{"id":2533,"date":"2023-12-30T19:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T19:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2023-12-30T20:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T20:00:14","slug":"enoteca-nibbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2533","title":{"rendered":"Enoteca Nibbi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enotecas<\/a> are a distinctly Italian combination of wine bar, wine store and snack bar.\u00a0 Like wine bars around the world, they\u2019re places to relax, sip some wine, people watch and engage in a little conversation (much easier to talk with others, of course, if you speak Italian).<\/p>\n

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Some Italian enotecas<\/em> are raffish and frequented primarily by locals.\u00a0 Others are in areas where they are sure to have tourists dropping by as well.\u00a0 Nibbi belongs in the latter category.\u00a0 It\u2019s located just off the famed Via Veneto, the hillside roadway in Rome that has long been a byword for moneyed elegance.\u00a0 The area near Nibbi contains posh hotels, excellent restaurants and the American Embassy.\u00a0 So while the hoi polloi<\/em> might find their way to Nibbi, you\u2019re more likely to find a more refined crowd.<\/p>\n

It’s not that you need to be rich to go there.\u00a0 There are about 20 wines to choose from, including reds and whites from around Italy, plus ros\u00e9s and bubblies.\u00a0 Beer and aperitifs are also served.\u00a0 The pours are generous and the prices are amazingly inexpensive.\u00a0 Glasses of most of their wines run between six and nine euros.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen prices two to three times that cost back home.<\/p>\n

The wines available by the glass are also available by the bottle, to be consumed on-site or taken home.\u00a0 The wines by the glass may not always be the greatest exemplars of their vintages, but they\u2019re not plonk either.\u00a0 You can have a great tour of Italian vineyards without leaving your seat.<\/p>\n

The food menu runs to potato chips, olives, salads, sandwiches and platters of slices salumi and cheeses.\u00a0 All seemed very appetizing as they were served to other parties.\u00a0 We always stopped at Nibbi for a pre-prandial glass or two before proceeding to the local restaurants, so we never tried their food.<\/p>\n

The interior of the enoteca is quite nicely appointed, more like the American equivalent of a cocktail lounge than a bar.<\/p>\n

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But the place to sit is outside, especially in nice weather, which in Rome seems to have at least ten months a year.\u00a0 There\u2019s always a crowd gathering in front of nearly all enotecas, but Nibbi also offers a glassed \u201cshed\u201d where there always seems som\"\"ething going on.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen large parties, with bottles and platters seeming to arrive every ten minutes.\u00a0 There was a fellow on his PC writing what must have been the Great Italian Novel, made up of equal parts of inspiration, wine and cigarettes.\u00a0 And there was a woman enjoying a glass of wine by herself without getting hassled (try that<\/em> in New York!).<\/p>\n

The complete name of this enoteca is Bar Enoteca Nibbi dal 1936, meaning that actual fascists and their followers must have drunk there back in the early days.\u00a0 As with almost everywhere in contemporary Europe, it\u2019s hard \u2013 at least for visitors \u2013 to conceptualize the destruction and despair of war in these lovely sites.\u00a0 So, we recommend, don\u2019t do more than give momentary thought to the past, drink up and live for today and tomorrow.\u00a0 Nibbi certainly provides a pleasant venue for such enjoyment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enotecas are a distinctly Italian combination of wine bar, wine store and snack bar.\u00a0 Like wine bars around the world, they\u2019re places to relax, sip some wine, people watch and engage in a little conversation (much easier to talk with others, of course, if you speak Italian). Some Italian enotecas are raffish and frequented primarily … Continue reading Enoteca Nibbi<\/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\/2533"}],"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=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions\/2557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}