Enoteche in Pordenone

Anyone who reads this blog knows: Pordenone, for biographical reasons, is one of the places I visit most often to taste and discover new wines. It must be said that, over the years, the wine-by-the-glass offerings have seemed less and less attractive—not because of a decline in the quality of the local wine bars, but due to a natural refinement of taste that comes with experience. However, considering that Pordenone has only 50,000 inhabitants, the number of places serving good wine is truly high (with some cases being very peculiar).

Below I list six wine bars that anyone in Pordenone who wants to taste a good glass should know about. The ranking goes from the least remarkable to the best and focuses not only on the general quality of the venue but also on the type of clientele and the needs it meets.

Ranking of the Best Wine Bars in Pordenone

7. Enoteca al Campanile

Perhaps the most evocative wine bar in the city, as it is located inside the bell tower of the Duomo, in a central area. The interior is rustic and pleasant, but there is a lack of clear direction in management. Since I first discovered it, the staff (and perhaps the management) has changed often, and the focus has been shifted several times from aperitifs to dinners and vice versa.

The wines offered by the glass are theoretically numerous and interesting, but the chalkboard is misleading: many bottles are not available. I suspect that the wines are not stored properly, since two glasses tasted recently turned out flat and uninteresting, despite the excellent reputation of the producer (I share my impressions at the end of this paragraph).

Even the crostini requested during my last visit were of poor quality. It seems that those managing this venue do not have a clear vision, and that is a pity. I don’t think I will return anytime soon.

• Pro: evocative interiors, central location
• Con: wine storage, range of offerings, management of the venue
• Suitable for: those who want a modest drink in a beautiful setting

6. Osteria Al Tramai

Once one of my favorites, but then it fell from grace. I never found the wines particularly convincing, and I completely stopped frequenting it after a conversation with the owner. When I asked which producers they had by the glass, she snapped, “Don’t worry about the names,” because “people look for the famous name, but they don’t know that there are lesser-known wineries with better wines.”

This statement annoyed me for several reasons. First, it implies that I am superficial in my wine selection, which offends me. Second, declaring one’s products is a practice of transparency towards the customer, not a surrender to marketing. Moreover, the wines served did not impress me at all, turning out to be inferior to many alternatives available in the area.

However, this osteria does have the merit of serving exceptional cod crostini and having an intimate atmosphere. Perhaps, from this point of view, it is the most authentic venue on the list. A pity about the wines and the customer approach.

• Pro: delicious crostini, welcoming atmosphere
• Con: quality of the wines, customer approach
• Suitable for: those who want a good crostino

5. Prosciutteria F.lli Martin

This lovely place is very close to Osteria Al Tramai, near Piazza della Motta. It’s mainly a restaurant specializing in cured hams, very popular among the many writers and professionals who visit the city during PordenoneLegge. I can’t vouch for the food, but the wine-by-the-glass selection for an aperitif is not bad at all.

Of course, one can’t expect elaborate boards or service, but there’s more than one bottle available by the glass from good wineries. Naturally—but not ideally—if some bottles have been open for too long, it shows. Still, it can be a nice option to stop by and taste something with a view of the former Convent of San Francesco.

4. Molo

A venue that has replaced the old Bianco e Rosso. The aesthetics are typical of the 2010s: hipster bartenders (but with interesting opinions) with leather aprons and a bit of hype even where it isn’t needed. Nevertheless, it is a pleasant place, with a nice atmosphere and good service.

The wine chalkboard is a certainty in these uncertain times: it never changes. Never. The selection is not bad, and here I discovered the Crémant from Domaine Rolet, which later led me to the Coup de Cœur.

I do not go there often because the static offering does not encourage a return, but when I happen to be invited there for an appointment, I gladly accept. The bottled wine offering is also valid, with some notable producers, such as Simon Komjanc, on whom a separate post would be deserved.

• Pro: very good wines, central location
• Con: poor rotation of wines by the glass
• Suitable for: those looking for a good and unexpected glass

3. Osteria al Canova Emporio & Mescita

On Viale Cossetti, central but on a street that is not much to look at, you find this Emporio & Mescita, half deli, half bar. It feels like a place born in Eataly’s wake: local products, regional excellence, tidy window displays, all that stuff. Not really my style, but not unpleasant either, quite the opposite.

