Le Volpi e l'Uva

· Tuscan Le Volpi e l'Uva is the wine bar that arguably invented the modern Florentine enoteca format — opened in 1992 on Piazza dei Rossi just behind the Ponte Vecchio by Riccardo Brandini, Emilio Monechi and Ciro Brescia, and still run by the same trio more than three decades later. The list runs over a hundred references with twenty by the glass, weighted toward smaller Tuscan producers — Le Boncie, Stella di Campalto, Pacina, Montenidoli — that the big enotecas in San Lorenzo never bothered with.

The kitchen is a counter of crostini, soft cheeses and salumi assembled to make the wine taste like itself. Ranks first because no other room in Florence balances editorial conviction, owner-led service and value this consistently.

For the full ranking, see our editorial round-up of the 10 best wine bars in Florence, the broader Florence wine bars guide, and our category index of wine bars worldwide.