Wine Shops in Rome, Italy?

Well, lets just say that I've never found a bad wine shop in Rome..... Anything special that you're interested in??

Mike

I liked Angolo Divino a lot. Here a blurb:

Just around the corner from the madding crowds of Campo de' Fiori, L'Angolo Divino is one of Rome's prime venues for wine buffs. Some 30 labels are available by the glass (hundreds more by the bottle), with a generous happy hour from 5pm to 8pm to encourage the adventurous imbiber. Some evenings, however, are more special than others: 3 April is given over to tasting the excellent Le Pergole Torte range of Tuscan wines (96-99 vintages), accompanied by selected regional cheeses. Booking is necessary for this upmarket wine and formaggio event.

Cheers

Whoops the logistical details for it are:

Via dei Balestrari 12 (39 06 686 4413). Bus to Corso Vittorio Emanuele. Open 10am-2.30pm Mon, 10am-2.30pm, 5.30pm-1am Tue-Sat. Special tasting event: 3 Apr, 8pm. Price 20 euros. Credit MC, V.

Check these out...

1) Enoteca Costantini Piazza Cavour, 16 00193 Roma - Italia phone: +39 06 3203575 (unfortunately only in italian)

2) Trimani Via Goito, 20

00185 Roma Phone: +39 06 4469661

In both places you can have excellent food and buy wine to go...

Tolux

This one has great ambiance. It's really more of a wine bar & restaurant, but they do sell wine too: Capranica (Enoteca e Taverna) Piazza Capranica, 104

06/67 90 860

And if you feel like having an incredible meal: Il Convivio Vicolo Dei Soldati 31

06/68 80 59 50

e.

Try Buccone's in Via di Ripetta (No 22 I think?), a very short walk south from the Piazza del Popolo. I stayed in an apartment right over the top of it when visiting Rome in 2003. The staff do speak a little English, and the array of Brunello Riservas and Grappas was exciting. Some of the rarer ones were very expensive, but no doubt the going rate if you know your Italian wines. They have a small cafe in the shop, the food is supposed to be very good.

Castroni on the Via Cola di Rienzo (walk west from Flaminio station) has a good selection of wines as well I believe.

Dom Roberts