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Best Wine List Restaurants in Rome 2026
Restaurant cellars & sommelier programs · Rome · 6 lists ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 18, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026
Rome's deepest wine list does not sit in the old centre at all. It rides the top floor of a hotel on Monte Mario, where La Pergola keeps roughly 60,000 bottles and a sommelier who has run the cellar since 1994. Below that single landmark, the city splits in two: the formal starred rooms near Piazza Navona and the Tiber, and the wine-bar tradition of the centro storico, where a salumeria pours grower bottles by the glass past midnight. Here is who each table suits, what to expect walking in, and how to book it. Six, ranked on cellar depth, pairing and value rather than labels alone.
1.La Pergola
Book months ahead for a three-star celebration above Rome, where Marco Reitano's 60,000-bottle cellar answers any serious request.
La Pergola crowns the Rome Cavalieri, a Waldorf Astoria hotel on Monte Mario, with a terrace that looks across the city to the dome of St Peter's. Heinz Beck has held three Michelin stars here for two decades, and head sommelier Marco Reitano has run the wine program since 1994, a cellar of around 60,000 bottles presented in two books, one Italian and one for the rest of the world, with rare vintages reaching back a century. This is the table for a milestone, an engagement or a once-a-year dinner where the wine is half the evening. Reserve weeks ahead, set a budget with Reitano and let him open something with age.
Book on the Rome Cavalieri site; reserve well ahead and ask Marco Reitano to lead the pairing.
2.Il Convivio Troiani
Reserve for a fine-dining wine night near Piazza Navona, where 40,000 bottles back a one-star Roman kitchen.
Il Convivio Troiani has run on a quiet lane near Piazza Navona since 1988, one of the longest-standing fine-dining rooms in the centre, with Angelo Troiani in the kitchen and his brothers in the dining room. Its cellar is the headline: around 40,000 bottles across nearly 4,000 labels, recognised at Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence level, strong in Italian regions and deep in French classics. The cooking holds one Michelin star and reworks Roman tradition with precision. This is the table for a formal wine dinner in the historic centre. Book ahead, take the tasting menu and ask the sommelier to follow it with older Italian bottles.
Book on the Il Convivio site; reserve ahead and pair the tasting with the cellar's older Italian vintages.
3.Glass Hostaria
Go for modern Roman cooking in Trastevere, where Cristina Bowerman's Michelin star meets a sharp, wide-ranging Italian list.
Glass Hostaria sits on a narrow street in the middle of medieval Trastevere, a sharp glass-and-steel room that breaks from the neighbourhood's trattoria norm. Chef Cristina Bowerman spent fourteen years in Texas before returning to Rome and winning a Michelin star here for a menu of surprising combinations. The wine list runs wide and modern, with a strong by-the-glass program and a service team happy to steer a table through small-grower Italian and natural bottles. This is the table for a younger, design-led wine dinner away from the formal rooms. Book a weekend table early, and ask the floor for an off-list grower pour to match the menu.
Book on the Glass Hostaria site; reserve early on weekends and ask for a by-the-glass grower flight.
4.Enoteca la Torre
Choose this riverside villa in Prati for a romantic two-star dinner and a long, classic Italian and French cellar.
Enoteca la Torre fills a Liberty-style room inside Villa Laetitia, a riverside villa in the Prati district once owned by the Fendi family. The kitchen holds two Michelin stars under chef Domenico Stile, and the name is earned: the wine list is long and serious, built across Italian regions and French classics with a sommelier team that pairs course by course. The setting, all stucco and chandeliers, is among the prettiest fine-dining rooms in Rome. This is the table for a romantic special-occasion dinner with the wine front and centre. Reserve the dining room ahead, and take the pairing rather than a single bottle to travel the list.
Book on the Enoteca la Torre site; reserve the dining room and take the wine pairing.
5.Roscioli
Take a wine lover to this Campo de' Fiori salumeria for grower Italian bottles and late, unhurried tasting.
Roscioli is a salumeria and wine bar a short walk from Campo de' Fiori, the family's deli counter and a tight dining room wrapped around a cellar that runs deep in Italian growers and serious French. The kitchen turns out cured meats, burrata, and a carbonara regulars argue is the city's best, all built to drink with bottles the team pulls and opens at the table. The sister project Rimessa Roscioli a few doors away runs guided tastings for a more structured wine evening. This is the table for an informal, wine-led dinner in the centre that runs late. Book ahead for the small room, and let the staff choose by the glass.
