-style program in Florence.
The list: Antinori-house sparkling flights including Cuvee Royale (Conte della Vipera) and Antinori metodo classico from the Tuscany and Umbria estates
Tip: Order a flute of metodo classico with the truffle tramezzino combo; the Antinori sparkling list is the bar's anchor offering.
Champagne corner of the Four Seasons Atrium Bar, with a marquee Krug Grande Cuvee listing alongside Italian metodo classico bottles from Capezzana and Bellavista.
The list: Champagne-led list including Krug Grande Cuvée, Bollinger, Ruinart and Italian metodo classico from Tuscany and Trentino
Tip: Champagne Afternoon Tea is the daytime ritual at 75 euros; in the evening the same list is poured by the flute in the lounge.
Bonacossi family villa above Carmignano, the 1716 Cosimo III appellation. Estate-only metodo classico tasting paired with Carmignano DOCG reds and 10-year Vin Santo.
The list: Capezzana metodo classico from the Carmignano estate, paired with the estate's Chianti, Carmignano DOCG reds and Vin Santo
Tip: Combine the Capezzana Carmignano tasting with the Vin Santo riserva flight; both are estate signatures.
Compact Oltrarno wine bar opened in 1992. Curated small-producer list, French and Italian cheese plates, the unhurried pace older enoteche were built for.
The list: Around 350 bottles on the shelf and 45 by-the-glass pours, almost all from small terroir-driven producers across Italy and France
Tip: Stand at the marble counter and ask Riccardo or Ciro for an off-list small-producer Sangiovese; the staff have been doing this since 1992.
Opened in 2008 on Via Santo Spirito, exposed brick, four tables, iron stools and burrata-and-pecorino crostini matched to natural-leaning Tuscan reds.
The list: Six reds and six whites by the glass at any one time, roughly 200 bottles on the list with a Tuscan small-producer focus
Tip: Wines by the glass come with a complimentary snack; arrive early to claim one of the four small tables before the room spills into the street.