Cavour 313

A great old-school wine bar in Rome, Italy

This gourmet wine bar of long pedigree is lined with dark wood benches and paneling, its ceiling a grid of double-stacked shelves crowded with wine bottles. The wine list features more than 1,200 labels, around a dozen of which are available at any given time for tasting by the glass. To accompany your vintage, order a mixed platter of cheeses or cured meats, all of them hand-crafted regional specialties from across Italy, like ubriaco di Piave ("drunken" sheep's cheese aged in wine), wild boar or deer prosciutto, or calabrian sopressata salami. You can also order one of the dishes of the day—gourmet cooking at budget rates for swordfish carpaccio, cus cus laced with 12 spices and veggies, or smoked duck breast.

Via Cavour 313 (near the Forum end of the street)
tel. 06-678-5496
Closed at lunch on weekends