Alfredo Buglioni brought the family cellar into Verona in 2005 and the Portoni Borsari osteria has been the city's standing aperitivo address for Valpolicella ever since.
The list: House list built on the Buglioni estate range from San Pietro in Cariano, from the Bugiardo Valpolicella Ripasso that gives the osteria its name up to Amarone and Recioto, poured beside Veronese cicchetti
Address: Corso Portoni Borsari 17/A, 37121 Verona, Italy, Valpolicella
Natural wine room in Veronetta named after the nearby Bastioni delle Maddalene, rebuilt from an old bakery with reclaimed materials and pouring only low-intervention growers.
The list: Natural wines from small Italian and foreign growers, with craft beer and small plates; the room is a former bakery on the Bastioni delle Maddalene side of Veronetta
Pours: Low-intervention Veneto reds, Skin-contact Garganega, Italian pet-nat
A long-established osteria under the arcades of Via Sottoriva, where the by-the-glass board stays local and the room fills from early evening.
The list: Veronese osteria list under the medieval arcades of Via Sottoriva, weighted to Valpolicella, Soave and Bardolino by the glass alongside cicchetti
Pours: Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Soave Classico, Amarone della Valpolicella
Garden bar at the Massimago estate in Mezzane di Sotto, mixing cocktails on the estate's own organic Valpolicella and serving them with the eastern valley hills in view.
The list: Massimago's own organic Valpolicella range poured straight and used as the base for the cocktail list, in a garden looking across the Mezzane valley
Pours: Massimago Conte Gastone Amarone della Valpolicella, Massimago Marchesa Mariabella Valpolicella Ripasso, Massimago Profasio Valpolicella Superiore
Wine room inside a historic palazzo beside Ponte Pietra, pairing a long international cellar with a kitchen that works between French and Italian technique.
The list: Enoteca list running from Valpolicella and Soave through French and international bottles, in a historic palazzo a few steps from Ponte Pietra
Pours: Amarone della Valpolicella, Soave Classico, Champagne by the glass
Small osteria off Vicolo Morette opened by Renato and Gerardina after long restaurant careers, matching a short chosen wine list to seasonal Veronese cooking.
The list: Short, seasonal list chosen by Renato and Gerardina to sit with a Veronese and southern Italian menu, poured in a single small dining room
Pours: Valpolicella Ripasso, Soave Classico, Veneto rosato
Ada's wine room at Osan above Fumane, running since 1996 inside the medieval Corteforte court and built around growers she buys from directly.
The list: Grower-led list assembled by Ada and Elisa since 1996 inside the Corteforte court at Osan, strongest on Valpolicella Classico growers and small Veneto producers
Pours: Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
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