Book on the Roscioli site; reserve the dining room and let the team pour grower bottles by the glass.
6.Achilli al Parlamento
Book this historic enoteca near Parliament for an old-Rome wine dinner and a famously deep Champagne and Bordeaux cellar.
Achilli al Parlamento, the Achilli family's wine restaurant steps from the Italian Parliament, is built around one of the oldest and deepest cellars in Rome, long known among collectors for its Champagne and Bordeaux. The room is formal and old-world, the kitchen classic Italian, but the list is the reason to come: verticals and back vintages a sommelier will walk you through bottle by bottle. This is the table for a serious wine dinner with politicians and old Rome at the next table. Reserve ahead, name a region and a budget, and let the house bring up something the rest of the city no longer has.
Book on the Achilli al Parlamento site; reserve ahead and ask the cellar for an older Champagne or Bordeaux.
Avoid for a wine night
An aperitivo crawl, not a cellar
The bars around Campo de' Fiori and Monti pour a fine spritz and a short, marked-up wine list, but the depth is not there. Spend the early evening on the aperitivo, then move to Roscioli or Achilli al Parlamento when the bottle is the point.
A trattoria carafe, not a list
Rome's classic trattorias do house red by the litre brilliantly, and that is the right drink with cacio e pepe. But it is not a wine destination. Eat the pasta, then book La Pergola or Il Convivio Troiani for a night built around the cellar.
How to drink well in Rome
Rome's serious wine splits between the hotel landmark and the historic centre. La Pergola on Monte Mario holds the deepest cellar in the city by a distance, and the move there is to book weeks ahead, set a budget with Marco Reitano and let him open something with age. The formal starred rooms, one-star Il Convivio Troiani near Piazza Navona and two-star Enoteca la Torre in Prati, are the next tier, both best taken with the pairing so you travel the list rather than commit to a single bottle.
For a looser evening, the centro storico wine bars are the city's real strength. Roscioli and its sister Rimessa Roscioli near Campo de' Fiori, and Achilli al Parlamento by the Parliament, all pour widely by the glass and keep cellars deeper than their size suggests. Across all of them, reserve ahead, name a region and a number, and let the floor choose; Rome rewards the table that trusts the sommelier over the marquee label.
Frequently asked
Which Rome restaurant has the best wine list?
La Pergola, on the top floor of the Rome Cavalieri on Monte Mario, holds the city's deepest cellar by a wide margin, roughly 60,000 bottles run by head sommelier Marco Reitano since 1994 and presented in two books. It pairs a three-Michelin-star kitchen under Heinz Beck with rare vintages reaching back a century. For depth, range and service it is the clear top of the list. Book weeks ahead and set a budget with the sommelier.
Where can I drink serious wine without a tasting menu in Rome?
Head to the centro storico wine bars. Roscioli and its sister Rimessa Roscioli near Campo de' Fiori pour grower Italian and French by the glass alongside cured meats and pasta, and Achilli al Parlamento by the Parliament keeps a famously deep Champagne and Bordeaux cellar in a more formal room. All three let you drink widely without committing to a single bottle, and all three run late. Book the small dining rooms ahead and let the staff pour.
How much should I budget for wine in Rome?
At La Pergola, Il Convivio Troiani and Enoteca la Torre a serious bottle runs well into the hundreds of euros, and the pairings sit at the top end. The value lies in the by-the-glass programs at Roscioli and Glass Hostaria, where a table can drink across small growers for a fraction of a marquee bottle. Set a number with the sommelier and let them work inside it rather than chasing a label.
Do you need a reservation for Rome's wine restaurants?
Yes for all six. La Pergola books weeks ahead and seats only on certain nights, and the formal rooms, one-star Il Convivio Troiani and two-star Enoteca la Torre, fill on weekends. The wine bars Roscioli and Achilli al Parlamento have small dining rooms that sell out, especially late. Book a week or more out for the formal tables, and reserve the wine-bar rooms a few days ahead rather than walking in.
Which Rome wine restaurant is best for a date?
Enoteca la Torre, in the Liberty-style Villa Laetitia by the river in Prati, is the most romantic of the group, a chandelier-and-stucco room with a long classic list and a two-star kitchen. For a younger, design-led evening, Glass Hostaria in Trastevere pairs Cristina Bowerman's modern cooking with a sharp wine program. Both take reservations and both reward booking ahead; take the pairing at either to drink across the cellar.
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