Evening service in the old fortified court above Fumane, where the list is built from growers the house buys from directly rather than from a distributor's catalogue.
The list: Grower-led list assembled since 1996, poured by Ada and Elisa inside the Corteforte court at Osan
Tip: Book. The dining room is small and the drive up to Osan is dark and narrow after nightfall.
Address: Via Osan 45, 37022 Fumane, Verona, Italy, Valpolicella
Veronetta natural wine room that opens at six and runs to midnight at the weekend, the late option on the university side of the Adige.
The list: Natural wines from small Italian and foreign growers with craft beer and small plates, in a converted bakery beside the Bastioni delle Maddalene
Tip: Closed Tuesday. Sunday is the early night, 17:00 to 21:00.
Rustic hostaria a few steps from Piazza delle Erbe whose kitchen and glass list both run to midnight seven days a week.
The list: Veronese osteria list poured with bigoli, risotto all'Amarone and the rest of the city's standards, served until midnight
Tip: Closed on public holidays. The weekday lunch menu at EUR 20 is the cheapest sit-down meal in the centre.
The Buglioni cellar's Verona outpost since 2005, on Portoni Borsari, and the standing evening address for Valpolicella by the glass in the city.
The list: The Buglioni estate range poured by the glass with Veronese cicchetti, on the busiest aperitivo street in the city
Tip: Portoni Borsari fills from seven. Arrive before then or expect to drink standing on the street.
A long-established osteria under the Sottoriva arcades, where the evening service runs long and the wine board stays resolutely local.
The list: Local by-the-glass board of Valpolicella, Soave and Bardolino under the medieval arcades, with cicchetti to go with it
Tip: Closed Tuesday and Wednesday, which catches out visitors who walk past on a quiet afternoon and assume it has shut for good.
Chef Corinna Darì's palazzo dining room and wine shop near the Arena, with a courtyard garden that comes into its own once the lights go down.
The list: Wine shop and cellar attached to the dining rooms of Palazzo Cà Rezzonico, poured in the courtyard garden after dark
Tip: Ask for the dehor, the garden courtyard inside the palazzo, rather than the indoor rooms on a warm evening.
Evening service at the Massimago estate bar, where the organic Valpolicella range is poured neat or mixed and the garden looks down the eastern valley.
The list: Massimago's organic Valpolicella poured straight or built into cocktails, in a garden above the Mezzane valley
Tip: Twenty minutes east of Verona. Closed Monday and Tuesday, and worth booking in summer for a garden table.
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