The range is not especially wide, at least not for us wine obsessives, but it holds up: none of the usual names who are better at finding a good distributor than at making wine. The by-the-glass bottles are not the most obvious ones either. You drink well here before dinner.

I do not come often, because the two places above it on this list take up most of my Pordenone slots. And the street really is ungrateful, there is no outdoor seating and not much room inside either, so choosing it takes a certain conviction.

• Pros: crostini, depth of the blackboard selection, atmosphere
• Cons: location, breadth of the by-the-glass list
• Good for: anyone who wants a quick aperitivo

Vintages tasted recently:

No Name – Le Vigne di Zamò

Lovely and dense, a golden sea coming at you. Olive oil, cut grass and jasmine on the nose. The medium-full body is slightly saline and serious. Bitter almond finish, but very well handled for a bottle from the never-loved Farinetti.

2. Al Buso

The wine bars I have covered so far I visit only occasionally, and they are not on my list of favourites. This one and the next are fixed stops whenever I am in Pordenone, the only two I recommend to anyone who does not know the city but wants to drink something good, or at least something with character.

Al Buso sits in a good spot, with an atmosphere close to Osteria Al Tramai’s, if less welcoming, and it pours wines tied firmly to the area. The owner is not particularly friendly, but he is professional: he once replied to a text message in which I asked him the exact name of a wine I had drunk the night before. The bottles are rarely memorable, but they are honest, and the crostini are excellent.

The blackboard changes often and rarely sets off fireworks, while the fridges are always full of good stuff. The rotation of producers is not infinite and a few names come back regularly, true, but a place built on local wineries cannot invent them out of thin air. In its price range there is still plenty worth ordering.

• Pros: quality of the selection, crostini, pleasant room
• Cons: no “great wines” by the glass
• Good for: anyone who wants to taste the wines of the Nord-Est

Vintages tasted recently:

Malvasia – Venica & Venica

Nothing unforgettable, but very good—dense, aromatic, with notes of licorice and anise. Certainly not at the level of Raccaro’s Malvasia, though.

1. La Degusteria Ferronato 1929

I have written about Ferronato at length, always in positive terms. On my last visits, in mid-2026, I found the place a little more precious and shorter on wines that impressed me. The staff seems completely overhauled, and not for the better.

The blackboard is still the best stocked in Pordenone. And yet I keep seeing the same wines month after month: I suspect the list has gone into an ice age, and it says something that I do not even live in the city and still know the by-the-glass selection almost by heart. Yes, it says I go there often. It also says the rotation has atrophied.

The location is central, right across from the city’s handsome Municipio. The interiors are well kept, wooden furniture and plenty of fascinating bottles on the walls. This is, in practice, the wine bar of Pordenone, the only genuinely “serious” one when it comes to the good habit of serving wine in the right glass. Not to be missed if you care about wine, but going through a downward phase of its own history.

• Pros: breadth and quality of the selection, blackboard kept up to date, atmosphere, location
• Cons: the staff has become less affable since the last turnover
• Good for: any wine lover passing through Pordenone

Vintages tasted recently:

Malvazia – Leonardo Palcic

A fleshy sphere that quickly turns smooth and cold, but elegant. Classic white flowers, nectarine and almond. The body is soft, but the acidity, felt as small pins and as drops falling off the tongue, reveals the hard spherical shape of the wine. Hazelnut flavours on the palate, fresh and deep, yet evolved and perhaps slightly and pleasantly oxidised. Floral, saline finish, with that aromatic lift typical of Malvasia.

Bourgogne Aligoté – Domaine Lucien Jacob

Ambitious and, judging by the price I see online, worth what it costs. On the nose you get the never too heavy toast of the wood, and olive oil. Dense on the palate, but with direction and precision. White melon tries to come through while an acidity like a spiked ball rattles around the mouth. Fairly long finish, with those orange peel notes I like so much. Full, well concentrated fruit, with the violent pikes of a wild, dominant acidity driven into it.

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