{"id":2491,"date":"2023-11-05T19:28:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2023-11-05T19:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:28:52","slug":"langolo-divino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2491","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Angolo DiVino"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a continuation of Power Tasting\u2019s irregular series on great wine bars of the world. Previous issues have taken readers to locations in Paris, London, Copenhagen and Lisbon\u2026and now, Rome.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you google \u201cBest wine bars in Rome\u201d you\u2019ll get various lists made by people with different tastes and experiences.\u00a0 In almost all cases, you\u2019ll find Angolo DiVino there, often at the top.\u00a0 It\u2019s a Roman attraction, albeit a bit difficult to find.\u00a0 Nonetheless, Italians do find their way there and these days you\u2019ll hear other languages spoken, not least American-accented English.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s located on a very narrow street called the Via dei Balestrari.\u00a0 Cab drivers have never heard of the street; GPS gets lost; and in typical Roman fashion, everyone you meet on the street will give you directions, whether they know where it is or not.\u00a0 The key is that it is only a block off of one of the corners of the Campo di Fiori, which every cabbie can definitely find.\u00a0 Ah, but which corner?\u00a0 There\u2019s a restaurant at one end, called Carbonara.\u00a0 That\u2019s the wrong end.\u00a0 But if you turn your back to the restaurant, go to the corner of the Campo to your right and walk one block, you\u2019ll be there.<\/p>\n

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And once you get a table, you\u2019ll be glad you did.\u00a0 L\u2019Angolo DiVino is quite small and you may have to wait a while for a table.\u00a0 Of course, you can order a glass and stand outside sipping while you wait.\u00a0 Once seated, you\u2019ll be handed the wine list of the size of a short novel.\u00a0 There must be a hundred wines to choose among.\u00a0 However, most of them are sold by the bottle and it seems that most patrons, especially groups larger than two people, order bottles.\u00a0 Buying by the bottle gives you a greater selection to choose from but less chance to experiment with the little-known wines on the by-the-glass list.<\/p>\n

There is also food to be had from a rather short menu of bruschettas, salads, cold cuts, olives and cheeses.\u00a0 It\u2019s possible to make a meal from these dishes, but it seems that most patrons order their antipasto at l\u2019Angolo DiVino before moving on.\u00a0 We must say that the prosciuttos, salamis and cheeses complement the wines quite well.<\/p>\n

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You can get an education in Italian wine at l\u2019Angolo DiVino, if you have the time and stamina to work your way through their list.\u00a0 But you can also get an education in the easygoing way of Roman life.\u00a0 This enoteca is no different from the hundreds of others scattered around Rome, with a better quality of wine and a less rambunctious clientele.\u00a0 Voices are not raised at l\u2019Angolo DiVino.\u00a0 Families get together there.\u00a0 Couples sit, sip and talk.\u00a0 And the servers really do know what they are talking about when it comes to the wines on offer.<\/p>\n

As said elsewhere in this issue, enotecas<\/a> are beloved gathering spots in Rome.\u00a0 Many are neighborhood hangouts.\u00a0 L\u2019Angolo DiVino is a destination.<\/p>\n

And oh, about the name.\u00a0 Angolo<\/em> means corner, and indeed this wine bar occupies a corner.\u00a0 The rest is a play on words, so it\u2019s either the Corner of Wine or the Divine Corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a continuation of Power Tasting\u2019s irregular series on great wine bars of the world. Previous issues have taken readers to locations in Paris, London, Copenhagen and Lisbon\u2026and now, Rome. If you google \u201cBest wine bars in Rome\u201d you\u2019ll get various lists made by people with different tastes and experiences.\u00a0 In almost all cases, … Continue reading L\u2019Angolo DiVino<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions\/2494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}